Ceramic Industry articles from January 2004

Ceramic Industry archives from January 2004

About this issue.(Inside CI)
January 1, 2004... If you're looking for in-depth information about the raw and manufactured materials used in all aspects of the ceramic, glass and related industries, you've come to the right place. Ceramic Industry's 2004 Materials Handbook, which starts on...

International calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... JANUARY 2004 22-24 Construction Final Touch Expo, Broward County Convention Center, Greater Fort Lauderdale, Fla., (954) 888-9454, fax (954) 888-9459, e-mail info@confex-us.com, www.confex-us.com * 25-30 28th Annual International...

Alcoa to sell its specialty chemicals business.(Ceramics In The News)
January 1, 2004... Alcoa Inc. recently announced that Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals (AWAC), a global alliance between Alumina Ltd. (40%) and Alcoa (60%), has agreed to sell Alcoa Specialty Chemicals (ASC) to Rhone Capital LLC. The sate is part of the...

Harper named to Aquabond Technologies' board.(Ceramics In The News)
January 1, 2004... Edwin L. Harper has joined Aquabond Technologies as an investor and board member. He has over 30 years of experience in the high-tech field and has served as president and CEO of several companies. It is anticipated that Harper's experience in...

Cornerstone and Trend Industrial Ceramics announce expansion.(Ceramics In The News)
January 1, 2004... Cornerstone Ceramic Associates and Beijing Trend Industrial Ceramics have commissioned a new factory for the manufacture of cordierite kiln furniture. The companies report that the expansion is necessary to meet increasing demand with the...

Oneida to close Buffalo China factory, other facilities.(Ceramics In The News)
January 1, 2004... Oneida Ltd. has decided to close five factory sites because of substantial negative manufacturing variances. The affected locations include the Buffalo China dinnerware factory and decorating facility in Buffalo, N.Y.; a dinnerware factory in...

Alcan moves Cleveland office location.(Ceramics In The News)
January 1, 2004... Alcan Chemicals has moved its Cleveland (Beachwood), Ohio, office location to 6060 Parkland Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44124-4185 (regular mail: P.O. Box 6977, Cleveland, OH 44101-1977). The phone numbers are (440) 423-6309 or (800) 321-3864, and the...

Florida Tile to close plant.(Ceramics In The News)
January 1, 2004... Citing several years of significant decline in the demand and sales of conventional commodity wall tile and trim, Florida Tile Industries has announced the planned closure and consolidation of its Lakeland, Fla., manufacturing plant, one of...

Selecting free abrasives: knowing how to select the right free cutting abrasives for a ceramic or glass grinding or polishing operation can help ensure high-quality results.
January 1, 2004... Many glass and ceramic manufacturers use "free cutting abrasives"--i.e., abrasive materials that are not placed in a bond or otherwise fixed by another process, such as film, tape or a resin/glass matrix--to grind and polish their products. As...

Raw & manufactured materials: 2004 review & forecast.
January 1, 2004... Although the U.S. recession officially ended in November 2001, economic recovery over the past couple of years has been sluggish. As a result, consumption of many raw and manufactured materials were flat to slightly lower in many industrial...

The case against free trade.(Up For Discussion)
January 1, 2004... Americans were led to believe that free trade would allow access to less expensive consumer goods and therefore improve our standard of living faster than our wages increase. We were also led to believe that American workers who lost their jobs...

Materials handbook.(Abrasives-Borides)
January 1, 2004... ABRASIVES. Substances used to grind, shape or polish another material. Abrasives used in the ceramic industry can be classified as either conventional abrasives or superabrasives. The size, shape, hardness and friability of an abrasive particle...

Materials handbook.(Boron-Europium Oxide)
January 1, 2004... BORON. B. At. wt. 10.811; m.p. 2075-2175[degrees]C; b.p. 2500[degrees]C. Dark gray rhombohedral crystals with metallic luster, density 2.34-2.55 g/[cm.sup.3]; or brown to dark brown amorphous powder, density 2.37-2.40 g/[cm.sup.3]. Insoluble in...

Materials handbook.(Feldspar--Microsilica)
January 1, 2004... FELDSPAR. The most common mineral in crystalline rocks. Hardness 6.0-6.5 Mohs, Usually occurs as small grains intimately associated with other minerals, but commercial deposits are obtained from pegmatites. Feldspars form a group of which the...

Materials handbook.(Microspheres, Hollow-Silica Fume)
January 1, 2004... MICROSPHERES, HOLLOW. Hollow microspheres are derived from the hollow fraction of fly-ash, and sometimes are also refered to as cenospheres. Typical compositions are 27-37 wt% aluninas and are 55-65 wt% silica, Cenospheres are a lightweight...

Materials handbook.(Silica, Fused-Tungsten Oxide)
January 1, 2004... SILICA, FUSED, (Quartz.) The desired property of this material is its low coefficient of thermal expansion, It is primarily used in refractories for kiln and furnace walls, and as a shell material for molds in investment casting. Used in the...

Materials handbook.(Tungsten Silicide--ZTA)
January 1, 2004... TUNGSTEN SILICIDE. W[Si.sub.2]. M.p. 2050[degrees]C; density 9.3 g/[cm.sup.3]; hardness 1090 kg/[mm.sup.2], Oxidizes slowly in air or oxygen at red heat. Chemically, W[Si.sub.2] resembles V[Si.sub.2]. TUNGSTEN SILICIDE SUPPLIERS H.C....

Reducing plant costs: the 49th International Brick Plant Operator's forum in review.(Special section: Brick & Clay record)
January 1, 2004... A record 722 brick plant managers, supervisors and other industry personnel attended the 49th International Brick Plant Operator's forum September 29-October 1, 2003, in Clemson, S.C. The forum was held in the recently renovated Littlejohn...