GRAPHICDESI

GN
ForCERAMI
CTILES

Chapter01
Int
roducti
onto
CeramicTil
eProduc
tionLi
ne
How Cer
ami
cTi
lesAr
eMade?

Cerami cti
leshavebeenar oundf ormill
enniums.
Theyhavedecor atedcount l
esshomesandot her
buil
dingsar oundt hewor l
d. W hi
lethepr i
nciple
remai nst
hesame, theact
ualpr oduct
ionl i
nehas
evolvedsignificantlywithadvanci ngtechnology.
Furthermor e,below wil
lgoal ongwayi nans wer -
i
nghow cer amict i
lesaremade.

Thepr
ocessi
scomposedoft
hef
oll
owi
ngst
ages:

Raw Mat
eri
als Ti
lePr
essi
ng Gl
azi
ng Fi
ring

Cer
ami
cTi
le

Gr
indi
ng&Mi
xing Dr
ying Pr
int
ing

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St
ep1
.Raw Mat
eri
alsForCer
ami
cTi
les

Fir
st,t
hemanuf acturercol
lectsaseriesofraw mat er
ial
s.
Commonmat er
ial
susedt oproducecer amicti
lesincludewhi teclay,t
alc,
sand,fel
dspar,i
ll
iti
candkaol i
nit
icclay,dol
omi teandcal ci
te.
Themanuf actur
erwi l
lquarryandr efinethem. Also,t
heywi llbri
ngt he
mat er
ial
stothemanuf acturi
ngpl antandstorethem separ atel
y.

STEP 01

STEP 02

STEP 03

P02
St
ep2.Mi
xingAndGr
indi
ng

Next,t
hemanuf acturermixest heraw mat eri
alsinspecificproporti
ons
byweight.Themanuf acturerachievesthespeci fiedmi xturebyvaryi
ng
thespeedofeachconveyorbef orethemast erconveyorgat hersal
lmat e-
ri
alst
ogetherforthenextpr ocess.Theconveyort hendumpst hemi xt
ur e
i
ntoast or
agetank.Itthenf eedsthatintoaser i
esofmi xingtankswith
waterandceramicpel l
ets.
Thi sformsaliquidmat eri
alcalledsl
urry.

Theythentempor ar
il
yst or
et heslurryi
nlargetanks.
Nexttheyfeedit
i
ntoanatomi zer
. Theat omizerhasanozzl ewhichsprayst
heslurryi
nto
themiddleofit.
Acur r
entofhotai rhel
pstheslurr
ybecomesairborne
anditqui
cklydriest oform atomizedpowder .

P03
St
ep3.Pr
essi
ng

Theythenrel
easetheatomizedpowderinmeasur
edquant
iti
esi
ntoa
tr
aywhi chdi
str
ibut
esthepowderevenlyint
oamould.
Alargehydr
aul
ic
presst
henappliesafor
ceof300-400kg/
cm2.

mold PRESS

St
ep4.Dr
ying

Theydrytheseformedpi ecesfurt
hertoremovemostoft heremai
ning
moisture.
Thisguaranteesthattheproductwillcomeoutoft
heDryerina
consi
stentquali
ty,
freeofphysicalweaknessesordef
ects.

P04
St
ep5.Gl
azi
ng

Glazi
ngandscr eeningservebothpract i
calandartist
icpurposes.These
all
ow thetil
etogainaestheticbeauty,waterrepel
lenceanddur abi
li
ty.
Glazi
ngandscr eeningalsoaregoodf orhygienicpropert
ies.Fir
st,t
he
manuf act
urerusesroll
erscreenstoapplyadesi gnandcol our.Toachieve
greaterdesi
gnvariati
on,amanuf act
ur ercanaddanext rar ol
lerscr
eent o
theli
ne.

Amanuf act
urermakesnumer oust estrunsbef or
eaccept ingthefinalf
or-
mulati
on.Theyneedt overif
yt hequalityoft
hefini sh,tr
uenessofthe
desi
gnandcol ourdefiniti
on. Aglazeisessentiall
yagl assli
kesubst
ance
andtheyapplyittothesurfaceofat il
e.Theydot hisbyvaryingmethods
suchasbyspray,waterf
all
,screeningordr yglazingmet hods.

1 2

3
P05
St
ep6.Pr
int
ing

TheGraphi
cisPri
ntedovert
heGl
azedTi
lebyaI
nkJetPri
nter,Wewi l
lsee
i
ndetail
show t
hisPri
nti
ngmachi
neFuncti
onDurr
ingthiscourse.

01

02

03
P06
St
ep7.Fi
ri
ng

Afterthemanuf acturerappl i
esaglaze,thet il
eget sfiredinakiln.
Ther earedi ff
erentt ypesofki l
nsbutaRol lerHear thKilnisbyf
arthe
mostef ficient.
Thiskilnhasout standingt emper at
ureunif ormity,
cleanlinessandheatef ficiency.
Temper aturesint histypeofki l
ncanr eachashi ghas1 190degrees
Celsius.
Kilningsol i
difiest hegl azeandr emovesallr esi
dual
moi stureint hecer ami c.
Thiscompl etesthemanuf acturi
ngstageforcer ami ct
iles.

P07
St
ep8.Qual
it
yCheck&packagi
ng.

Toensur equal ity,t

hefini shedproductgoest hroughinspections,
checki ngforanyi mper f
ect i
ons.
Mechani calandhumanmeanscheckt hecal
ibre,shadeandqual it
yof
thet i
les.
Informationabouteacht i
lethenget susedtosortandboxt hecer ami
c
til
esaccor dingly.
Themanuf act
ur erthenlabelstheseboxeswitht hequali
ty,shadeand
calibr
especi ficat i
ons.
Thent heypl acet hem ont heappr opri
atepal
letreadyfordi
spat chi
ng.

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