Tiles Technology detail syllabus for Ceramics Engineering (54), C15 scheme is taken from DTE Karnataka official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (15CR63C), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other ceramics 6th sem syllabus for diploma c15 scheme dte karnataka you can visit Ceramics 6th Sem Syllabus for Diploma C15 Scheme DTE Karnataka Subjects. For all other Elective-I subjects do refer to Elective-I. The detail syllabus for tiles technology is as follows.
Pre-requisites:
Basics of Ceramics, Manufacturing Technology, Ceramic Raw Materials, Ceramic Machinery, Furnace Technology.
Course Objectives:
Student should able to demonstrate the manufacturing of glazed wall & floor tiles and vitrified ceramic tiles.
Course Outcomes:
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1. Introduction:
Introduction & history of flooring tiles, Definition of Glazed tiles, raw materials with their sources, typical composition (for body & glaze) & properties. Types of glazed tiles, (wall and floor) manufacturing process of glazed tiles with flow chart (Both wet and Dry method). Definition of Vitrified tile, raw materials used, typical body composition, properties. Types of vitrified ceramic tiles, manufacturing process with flow chart. Comparison between glazed floor tiles vs glazed wall tiles vs vitrified tiles. Recent advancement in tile technology.
2. Body Making:
Wet Method: Describe Batch compositions for glazed and vitrified tile, ball mill feeding, typical operating parameters of ball mill, grinding in ball mill, agitator, screening, magnetic separation, granulation in spray dryer, operating parameters of spray drier. Dry Method: Crushing, Pendular Mill (Pan mill), tube mill, storing in silo, moisture addition for pressing. Powder characteristics. Use sketches wherever applicable.
3. Pressing & drying:
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4. Glaze line operations:
Illustrate water spraying, application of top and bottom engobe, glazing-spraying (mechanical / disc, pneumatic), curtain coating (bell method/water fall), typical operating parameters (density, viscosity, glaze thickness). Describe decoration methods (direct & indirect) screen printing, roller printing, digital printing and other decoration methods.
5. Firing:
Describe fuels (natural gas, LPG) & furnace (roller hearth kiln) used in tile industry, different zones with temperature and pressure, maintaining draught, illustrate typical firing schedule, control parameters in firing.
Describe firing defects such as pin holes, blisters, over glazing, under glazing, discoloration, over firing, peeling, crazing, crawling, fish scaling, stuck ware with their causes & remedies.
Operations for Vitrified Tiles: Polishing, edge trimming, different polishing materials with grades. Describe defects in vitrified tiles.
6. Testing and Quality Control:
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Reference Books:
- Indutrial Ceramics Singer & Singer
- Whitewares Sudhir Sen
- Applied Ceramic Technology
e-Resources
- http://www.artshow.com/resources/ceramics.html
Suggested Student Activity
- Surf the internet and find recent advancements in tile manufacturing and make a report.
- Search information related to advanced equipments used in ceramic tiles industry and make a report on the same.
- Visit nearby glazed /vitrified tile industry and make a report.
- Prepare a low temperature glazed tile in laboratory and make a report.
Note: Student should prepare hand written report with minimum 2-3 pages and reports should not be copied from earlier batches. And other similar tasks can be assigned.
Model Question Paper:
(CIE)
- Write a typical composition of glazed ceramic tile
- Compare glazed tile and vitrified polished tile
- Illustrate wet method of body making of ceramic tile.
- Describe the need of moisture addition in dry pressing.
Model Question Paper:
(SEE)
Part-A
Answer any 6 of the following 6×5=30 marks
- Tell a typical composition of glazed tiles C1
- State the need of agitator in wet method tile body manufacture C2
- Explain the granulation process in spray drying. C2
- Describe uniaxial and biaxial pressing. C3
- Describe glaze spraying by pneumatic method. C4
- Explain curtain coating bell method with sketch. C4
- Explain curtain coating bell method with sketch. C5
- List the possible causes for over glazing. C5
- Describe crazing & delayed crazing C6
PART-B
Answer any 7 of the following 7×10=30 marks
- Illustrate manufacturing process of vitrified tile with flow diagram 10 C1
- Describe recent advancements in ceramic tile industry. 5 C1
- Explain magnetic separation process. 5 C2
- Illustrate close circuit grinding in tube mill with neat sketch. 10 C2
- Explain production of body powder by spray drier 5 C2
- Describe Drying, and state the drying process. 5 C3
- Identify different pressing defects with causes and remedies. 5 C3
- Illustrate pressing parameters. 5 C3
- Illustrate the digital printing mechanism used in glaze decoration. 10 C4
- Explain curtain coating of wall tiles. 5 C4
- Explain the operations carried over the fired vitrified tiles 5 C5
- Illustrate how draught is maintained in roller hearth tunnel kiln. 10 C5
- Describe the ill effects of over glazing. 5 C5
- Describe autoclave test. And state its importance for wall tiles. 5 C6
- Explain the testing of green body density gradient with sketch. 10 C6
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Ceramics, C15 regulation do visit Ceramics 6 syllabus for C15 Regulation.
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