Ceramic compounds are ready-made blends of frits, raw materials and additives, formulated to produce glazes and engobes. Esmaltec has been making compounds to order since 1993.
Frits, kaolin, feldspar, quartz and additives arrive already weighed and mixed, ready to be milled at the customer’s plant. All that is left is to mill them with water and adjust the suspension for application.
Ceramic compounds are used to prepare glazes and engobes for floor tiles, wall tiles and porcelain tiles. Each formulation is defined by the finish required, the body and the firing cycle.
Ceramic compounds are where Esmaltec began. The company started making compounds in 1993 and, in 1997, began production at a new plant dedicated to them. Today, with its own frit plant, Esmaltec controls the main raw materials of its compounds.
The company is based in Rio Claro, São Paulo, in Brazil’s largest ceramic cluster, and supplies customers across Brazil, Latin America and other continents, always with technical support inside the customer’s process.
The compound brings together, in a ready-made blend, the raw materials of the glaze or engobe. At the customer’s plant, it is milled with water and prepared for application to the tile.
Yes. Esmaltec develops compounds to each customer’s needs, with laboratory tests and follow-up on the production line.
Yes. Compounds can be formulated for both glazes and engobes.
Need a tailor-made raw material? Our technical team develops the formulation together with your process.
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