Tape casting is a forming method for producing flat, thin tapes, with thickness between 0.1-2.0 mm. A ceramic slurry is spread onto a flat movable carrier surface and passes beneath a doctor’s blade to control the tape thickness. The solvents contained into the slurry evaporate and leave a flexible tape that can be further processed. Tape casting is employed for manufacturing different products such as multilayered inductors, multilayered varistors, piezoelectrics, ceramic fuel cells and lithium ion battery components.
By tape casting Petroceramics can realize parts of different materials including alumina, zirconia and silicon carbide.
