| Activity: | Technological characterization of Mauritanian clays to be used in ceramics |
| Descripción: | Characterize the mineral resources of the alluvial floodplain of the Senegal River and the Kaédi sandstones for their possible use as raw materials in the manufacture of ceramics construction materials. |
| Activity: | Technical viability for use of sludge of PWTS |
| Descripción: | Technical viability for use of sludge of PWTS in the fabrication of ceramic materials. Study the possibilities of reusing sludge generated at the Potable Water Treatment Station (PWTS) of Comillera (Asturias) as raw material for ceramics manufacturing processes. |
| Activity: | International training course on ceramic process, Cúcuta (Colombia) |
| Descripción: | In November 2005 a theorical-practical course about ceramic processes took place in Cúcuta (Colombia), in co-operation with the University Francisco de Paula Santander, that covered different aspects of the ceramic industry such as the study of the raw materials, the ceramic process, quality, patologies, etc. |
| Activity: | Life cycle assessment of structural ceramic materials |
| Descripción: | To carry out a Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ceramic products for construction manufactured in Spain, from extraction of the raw materials up to the treatment received by the product at the end of its useful life. |
| Activity: | Automatic measurement of brick efflorescences |
| Descripción: | Computer vision system for the objective measurement of efflorescence in bricks once they have been subjected to the washing test. |
| Activity: | Control of the expansion effects in ceramic products |
| Descripción: | Definition of a fast and reliable method that can be conducted in the factory itself, in order to predict the possible behaviour towards frost of ceramic materials for construction, as an alternative to normative tests. |
| Activity: | Development of bioclimatic constructions |
| Descripción: | Development of new, improved-efficiency building systems by combining ceramic pieces and phase-change heat accumulators. |
| Activity: | Frost resistance of ceramic products |
| Descripción: | Alternative methods for the determination of frost resistance in ceramic building materials |
| Activity: | Handbook of pathologies in construction ceramics |
| Descripción: | Preparation of a Handbook of a practical nature compiling all the defects that can appear in buildings in relation to ceramic products, describing the causes of them and the most appropriate repair works for each case, along with preventive measures |
| Activity: | Improvement of properties of light weight clay blocks |
| Descripción: | Development of a new design of lightweight clay block which improves its thermal insulation properties and reduces the risk of horizontal cracking in walls constructed in this material. |
| Activity: | Measurement of the mechanical strength of brickworks |
| Descripción: | The purpose of this project is to understand the relative influence of the bricks and the mortar in the mechanical strength of brickwalls |
| Activity: | Mortars for the restoration of historical buildings |
| Descripción: | Probing into the knowledge of physical-mechanical properties of lime-sand mortars used up until the 19th century in the construction of buildings. |
| Activity: | Study of physico-chemical changes in historical bricks |
| Descripción: | To determine the causes and types of physical-chemical weathering of historical bricks, produced by the action of different external agents, with regard to establishing the bases for the preservation and conservation of these materials. |
| Activity: | New clay pastes for artistic ceramics |
| Descripción: | Study of new clay pastes for artistic ceramics |
| Activity: | Improvement of acoustic insulation of bricks |
| Descripción: | Technological innovations in ceramic products with improved acoustic insulation using additives. |
| Activity: | Use of water repellents in bricks |
| Descripción: | The purpose of this work has been to study the pernicious effects of water repellents during the manufacturing of bricks and how to prevent them. |
| Activity: | Energy optimization in the ceramics industry |
| Descripción: | Optimization of energy consumption in the ceramic industry by selection of raw materials. |
| Activity: | On-line quality control in brick manufacturing |
| Descripción: | Vision system for an complete quality control of brick during the manufacturing. |
| Activity: | Artistic ceramic industry - Study |
| Descripción: | New prototypes in the artistic ceramic industry of Castilla - La Mancha. |
| Activity: | Baked Clay Laboratory - Services |
| Descripción: | Services for testing and technical assistance in the AITEMIN Fired Clay Laboratory |