Current Status and Future Trends of the Ceramic Industry(3/27/2012)

Ceramics, is the oxide of refractory metal oxides and metal, through the grinding, mixing, pressing, glazing, sintering process, the formation of an acid of that porcelain or stone construction or decoration materials, collectivelyas ceramics.Its raw material made from clay, quartz sand mixed.For centuries, the decorative effect of the ceramic tile production methods improve and improve.For example, in the Islamic period, all ceramic decoration method in Persia reached its peak.

Subsequently, the use of ceramics has proliferated around the world, in many countries and cities, ceramic production and decoration reached a peak.The historical process of the ceramic, mosaic, Spain and Portugal, the Italian Renaissance tiles, glazed tiles of Antwerp, the development of Dutch tiles, and tiles of Germany are a milestone.

In ancient times, the ceramics are hand-made, that is, each tile is hand-molding, hand-coloring, each piece of tile is a unique work of art.The ceramic was almost used in all aspects of building, such as: walls, floors, ceilings, fireplaces, murals as well as the construction of external walls.Today, worldwide, ceramic tile is no longer a hand-made, hand-coloring, but the use of automated production technology, the human hand is used to tile installed.As in the past, indoor and outdoor use tiles for decoration, such as: floors, walls, countertops, fireplaces, fountains, and the external walls and so on.Nine are building materials Xiaobian that the future development of the ceramic tiles should be moving in the direction of energy-saving, thin, landscaping, functional.According to the test, the ceramic tile industry the future of quality products in the following categories:

Insulation Tiles

Porous materials, a green body, the bulk density of about 0.6-1.0, in the green body surface glazing, both porous materials, insulation and energy-saving effect, but also has the characteristics of the glazed tiles.With the increasing emphasis on environmental protection and energy conservation, this type of brick should have a considerable market abroad has been such products on the market.

Thin Tile

Thinner than existing ceramic tiles, ceramic tiles towards a more energy-efficient products more environmentally friendly trend.

Color glazed tiles

As ambient light changes, or different with the visual angle, the tile showing a different color, giving a colorful beauty to enjoy.The characteristics of this brick, adding a glaze colorant composed of rare earth oxides, causing the glaze showing selective absorption and reflection, absorption and reflection extent the emergence of a variety of colors in the visible range.

(Author Mosaic and Tile, China Leiyuan 3/27/2012)

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