Method of manufacturing ceramic foam bodies
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF AND AN APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OF BODIES OF SWELLING CLAY OR EQUIVALENT MATERIAL, WHICH COMPRISE THE STEPS OF HEATING SUBSTANTIALLY BALL-SHAPED GRANULES FORMED OF TREATED CLAY CAPABLE OF SWELLING TO A PLASTICALLY BINDING CAPACITY OF THEIR SURFACES, THEN SWELLING THE GRANULES, AND DEFORMING THE GRANULES TO AT LEAST PARTLY FILLING OF THE GAP VOLUME BETWEEN THE GRANULES. THEN THE GRANULES ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY MUTUAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE SURFACES OF PLASTICALLY BINDING CAPACITY TO AN INTEGRAL BODY. A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF GRANULES OF ABOUT UNITARY SIZE ARE DISPOSED IN A HEAPED BODY NONYIELDINGLY SUPPORTED ON ALL SIDES. HIGHLY HEATED GAS BLOWS ALTERNATELY CONTROLLED FROM OPPOSITE SIDES FOR SHORT TIME PERIODS UP TO AN EQUAL PLASTICALLY BINDING CAPACITY OF THE SURFACES OF ALL THE GRANULES, AND THE GRANULES ARE UNITED DUE TO SWELLING WITH SIMULTANEOUS FILLING OF THE GAP SPACES.
Inventors
- 👤 E Sundermann
- 👤 J Viedt
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