• openAccess   Firing deformation in large size porcelain tiles. Effect of compositional and process variables 

      Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Sanz-Solana, Vicente; Bordes, M. Carmen; Sales, J.; Kayaci, Kagan; Taşkiran, M.; Anil, Ümit; Türk, Senay; Tarhan, M. Qualicer (2018-03-12)
      The manufacture of porcelain stoneware has undergone a spectacular growth in the last years, as a result of the good technical and functional performance associated to the impervious feature of the sintered product, ...
    • openAccess   Residual stresses in porcelain tiles. Measurement and process variables assessment 

      Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Sanz-Solana, Vicente; Castellano, Javier; Sales, J.; Kayaci, Kagan; Taskiran, Ugur; Anil, Ümit; Türk, Senay Elsevier (2019-04-22)
      This research addresses the residual stresses phenomenon taking place during the manufacture of porcelain tiles. Residual stresses were quantified by the strain relaxation slotting method. The method is based on the fact ...
    • openAccess   Revisiting pyroplastic deformation. Application for porcelain stoneware tile bodies 

      Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Sanz-Solana, Vicente; Cañas Recacha, Eugeni; Sales Gil, Juan; Kayaci, Kagan; Taskiran, Ugur; Anil, Ümit; Türk, Senay Elsevier (2018-09-21)
      In this research an analysis of firing deformation tendency in porcelain stoneware tile compositions was carried out based on pyroplastic deformation measurements. The effect of the amount and nature of some fluxing additives ...