Testing and Preparation of Clay

Clay is the main raw material for the manufacture of ceramic products. The quality of products is almost entirely dependent on the quality and properties of the raw material. Choosing clay eligible to be used in the manufacture of ceramic objects is very important.

For the testing process and the preparation of the clay body ah clay needs to be done to get the mix (formula) clay body is good and meets the requirements for use in the manufacture of ceramic objects. Have you ever seen clay tiles freshly made (still wet), dried tiles, and tiles that have been burned? If you’ve been, what can you explain? If you look carefully, of course you can explain what happened on that precarious.

What happens is that the presence of physical changes in the clay tiles that become hard with different color and size becomes smaller. The example is an illustration to help you learn the process of testing clay.

a)       Wear work clothes, gloves, and masks because the ingredients are dry clay powder form is very dangerous if inhaled.

b)       Keep materials dry clay bucket with a lid on the container and label in accordance with the clay materials.

c)       Check the condition of the equipment before and after use. Use equipment according to its function and follow the operating instructions of the equipment according to the procedure.

d)      Use of materials as needed.

e)       Clean equipment and the room after use.

f)        Keep re-equipment and the rest of the clay material in place. Pay attention to waste management.

g)       Work carefully and cautiously.

Equipment and tools Occupational Health and Safety
The process of testing and preparation of the clay body can be done either manually or masinal that each of these ways has its advantages and disadvantages, the manual way is usually done to treat the clay material in small amounts, while the way masinal done to process the material in a number of relatively quite a lot. Equipment for testing and preparation of the clay body many kinds, from the simple to the modern course with different results.

A variety of processing equipment since the ceramic clay material to the combustion stage masinal made. This is a demand for ceramic objects are mass produced in a short time.

Some clay body preparation equipment either manually or masinal among others ballmill, blunger, vibrators, filter press and Pugmill, with masinal equipment will be able to increase the capacity of the clay material products produced and reduce the role of human labor, but on the other hand required power with a certain power to drive the masinal equipment.