Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Process

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.

Ceramic tiles manufacturing process.

Ceramic tiles are economical to produce because of the raw materials used are easily available mined ceramic minerals. They are commonly made of ceramic or stone. Rasel mia roll 1984 presented to mrinmoy mitra lecturer department of business administration world university of bangladesh world university of bangladesh. The primary raw material for the tile production is clay quarts and feldspar.

We will discuss all the production process methods used in the ceramic industry. Ceramic tiles follow a similar process to the porcelain tiles right up until the extrusion process. There are different production process methods are used in the ceramic production process. The term ceramic forming describes the process of production of ceramic components from natural or synthetic raw materials.

Instead of being fed through a die ceramic tile mixture is poured into a mould and pressed into the correct shape. Decorative wall tile is glazed tile with a thin body used for interior decoration of residential walls. Steps in the tile manufacturing process are. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs floors walls and ceilings.

The raw materials are mixed in correct proportion and sent to ball mill for slurry preparation. Welcome to the presentation on manufacturing process of standard ceramic tiles 2. Major part of the manufacturing process involves powder metallurgy. Porcelain tile is ceramic mosaic tile or paver tile that is made by a certain method called dry pressing.

The slurry is then passed to spray drier for making into fine. The main ingredients of ceramic tile and its general manufacturing process has not changed that much throughout the centuries. This is possible because the clay used for ceramic tiles is more ductile and less liable to crack under the pressure. These tiles are produced at the largest manufacturer of tiles in southern africa ceramic industries.

Paver tile is glazed or unglazed porcelain or natural clay tile of size 39 cm2 6 in 2 or more. Batching is the initial step in the tile manufacturing process. Presented by shamima hossain roll 1983 md.