After the assembly and commissioning of the complete system it was necessary to transfer the skills of producing high quality casting slip from the base clay. This is a difficult process as values of fluidity, thixotropy and density have to be achieved in order to produce a slip that will manufacture large items in a specific limited period of time.

The preparation of the casting slip, and the subsequent filling of moulds using a casting 'gun' via the ring main system are illustrated here.