Firing innovations: supplier/manufacturer collaborations have resulted in new firing technologies that can significantly reduce firing cycles and/or energy consumption, increase product quality and enhance overall productivity.

Ceramic Industry | May 1, 2003| | Copyright

In today's advanced ceramics industry, innovation is more important than ever in maintaining a competitive market position. Manufacturers must continue to develop higher quality, higher performance products while simultaneously reducing production costs. Achieving these goals often requires the development and implementation of innovative manufacturing technologies--especially in the firing process, where high energy requirements, long firing cycles and a lack of temperature uniformity often create production problems.

Over the past several years, industry suppliers ...

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