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Ceramic Shrinkage Calculator

Ceramic Shrinkage is for ceramic quality and process teams deciding whether clay body, pressing, drying, or firing changes create unacceptable dimensional risk. The score helps prioritize trials, measurement frequency, and containment before out-of-tolerance tiles, parts, or refractory shapes ship.

What this calculator does

  • Score shrinkage risk for ceramic products based on severity, occurrence, and detection.
  • a ceramic plant is reviewing shrinkage risk for a body, glaze, firing schedule, or product family
  • The result is a shrinkage risk score for prioritizing dimensional-control action.

Formula used

  • Ceramic Shrinkage = severity × occurrence × detection
  • Use the score to rank shrinkage risk against other product or process risks

Inputs explained

  • Shrinkage severity for the ceramic body or part: Use shrinkage severity for the ceramic body or part from the same material, product, equipment, batch, shift, or order scope.
  • Shrinkage occurrence from recent firing history: Use shrinkage occurrence from recent firing history from the same material, product, equipment, batch, shift, or order scope.
  • Shrinkage detection confidence before shipment: Use shrinkage detection confidence before shipment from the same material, product, equipment, batch, shift, or order scope.

How to use the result

  • Use it during new body trials, kiln curve changes, high-scrap periods, or customer tolerance reviews.
  • It is a prioritization score, not a substitute for measured green, dry, and fired dimensions.

Common questions

  • What is Ceramic Shrinkage for? Score shrinkage risk for ceramic products based on severity, occurrence, and detection.
  • What information do I need before using it? Enter severity, occurrence, and detection scores using the same internal risk scale.
  • When is the result only an estimate? It is a prioritization score, not a substitute for measured green, dry, and fired dimensions.
  • How can I use the result? Use the result to increase checks, adjust firing curves, review moisture control, or hold product for dimensional inspection.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.