Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Process Ppt
Paver tile is glazed or unglazed porcelain or natural clay tile of size 39 cm2 6 in 2 or more.
Ceramic tiles manufacturing process ppt. What is a procelain tiles. Video describing the manufacturing process of ceramic tiles realized by ceratec canadian distributor of ceramic tiles porcelain glass mosaic slate and na. The types of commercial clays used for ceramics are primarily kaolin and ball clay. Continuous ball mill 6.
Steps in the tile manufacturing process are. M tech ph d materials engineering sest uoh 2. Manufacturing process ofprocelain tilesnishant sinha 2. Most ceramic products are clay based and are made from a single clay or one or more clays mixed with mineral modifiers such as quartz and feldspar.
Manufacturing ceramic products however is rather uniform besides the fact that for the manufacture of wall and floor tiles household ceramics sanitaryware and technical ceramics often a multiple stage firing process is used. Manufacturing process of ceramic tiles 1. We will discuss all the production process methods used in the ceramic industry. The term ceramic forming describes the process of production of ceramic components from natural or synthetic raw materials.
Mining blending and mixing pressing glazing and firing. Firing process with or without glaze. Overall manufacturing process preparation of raw materials. There are 5 steps in the ceramic tile manufacturing process.
There are different production process methods are used in the ceramic production process. Process flow chart 3. 11 7 2 process description1 3 5 figure 11 7 1 presents a general process flow diagram for ceramic products. Ceramic tiles are economical to produce because of the raw materials used are easily available mined ceramic minerals.
Porcelain tile is ceramic mosaic tile or paver tile that is made by a certain method called dry pressing. The process begins with the mining of the raw materials which is a mixture composed of mostly clay and minerals. The primary raw material for the tile production is clay quarts and feldspar. Step 1 is basic and organic.
Ceramic tiles with a water absorption rate of less than 0 5. Used to cover floors and walls.