Manufacturing Processes for Ceramics: Fundamentals and the Influence of Particle Size, True Density, and Slurry Stability

This slide deck was presented in Part 1 of our webinar, "Characterizing Ceramic Materials: A Deep Dive into Particle Size and Dispersion Stability," on October 9, 2025. Watch the full recording here!

Key Takeaways 

1. Manufacturing processes for ceramic materials

• Modern ceramic materials and their properties
• Basic manufacturing process of ceramic components
• Shaping processes - overview

2. Influence of the particle size distribution and true density of the starting powders on the
product properties of a ceramic

• Particle size distribution of ceramic materials
• Influence of particle size distribution on shaping process
• Influence of particle size distribution on sintering process
• Importance of powder true density for the evaluation of ceramic component manufacturing

3. Slurry stability - importance for wet-process ceramic manufacturing methods

• Destabilizing effects in ceramic slurries
• Negative Effects on manufacturing process
• Importance of slurry stability for wet-process ceramic manufacturing

4. Laser diffraction and static multiple light scattering as suitable analysis methods for
characterizing the ceramic slurry route

• Laser diffraction (LD) - supporting measurement method for investigating/optimizing the ceramic
  manufacturing process
• The modern approach - laser diffraction (LD) combined with dynamic image analysis (DIA)
• Static multiple light scattering (SMLS) for qualitative and quantitative Characterization of ceramic slurries

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Speaker

Frederik Schleife, PhD Sales and Product Manager at 3P Instruments