Technological and economical investigation of glaze preparation using dry stirred media mill

Ceramic tiles are the most common building material for floor and wall coverings in many countries. Glazed produced from mixture of frits some additional raw materials applied on surface green subjected to a firing process. A new method processing glaze that is dry stirred media mill was investigated pilot grinding plant. The particle size, shape area measured. comparison made with product conventional wet discontinue ball mills using same tile recipes. results indicated can provide have finer size distribution, more stable compared milling. thermal expansion optical properties such as colour (L, b parameters) glazes were measured also details. Finally, microstructural characteristics determined scanning electron microscopy (SEM). shown enhances process economy considerably.