Quality issues in enameling of ceramic industry products

Author

Georgilas, I.P. ; Tourassis, V.D.

Author_Institution

Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi

fYear

2007

fDate

2-4 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1226

Lastpage

1230

Abstract

This paper details a set of quality issues associated with the enamelling of ceramic industry products. Enamelling is a common manufacturing process in the sanitary ware industry, where enamel is applied on the ceramic substrate to provide a coating of protection against corrosion and bacterial infection. This mass manufacturing process combines manual and robotic manipulation and presents unique quality issues. The issues identified in this paper are representative of a greater family of coating processes that deal with complex surfaces and pose special challenges for production and quality engineering departments.

Keywords

ceramic industry; ceramic products; corrosion protective coatings; industrial manipulators; manufacturing processes; quality management; substrates; bacterial infection; ceramic industry products; ceramic substrate; coating processes; corrosion protection; enamelling; manufacturing process; quality engineering; quality issues; sanitary ware industry; Ceramic glazes; Ceramics industry; Coatings; Firing; Manufacturing processes; Production; Sanitary engineering; Service robots; Spraying; Surface cracks; Surface coating; quality engineering; robot manipulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2007 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1529-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1529-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419387

Filename

4419387