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Ultrasonic Real-Time Monitoring of Slip Cast Cake Thickness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

David Jarman
Affiliation:
Alcan International Ltd., Kingston Research and Development Centre, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5L9.
Adam J. Gesing
Affiliation:
Alcan International Ltd., Kingston Research and Development Centre, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5L9.
Bahram Farahbakhsh
Affiliation:
Alcan International Ltd., Kingston Research and Development Centre, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5L9.
Gene Burger
Affiliation:
Alcan International Ltd., Kingston Research and Development Centre, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5L9.
David Huchins
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Dept. of Physics, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6.
H. D. Mair
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Dept. of Physics, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6.
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Abstract

An ultrasonic method was developed for real-time monitoring of cake thickness during the casting of an alumina slip. The technique uses pulse-echo ultrasound to measure the time of flight and hence the thickness of the cast layer. Variations on the method are applicable to both production process control and to the fundamental studies of slip casting process kinetics.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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