INFLUENCE OF RAW MATERIALS ON SANITARYWARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES PRESSURE CASTING AND FAST FIRING

Objective

The sanitaryware production is a European traditionnal industry. The currently used technologies which are old and require an expensive manpower, are likely to cause difficults versus cheap manpower countries.

The suggested research subject aims at making new production processes technically and economically operationnal:pressure casting, fast firing, by studing:

- The materials bound to the process
- The used raw materials
- The best interactive behaviour parameters

DAMREC, clay producer, VISTE ALEGRE, kaolin producer, NETZSCH, sanitary producer material maker, PENTA, sanitary slip producer and VILLEROY ET BOCH, sanitary producer have decided to combine their effort to reach the objective.

Technically the objects are as follows:

-Reduction by 70-80%of the shaping times
-Reduction by 30% of the energy consumption
-Utilization of a new process that allows automatization

Programme(s)

• FP3-BRITE/EURAM 2 - Specific programme (EEC) of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3 - Mineral processing

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Damrec SNC - Denain Anzin Minéraux Réfractaire Céramique

Address

Route De Beaujard
77160 Poigny
France

Participants (4)

Netzsch Thuringia GmbH

Germany

Address

Edelhof 5
96515 Sonneberg

Penta Sa

Italy

Address

Via Di Gargasse Snc
01033 Civita Castellana Viterbo

VA GRUPO VISTA ALEGRE PARTICIPA SA

Portugal

Address

Vista Elegre
3830 Ilhavo

VILLEROY ET BOCH SA

France

Address

Route De Coulommiers
77320 La Ferte Gaucher