Modeling of relief ceramic tiles with computer aided design programs and production process

In ceramic industry, computer aided manufacturing type is commonly used since it both minimizes the defects during modeling ceramic forms and enhances the quality while stepping up the modeling process. Although for about twenty or twenty-five years it has been commonly used in ceramic industry of our country, computer aided manufacturing has no feasibility in the ceramic departments of universities despite the computer aided lectures they have. For this reason, in this thesis study, it is aimed to integrate the technology used in this sector to ceramic education. Implementation of relief ceramic wall tiles, which is commonly produced in ceramic industry, forms the subject of this thesis study. In this context, the history of wall tiles, production techniques, the history of computer aided design and production, modeling and production methods, the implementation phases of the subject form the content of this study. In order to design the relief ceramic tiles with computer aided design programs and produce them, an application was made to Sakarya University Scientific Research Projects as a master's thesis project. In the implementation phase of this thesis, the CNC Router machine that was obtained within the scope of this project and the manual hydraulic press that was developed with personal opportunities are used. In the implementation phase, seven sketches are designed, two designs selected from these sketches are modeled on computer, duplicate molds of these models are designed with CNC Router and their production stages are stated. In addition, one design selected from the sketches is produced and its implementation results are stated.