Blunger

Blunger

A blunger is a machine commonly used in the pottery industry for mixing clay and water. A blunger usually consists of a round or octagonal tank with a mixer. Clay is added to the water filled blunger and then mixed into a slurry, which is also called slip. This slip can be then sieved and magnetted as it is emptied from the blunger.

In the potbanks around Stoke on Trent the blunger was fed by the "sliphouse blunger charger" who was often assisted by the "sliphouse blunger charger's mate". Different types and amounts of clay and marl had to be shovelled in manually to be mixed with water.


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  • Blunger — Blun ger, n. [Corrupted from plunger.] A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi?ing the clay in potteries; a plunger. Tomlinson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • blunger — /blun jeuhr/, n. 1. a large container with rotating arms for mechanical mixing of clay with water. 2. a person who blunges. [1820 30; BLUNGE + ER1] * * * …   Universalium

  • blunger — noun the apparatus used for blunging (mixing clay with water to make pottery) …   Wiktionary

  • blunger — n. large container with revolving arms used to mechanically mix clay with water; one who blunges …   English contemporary dictionary

  • blunger — blung·er …   English syllables

  • blunger — ˈblənjə(r) noun ( s) : one that blunges; specifically : a vat with mechanical stirrers for mixing clay and water into slip …   Useful english dictionary

  • Blunging — Blun ging, n. The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger. Tomlinson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slipcasting — is a technique for the mass production of pottery, especially for shapes not easily made on a wheel. A liquid clay body slip (usually mixed in a blunger) is poured into plaster moulds and allowed to form a layer, the cast, on the inside cavity of …   Wikipedia

  • Slip (ceramics) — Phenician plate with red slip, 7th century BCE, excavated in Mogador island, Essaouira. Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum …   Wikipedia

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