Lessons
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OverviewOverview of what INSIGHT does, how it works and how you typically use it, a tour of the main dialogs and controls
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Lesson 1A: Comparing a Theoretical and a Real-World FeldsparEntering recipes, materials and the materials database, theoretical materials, formulas, oxides,analyses, unity and non-unity, normalization
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Lesson 1B: Turning a feldspar into a glazeTarget formulas, feldspar chemistry, thermal expansion, supplying oxides to a formula from a material, getting detailed material and oxide information at digitalfire and oxide and material level thinking that technicians employ to make formulation decisions
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Lesson 1C: Comparing Calcia Sourcing MaterialsLOI and study calcia contributing materials specifically, what makes frits such great sources of oxides, the concept of alternate sourcing an oxide, non-participant recipe materials and the digitalfire material information strategy
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Lesson 2: Turning a Glossy Glaze Into a MatteLearn the chemistry differences between glossy and matte glaze and convert a cone 6 glossy into a matte. This process will expose you to many other issues.
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Lesson 3: Dealing With the Root Cause of CrazingWhat is crazing, why glazes craze, thermal expansion, stress testing, researching, substituting KNaO, adding more SiO2 and Al2O3 via boron, the unique character of Li2O, adding boron from frits and silica:alumina ratios
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Lesson 4: Building a Glaze From a Chemically Analyzed Native MaterialHaving a native material analyzed, LOI measurement and imposition, lab analysis issues, assessing a materials chemistry to maximize its percentage in a glaze, entering an analysis as a recipe and transferring it to an MDT, employing an override MDT, building a glaze from a native material, the advantages of using chemistry to formulate native material glazes.
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Lesson 5A: Formula to BatchMon-unity calculations, the language of formulas, normalization, the formula to analysis dialog, supplying and re-supplying oxides, material ordering and material oxide sourcing, KNaO vs. K2O/Na2O, side-by-side reporting
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Lesson 5B: Difficult Formula to BatchMole%, formula to batch calculations, finding frits by chemistry, using material XML, Na2O sourcing, handling oxide oversupply, added status in recipe lines, overriding in the Supply dialog, rationalizing when to compromise an exact match and thinking on the mineral level
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Lesson 6: Substituting Gerstley Borate in Floating BlueGerstleyborate.com, when frits are not suitable, ulexite, using phantom, static and added status with colorants and retotaling and static materials
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Lesson 7A: Formulating Substitution Rules with Whiting and WollastoniteRationalization of the relative merits of materials, using the Supply Oxide dialog both ways on side-by-side no-unity recipes, and learning to spot obvious supply problems and theoretical vs. actual materials
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Lesson 7B: Substituting Feldspar for Nepheline SyeniteIssues surrounding substitution with complex materials, KNaO vs. K2O/Na2O evaluation, substitution rules vs. in-recipe substitution calculation, non-chemistry reasons for glaze differences and flow testing
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Lesson 8: Reducing the firing temperature of a cone 10 glaze to cone 6Melting temperature is directly related to chemistry, learn what the chemistry differences are between a typical cone 10 and 6 glaze and how to use INSIGHT to make the conversion
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Lesson 9: Fixing a Settling Glaze SlurryChange the recipe of a glaze to increase its clay content (and thereby improve its suspending properties) while maintaining the same chemistry (and therefore fired results).
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Installing and Downloading INSIGHT
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Downloading and Installing INSIGHT for WindowsDownloading will keep you up-to-date, anyone can do it |
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Trying a New INSIGHT Version (without disturbing one that is already installed)If you already have INSIGHT, you can download and try the new version before installing it over your existing version. |
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Downloading and Installing for MacintoshDownloading will keep you up-to-date, anyone can do it. The process is the same for first or subsequent times. |
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Downloading and Installing Adobe ReaderAdobe reader is the eBook reader you need to read the INSIGHT manual |
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Logging in at the Digitalfire websiteLearn how to sign-up for a free login password to you can download INSIGHT and how to recover a forgotten or lost password |
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Buying INSIGHT at the Digitalfire websiteIt is secure and easy |
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Locating Old and New Version INSIGHT Folders and Files in WindowsIf you are upgrading from INSIGHT 2005 or older, this shows you how to move files and folders to the new place INSIGHT expects to see that at, how to locate the old program folder. |
Materials Data
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Getting a MDT File from the Digitalfire Reference Library WebsiteBuild a custom MDT file (with optional language translation), download, and install it.
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Using the CSV Materials File FormatEdit and maintain materials data externally from INSIGHT using Microsoft Excel or equivalent |
Ticket Manager
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How to Use the Digitalfire Ticket ManagerCommunicate about multiple topics with Digitalfire much more effectively than by email. |
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