In a method of making a gaseous emissions treatment component, a ‘green’ ceramic mix is extruded through a die to form an extrusion having cells extending along the extrusion, the cells being bounded by walls dividing adjacent cells from one another. In concert with the extruding, metal is fed through the die with the extruded mix. A length of the extrusion and associated metal is then cut off and fired to form the component.

The invention relates to a panel and a method for producing a panel. The panel is in particular a floor, wall or ceiling panel, and comprises at least one core layer, the core layer comprising an upper core surface and a lower core surface and at least one pair of opposite side edges; wherein the core layer comprises magnesium oxide cement; wherein the core has a density which is substantially homogenous over its entire volume, and wherein at least one decorative top layer is attached to an upper core surface of the core layer.

Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material are provided. The system comprises a heat source for heating the ceramic material to a temperature greater than a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of the ceramic material; a probe for mounting the ceramic material and configured to extend the ceramic material into the heat source; a plasma-confining medium and a sacrificial layer disposed between the ceramic material and the plasma-confining medium; and an energy pulse generator such as a laser pulse generator. The sacrificial layer is utilized to form plasma between the ceramic material and the plasma-confining medium. The method comprises heating ceramic material to a temperature greater than a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of the ceramic material and subjecting the ceramic material to energy pulses via a sacrificial layer and a plasma-confining medium whereby a plasma of the sacrificial coating forms between the ceramic material and a plasma-confining medium.

A method of manufacturing a nanoporous structure on a substrate includes: additively forming a precursor structure from at least one of a metal oxide or a metal cluster compound on a substrate; exposing the precursor structure to a vapor of an organic linker; and reacting the at least one of the metal oxide or the metal cluster compound in the precursor structure with the organic linker to form the nanoporous structure comprising a metal-organic framework.

A method of manufacturing a nanoporous structure on a substrate includes: additively forming a precursor structure from at least one of a metal oxide or a metal cluster compound on a substrate; exposing the precursor structure to a vapor of an organic linker; and reacting the at least one of the metal oxide or the metal cluster compound in the precursor structure with the organic linker to form the nanoporous structure comprising a metal-organic framework.

A liner for a form is provided. The form allows for the creation of a precast concrete wall to be formed. The liner allows a building material, for example, brick veneer, to be placed in the liner in a pattern. The pattern is modified by placing an adjustable joint inlay into the liner to form customizable insets for the brick veneer in the precast concrete wall. When liquid concrete is poured into the mold and then hardens, the concrete holds the building material in place in the pattern produced by the liner. The adjustable joint inlay for a precast concrete wall allows insets in a liner to be adjusted to accommodate bricks and stones of varying sizes and to allow the bricks and stones to be arranged in user-customized patterns.

A method and machine for the surface decoration of a basic article comprising ceramic material and having a surface and a printing assembly applies an adhesive material digitally and selectively onto a defined area of the surface. A treatment assembly deposits a powder material digitally and selectively in the defined area, and the powder material in excess arranged on the basic article is removed.

A manufacturing method of a plugged honeycomb structure including a plugging material preparing step of mixing a ceramic raw material, a pore former, a thickener, an organic binder, a dispersing agent, and water and preparing the plugging material which is slurried, to form the plugging portions, wherein the plugging material preparing step includes: a powder mixing step of mixing the ceramic raw material, the pore former, the organic binder and the dispersing agent each of which is constituted of powder, at predetermined blend ratios, a thickener mixing step of adding and mixing the thickener to a powder mixture obtained by the powder mixing step, and a kneading step of adding the water to a thickener added mixture obtained by the thickener mixing step, to perform kneading.

An image identification method for printing on rigid substrates includes the steps of: defining a digital graphic design representative of a rigid substrate to be produced; spreading a soft layer of granular or powder ceramic material on a deposition surface; pressing the soft layer to obtain a compacted layer; acquiring a real image of the compacted layer, detecting keypoints of the real image; comparing the keypoints of the real image with keypoints of an image obtained or derived from the digital graphic design; and calculating a portion of the digital graphic design corresponding to a portion of the real image. An image identification system for printing implementing the described method and a corresponding printing method/system are also described.

A honeycomb structure 1 includes a honeycomb structure portion comprising: an outer peripheral wall 20; a partition wall 21 arranged on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall 20, the partition wall 21 defining a plurality of cells 21a each extending from one end face to other end face to form a flow path, wherein the honeycomb structure 1 further includes: a plurality of slits 3 extending radially inward from an outer peripheral surface 1a of the honeycomb structure 1 and extending in an extending direction of the cells 21a; and a filling material 4 filled in the slits 3, and wherein, when a difference between a width Y of the filling material 4 and a width X of each of the slits 3, represented by the following equation (1), is determined for each of the slits 3, a difference between a maximum value A of the difference and a minimum value B of the difference, represented by the following equation (2), is 0.4 mm or less:

(Y−X)  (1)

(A−B)  (2),

in which equation (1), X represents the width of each of the slits 3 on the outer peripheral surface 1a of the honeycomb structure, and Y represents the width of the filling material 4 when the filling material 4 is viewed from the outside in the radial direction of the honeycomb structure 1.