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Ceramic Producing Process



MILLING



Various raw materials including feldspar, silica, clay and pottery stone are mixed and fine-milled in the ball mill.



FILTER PRESS & VACUUM EXTRUSION


The clay body is made by filter-pressing the slip. The pressed body de-aired and extruded to the required size through the pug mill .



MUD BODY’S MAKING


Using appropriated roller head and plaster mould, mud body is formed. For the irregular shapes such as teapots and figurines, slip casting is used. In casting, liquid clay (slip) is poured into plaster moulds and the green shape forms on the mould as the water is absorbed through the plaster mould.



DRYING


All the items will be dried naturally in a special warehouse.



FINISHING


The rough edges and foot of the green ware are cleaned with wet sponge by automatic edge-cleaning machine or by skilled hand



HANDPAINTING


Various designs are painted manually on the dinnerwares . Very colorful and vivid ! We can also make them with your own designs.



GLAZING


To seal the surface of the biscuit body and to give the product its glossy finish, glaze is applied using automatic glaze spraying line.



GLOST FIRING


Carefully loading the glazed ware onto a kiln car, the glazed ware is fired at 1280∑ C. At the temperature, the glaze powder melts and turns into a transparent glass layer covering the biscuit body. The glost-fired ware is inspected and ready for the decoration.



DECAL


The printed decal is transferred onto the glost ware and dried.



DECORATION FIRING


The decal and the ware are fired at appropriated temperatures and the printed patterns permanently fuse onto the glaze layer to give permanent durable decoration.



INSPECITON


Experienced eyes in the inspection area checks for possible faults in the ware and the finished ware is packaged as necessary.



PACKAGING


Safe and beautiful package ways are being supplying. When packing, workers will polish dinner wares foot, and then put a separate Paper to separate them from hitting each other. So times, if necessary, there will be inner boxes , then packed small inner boxes together into a 5 layers thick Carton.