• openAccess   Cluster and innovation. The case of Pamesa ceramic tile company 

      Cervera Balmón, Lledó Universitat Jaume I (2022-06)
      The aim of this project is to learn about the concept of innovation and cluster in a business. I have chosen Pamesa as the company to study, because it is the largest ceramic tile group in Europe. On the one hand, ...
    • openAccess   Ecologic ceramic substrates for CIGS solar cells 

      Fraga Chiva, Diego; Lyubenova, Teodora; Martí Valls, Rafael Francisco; Calvet Roures, Iván; BARRACHINA ALBERT, ESTER; Carda Castelló, Juan Bautista Elsevier (2016)
      In this work the use of porcelain stoneware tiles as alternative substrates for CIGS thin film solar cells for the development of specific applications as those related to building integration (BIPV, BAPV) are reported. ...
    • openAccess   Energy saving in ceramic tile kilns: Cooling gas heat recovery 

      Mezquita, Ana; Boix, Juan; Monfort, Eliseo; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo Elsevier (2014-04)
      A great quantity of thermal energy is consumed in ceramic tile manufacture, mainly in the firing stage. The most widely used facilities are roller kilns, fuelled by natural gas, in which more than 50% of the energy input ...
    • openAccess   Environmental profile of Spanish porcelain stoneware tiles 

      Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Celades López, Irina; Monfort, Eliseo; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere Springer (2018-08)
      Purpose Porcelain stoneware tile (PST) iscurrently the ceram- ic tile of greatest commercial and innovation interest. An envi- ronmental life cycle assessment of different varieties of PST was undertaken to enable ...
    • openAccess   Improvement of behaviour in the extrusion of low plasticity ceramics 

      Sales Pla, Sonia; Bordes, M. Carmen; Prudent, Mathilde; Lorente Ayza, Maria Magdalena; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Sos, O.; Rubert, J. Qualicer (2018-02-12)
      Shaping by extrusion may be used for the manufacture of tiles, bricks, and also refractory products. The three fundamental aspects that must be considered to achieve ideal extrusion conditions are the nature of the ...