Lecture #5 - Alfred's Clay Store - Alfred University

Blunging• Ensures complete/homogenous mixing• Clay body is mixed in an excess of water– All particles are thoroughly wetted– Particles are able to move everywhere• Stacks of clay are physically torn apart– Exposes more surface area (allows for more extension)• Virtually all industrial applications rely on blunging(I.e. commercial dinnerware, computer chipmanufacturing etc.)• Electrical insulators are required to blunge by law toensure proper mixing