The brick and tile industry is obliged to reduce its CO2 emissions by at least 32% by 2025, as compared to 2005 levels.Kilns and dryers, though, are already very efficient, and the remaining latitude...
In process terms, modern tunnel kilns in the brick and tile industry involve two coupled subprocesses that take place in succession.The first of these consists of a preheating process to maturing...
Non-destructive moisture measurement systems work from the surface to determine moisture content. As a result, the water content of near-sensor layers has the strongest influence on the delivered...
This talk addresses the opportunities and challenges with regard to commissioning a digital printing system in the heavy clay ceramics industry. In addition to essential introductory information on...
For some years now, the demand for varied, individual surfaces has been growing in building ceramics, too. To obtain shiny metallic effects on ceramic surfaces, so-called lustre glazes can be used....
With a view to the requirements for floors and supports according to DIN 10453, DIN 4045 and DIN 18530, the basic idea evolved for a brick with two different perforation patterns. A floor does not...
Sampling, beginning with proper documentation of the requisite data and selection of the appropriate means and standards, often evolves into a laborious and, frequently enough, expensive part of the...
The extraction of mineral raw materials is accompanied by considerable intervention in nature and the landscape. In the scope of licensing processes, mine operators have to explain how damage can be...
Our society is in the process of bringing about a change in its values. Climate change and, in concrete terms, energy and resource efficiency as well as recycling are taking centre stage. In respect...
Organizations have to contend with diverse sources of error, any of which may have catastrophic impacts under an adverse set of conditions. If such errors are to be recognized and their causes...
