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: Slip Casting

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Pros / Cons

Advantages:

  • Complex parts can be produced.
  • Equipment cost is low.

Disadvantages:

  • Limited dimensional control.
  • Low production rate.

The table below list some processes used to form crystalline ceramics and their main advantages and limitations:

Process Starting material Advantages Limitations
Slip Casting Slurry 1-Complex shapes
2- Low tooling cost		 1-Long cycle times
2-Labor-intensive

Injection Molding

Ceramic-plastic blend

1-Complex cross sections
2-Fast
3-Can be automated
4-High volume

 1-Binder must be removed
2-High tool cost

Forming Processes
(Extrusion)

 Ceramic-binder blend 1-Low cost
2- Variable shapes (such as long lengths)		 1-Binder must be removed
2-Particles oriented by flow