Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster Moulds
This paper introduces a method that enhances the traditional slip casting technique’s potential to fabricate ceramic objects with variable thickness. The variability depends on the different filtration rates offered by plaster moulds of varying densities. Two sets of experiments are presented. They...
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| description | This paper introduces a method that enhances the traditional slip casting technique’s potential to fabricate ceramic objects with variable thickness. The variability depends on the different filtration rates offered by plaster moulds of varying densities. Two sets of experiments are presented. They focused on identifying (1) the maximum workable density range of moulds made from plaster of Paris and (2) the range of thickness in the resulting ceramic casts. This was accomplished by creating four square flat moulds with different gypsum/water (G:W) ratios and their corresponding casts. Based on these findings, the second set of experiments focused on assembling graded plaster moulds with variable densities (G:W 1:3 to 2:1), resulting in ceramic tiles exhibiting a thickness gradient of 2 mm. These results suggest the possibility of producing double-curved ceramic objects (e.g., custom ceramic tiles or sanitaryware) with graded thickness, tailored to their desired structural and functional performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf5f6b39dcb04284b76bba4fb38dbcfe2025-08-20T03:43:15ZengMDPI AGCeramics2571-61312025-01-0181610.3390/ceramics8010006Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster MouldsEfilena Baseta0Marco Palma1Florian Heher2Thomas Konegger3Martin Kaftan4Institute of Art and Design, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Art and Design, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, 1060 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, 1060 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Experimental Design, TU Brno, 601 90 Brno, Czech RepublicThis paper introduces a method that enhances the traditional slip casting technique’s potential to fabricate ceramic objects with variable thickness. The variability depends on the different filtration rates offered by plaster moulds of varying densities. Two sets of experiments are presented. They focused on identifying (1) the maximum workable density range of moulds made from plaster of Paris and (2) the range of thickness in the resulting ceramic casts. This was accomplished by creating four square flat moulds with different gypsum/water (G:W) ratios and their corresponding casts. Based on these findings, the second set of experiments focused on assembling graded plaster moulds with variable densities (G:W 1:3 to 2:1), resulting in ceramic tiles exhibiting a thickness gradient of 2 mm. These results suggest the possibility of producing double-curved ceramic objects (e.g., custom ceramic tiles or sanitaryware) with graded thickness, tailored to their desired structural and functional performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6131/8/1/6slip castingfunctionally graded plastervariable thicknessceramic tilesvariable densitiesplaster of Paris |
| spellingShingle | Efilena Baseta Marco Palma Florian Heher Thomas Konegger Martin Kaftan Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster Moulds Ceramics slip casting functionally graded plaster variable thickness ceramic tiles variable densities plaster of Paris |
| title | Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster Moulds |
| title_full | Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster Moulds |
| title_fullStr | Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster Moulds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster Moulds |
| title_short | Differentiated Slip Casting: Producing Variable Thickness Ceramic Tiles with Functionally Graded Plaster Moulds |
| title_sort | differentiated slip casting producing variable thickness ceramic tiles with functionally graded plaster moulds |
| topic | slip casting functionally graded plaster variable thickness ceramic tiles variable densities plaster of Paris |
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