The Machinery and the production process of Masterina ceramic floor tiles :

1. Milling  - In this process, clay is placed into a batching plant. A special type of clay is also put into a clay crusher to be processed. Stone, which comprise of feldspar and kaolin, is put into a stone crusher to be refined, before being transferred to the batching plant. The refined clay and stones are then put into a tube batching plant are tranferd to the miling machine to be refined which will later be mixed with auxiliary material.
   
   
2. Mixing - The raw material and auxiliary material are homogenously mixed with water according to the specified composition in the ball mill (body mixing) for about 7 hours.  The result is a muddy pulp called slip.
   
   

3. Drying - After having been mixed into slip, the mixture is spraydried in order to form a powder with 0.28% moisture content. The powder is then stored and ready for pressing with a press machine.
    

4. Pressing - the powder is pressed by press Machine at a pressure of about a thousand ton per square meter.
   
   

5. Coloring & Designing - to form required size of tiles , the floor tiles are colored and designed using silk screening (located in the printing machine), and then stored in transfer cars for a while before firing.
   
   

6. Firing - The firing process is to harden the tiles. These tiles are heated in a roller kiln for about 40-45 minutes, depending on the size and type of the tiles. As a general rule, the more color and design involved, the longer the tiles are heated.
   
   

7. Sorting - From firing, The tiles are sorted by sorting machines to separate the good tiles from the defective ones. The company also uses computerized machine to ensure the exact size of tiles.
   
   
8. Packing - The final process is where tiles are packed according to the specific size and quality, stored in a warehouse as finished goods ready for sale.

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