The Evaluation of Waste Papers for the Ceramic Industry

Aydin Selte; Kerem Altug Guler; Muzeyyen Marsoglu

doi:10.3139/120.110303

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The Evaluation of Waste Papers for the Ceramic Industry

Aydin Selte , Kerem Altug Guler and Muzeyyen Marsoglu

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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 54 Issue 2

Abstract

The aim of this study is the production of the metal tile core using waste paper. Paper which can be recycled many times is one of the most consumed materials in Turkey and all around the world. The reason behind the preference of paper usage is that 80 % of waste paper can be recycled. It has been noticed that recycled paper can be used in ceramic industry, as for instance for roof coverings and tiles, as a low cost raw material. A certain amount of waste paper was soaked with water and turned into pulp followed by a forging process to form the pulp into fibres. The mixture used as raw material for metal tile core production was composed of clay, quartz, and pulp. The raw material was shaped into tiles by slip casting and hand pressing. Tiles were dried, in a drying oven and coated with epoxy resin. Water absorption and bending tests were applied to the final samples.

Kurzfassung

Die diesem Beitrag zugrunde liegende Studie hatte zum Ziel, Metallkerne von Fliesen mittels Recyclingpapiers zu produzieren. Papier, das mehrfach recycelt werden kann, stellt eines der am meisten in der Türkei wie auch in der ganzen Welt verwendeten Konsummaterialien dar. Der Grund für die Auswahl von Papier liegt darin, dass 80 % des verwendeten Papiers recycelt werden kann. Bekanntermaßen kann Recyclingpapier in der keramischen Industrie als kostengünstiges Rohmaterial zum Beispiel für Dachdeckungen und für Fliesen verwendet werden. Ein bestimmter Anteil von Recyclingpapier wird hierzu mit Wasser durchtränkt und in einen Brei umgewandelt, gefolgt von einem Brennprozess, der aus diesem Brei entsprechende Fasern formt. Die Mixtur, die schließlich als Rohmaterial für Metallfliesen mit Metallkern verwendet wird, besteht aus Tonerde, Quarz und diesem Brei. Das Rohmaterial wurde in Fliesen durch Schlickergießen und Handverpressung eingeformt. Die Fliesen wurden anschließend in einem Ofen getrocknet und mit Epoxidharz beschichtet. Die Endstücke wurden Wasserabsorptionsversuchen und Biegeprüfungen unterzogen.

Aydin Selte, born in 1985, graduated at the Yildiz Technical University, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. He is a MSc. student at the Istanbul Technical University about Materials Engineering, and he is also now studying in a project at RWTH Aachen University.

Kerem Altug Guler, born in 1981, is research assistant at the Yildiz Technical University since 2004. He is also co-researcher in the Balkan Centre of Advanced Casting Technologies (BCACT). Presently, he is a PhD student in investment casting.

Prof. Muzeyyen Marsoglu graduated from Istanbul University in 1971 and is working at the Yildiz Technical University in the Department for Metal and Material Science Engineering. She is an expert at metallography, non-metal materials and material science.

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