A new shaping model for green ceramic balls

The shaping quality of green ceramic balls is directly related to the efficiency and cost of later machining. Until now the shaping for green ceramic balls is still conducted by handwork. In this paper, a new shaping model for green ceramic balls is reported. It is obvious that the new shaping model can improve the spherical deviations and the size distribution of the green ceramic balls, increase the production, and reduce the costs. The spherical deviations can be improved by 0.04 mm easily. It can be observed by SEM that there is no cracking in the surface of sintered ceramic balls shaped with the new model in a green blank.