Systems analysis of the technology for unfired lightweight chamotte refractories

General principles of systems analysis of self-compaction technology are considered. A group of factors responsible for functioning of individual blocks and the process as a whole is established. Analytical dependences relating the characteristic factors of the manufacturing process are derived by methods of statistical analysis and interpreted graphically. The results of the study are used to solve practical problems of choosing raw materials for refractory compositions and the process regimes. Translated from Ogneupory i Tekhnicheskaya Keramika, No. 4, pp. 2–7, April, 1998.