History of Ceramic

Ceramic are an old specialty that go back somewhere in the range of 4,000
years, beginning in Ancient Egypt around 4,700 BCE.
The word "ceramic comes from the Greek word keramikos, "of pottery" or "for
pottery".
The birthplace of "ceramic" originates from the Greek word "keramos," or
pottery. "Tile" starts from the Latin "tegula" and its French subordinate, "tuile."
The art of tiling spread west from the Middle East, getting to be well known in
Europe amid the eleventh century

Archaic Ceramic Art

16th century
Turkish Iznik
tiles

Mesopotamia by
the 4th millennium
BCE

Hexagonal Tile, mid

15th century

Ming Dynasty 1368

1644 CE) blue-and-white
porcelain

Ceramic Products
CERAMIC PRODUCTS ARE USUALLY DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAIN TYPES
1.
2.
3.
4.

Structural :- Bricks, Pipes, Floor and roof Tiles

Refractories :- Kiln linings, Gas fire radiants, Steel and glass making crucibles
Whitewares :- Tableware, Cookware, Wall tiles, Pottery products and sanitary
ware
Technical :- Engineering, advanced, special, and fine ceramics.

Ceramic Tiles
A tile is a made from hard-wearing material, for example, earthenware, stone,
metal, or even glass.Tiles are produced using clay, which once molded and dried,
are terminated in a furnace at extremely hot temperatures.
This procedure solidifies the tiles, making "bisque," which can then be coated
and let go a second time.
Ceramic tiles have been a popular material used for inside and outside
decoration for a many years. First Decorative tiles found in Egypt go back to 4000
BC.
The craft of assembling of tile was broadly exhibited by
the Assyrians and Babylonians in Mesopotamia architecture.

Archaic Ceramic tiles

17th century Delft

blue and white tile
with sea monster

The Shah Mosque in

Isfahan, Iran(10-11th
century

William de
Morgan, fantastic
ducks on 6-inch
tile, Fulham
period

Blue Turkish tiles

Two panels of
earthenware
tiles (Iran
19thC)

Raw Material

The crude materials used to shape tile comprise of mud minerals mined from
the earth crust.
ceramic tiles is mixture of various sorts of muds and silica, sand, grog or
feldspar.
it produced using lightweight materials, for example, perlite, wood, and
mineral wool.
The formulas are intended to adjust a wide range of variables like shading,
shrinkage, porosity, terminating temperature.
Some tile perhaps coated and some not. Glazes, if utilized, are made of silica,
fluxes to dissolve.

Ceramic are made from three main minerals : Clay, Silica and Feldspar.

Manufacturing Process

Preparing the raw materials

Batching
Mixing and grinding
Spray drying
Pressing
Drying
Firing

Type Of Tiles

Roof Tiles

Floor Tiles

Wall Tiles

Pebble Tiles

Ceiling Tiles

Roof Tiles
Rooftop tiles are composed basically to keep
out Rain, and are customarily produced using
locally accessible materials, for example,
terracotta or slate. Modern materials such as
concrete and plastic are additionally utilized
and some mud tiles have a waterproof
coating.

Floor Tile
These are regularly made of Ceramic or
stone, albeit late innovative advances
have brought about elastic or glass tiles
for floors too. Fired tiles might be painted
and coated. Little mosaic tiles might be
laid in various pattern.

Pebble Tiles
Pebble Tiles is a composite material made up
of marble pebbles or pieces of common
stone in various sizes, bound together with a
transparent white or colored resin.
The pebble are deliberately cut on the front
and the back to make a level surface while
keeping up the regular bended layout of every
individual pebble.

Ceiling Tiles
Ceiling tiles are type of tiles used for covering
ceilings of rooms.
Most Ceiling tiles are produced using mineral
fiber, yet different materials are accessible,
for example, fiberglass. Mineral fiber tiles
commonly have a high Noise Reduction
Coefficient (NRC), which implies they are
great at engrossing sound inside a space to
avert reverberation or boisterous situations.

Wall Tiles
The concept behind using wall tiles is decorating
the interior of a home without adding much stuff
to the home.
generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls,
showers, or other objects such as tabletops.

Pros & Cons

Pros :

Water and stain-proof

Great Traction and slip-resistance
Wide assortment of shapes and sizes
A large number of color, patterns and surfaces
A low cost or discount floor tile

Cons :

Chips and scratches remove the colored coat

Hard to repair or resurface
Can look somewhat plastic

Ceramic Tiles Industries in India

Today Ceramic tiles in india, have turned into a basic piece of home improvement.
It can have a tremendous effect to the way your insides and outside look and
express.
The indian ceramic tiles market size is evaluated to have been 172 billion INR in
2012 and is relied upon to achieve 301 billion INR by 2016 developing ata CAGR of
15%.
Positioned third all around and represented more than 6% of the aggregate
worldwide generation in 2012. a Large Number of little and medium-scale
fabricates work in the unorganised portion, for the most part plants in gujarat

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