Corning Incorporated

Anthony Nicholas Rodbourn

Daniel Edward McCauley

Patrick David Tepesch

Christopher John Warren

David Robertson Treacy, Jr

John Christian Duroe

Colby William Audinwood

Stephen A Campbell

Casey Allen Volino

Dustin Andrew Jochum

Brian Stephen Banks

Gary Yaw

Daniel Edward Mccauley

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for automatic extrudate loading and alignment. An extrudate handling system includes a head end assembly and an imaging device (which may be part of the head end assembly). The imaging device is configured to image an end face of an extrudate, and generate, during translation of the extrudate, an imaging output signal indicative of a rotational position of the end face of the extrudate. The head end assembly includes a rotational effector to rotate the extrudate during translation thereof and a fixed effector rotationally fixed relative to a track. The extrudate handling system is able to determine the rotational position of the web angle of the extrudate and precisely adjust the rotational position while linearly translating the extrudate along the track. The extrudate handling system provides greater accuracy, reduced costs, and improved results.

Method and apparatus for automatic extrudate loading and alignment

A method for green-to-fired shrinkage control in honeycomb ceramic article manufacture, including:

Graphite blending method for ceramic shrinkage control

The disclosure relates to ceramic-body-forming batch materials comprising at least one pore former and inorganic batch components comprising at least one silica source having a specified particle size distribution, methods of making ceramic bodies using the same, and ceramic bodies made in accordance with said methods. The disclosure additionally relates to methods for reducing pore size variability in ceramic bodies and/or reducing process variability in making ceramic bodies.

Ceramic body forming batch materials comprising silica methods using the same and ceramic bodies made therefrom

A method of making ceramic bodies includes systematically orienting the bodies during firing relative to a temperature gradient in a kiln. The systematic orientation of the bodies relative to the temperature gradient can allow for an average deviation of a measured shape of the ceramic bodies from a predetermined target contour shape to be less than what they would be if the bodies were oriented randomly relative to the temperature gradient.

Control of fired shape by piece orientation

Ceramic-body-forming batch materials comprising silica, methods using the same and ceramic bodies made therefrom

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Avoca, NY, United States of America

Anthony Nicholas Rodbourn