a) The ceramic manufacturer acquires the
necessary raw materials and carries out all further processing
tasks.
Specific preparations of unfired material are required
for the different forming processes:
| slips |
|
for casting, |
| granulates |
|
for pressing and |
| plastic material |
|
for extrusion. |
b) The ceramics manufacturer acquires ready-prepared unfired
material, and begins at the forming stage of the ceramics
process.
