Our basic product is a pressed tile produced by mono-firing technology and molded by the press technique.

Tile production is a complex and long-lasting process, consisting of a number of technological processes:

• the preparation of raw material
• shaping
• drying of raw tiles
• glazing of ceramic tiles
• burning of ceramic tiles
• sorting and packing of ceramic tiles
• storage of the finished product

The raw material mixture for the production of ceramic tiles is prepared from a number of components: clay, Dolomite silt and coalized granite.

The clay exploited from the factory mine is arranged in lots and, after having been left outside for a certain time, it is transported in trucks to a roofed over storeroom.

The remaining components for the raw material mixture (Dolomite silt and coalized granite) are transported to the storehouse in bulk. The material is stored in a roofed over space in boxes or silos.

A smaller quantity of material (glass frit and pigment for glazing) is delivered in sacks or containers while liquid material (electrolyte for better flowing of the ceramic suspension) in closed tanks.

Granulate preparation for pressing: the material mixture component ratio is verified by weighing, taking into consideration the humidity content of the material. After having been weighed, the roughly fragmentized materials are ground by wet procedure (together with water and electrolyte) in a batching drum-like ball mill. After having been ground, the mixture passes through a sieve and into the pools where it is mixed so as not to cause the particles to sediment by lying.

Then high-pressure pumps pump it from the pool into an atomizer where it is dispersed through sprayers under a determined pressure. Drops of sludge come into contact with the hot air flow.
The drying of the drops produces very uniform, more or less sphere-shaped, hollow granules with a small content of moisture. The thermal energy needed for drying in the atomizer is obtained by gas combustion.
During raw material preparation, the production of a quantity of very tiny dust is inevitable. In order to prevent dust from being emitted into the environment, save raw material and improve air quality in the working area, air is filtered by de-dusters with baggy filters.

Ceramic tiles are produced by dry pressing.

Ceramic tiles are produced by dry pressing.. Hydraulic presses of great power and productivity are used in the pressing procedure.
The pressing tool (mould) is filled with granulate that is pressed under a determined pressure. The tool makes it possible to press a large number of tiles at the same time.

The pressed tiles are automatically placed in a double canal horizontal drying room.

The pressed tiles are automatically placed in a double canal horizontal drying room.

The tiles are dried by gradual heating. The drying time depends on the type of tile (for flooring or wall lining) in other words, on the humidity content of the raw tiles.

In the glazing preparation process, the raw material is ground irregularly in a drum ball mill.

The glazing is sifted and emptied in a pool, filled in tubs and transported to the glazing unit.

After leaving the drying room, the tiles travel on a conveying belt along the glazing line and a layer of engobe is applied on them followed by a layer of glazing.

The tiles pass under the sieve for impressing paste or rotating roller that applies the decoration sample. In the end, the tiles are delivered to box cars and then transported to the ovens.

Tile burning is performed in single canal ovens where the tiles are transported by rotating rollers.

Tile burning is performed in single canal ovens where the tiles are transported by rotating rollers. The maximum burning temperature is from 1050 -1200 °C.

The tiled tiles are transported to the sorting line using AGW (auto-driven vehicle) or LGW (laser-driven vehicle).
They are packed in boxes that fit on wooden pallets and are wrapped in foil.

Each ceramic tile and / or packaging must be properly marked before sale. According to the standard SIST ISO 13006: 1999 the following tags are mandatory:

– the manufacturer’s mark and / or the trade mark and the country of origin,
– quality mark of Class I,
– type tiles and reference to the official standard SIST ISO 13006: 1999,
– nominal and production measures and labels for modular (M) and production measure (W)
– surface type, for example – glazed (GL), or non-glazed (UGL)

Forklifts transport the pallets to the storehouse.