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Wet enamel preparation & milling

Prior to the actual application, porcelain enamel slip need to be prepared in accordance with the application requirements, such as fineness, set and specific gravity.

The traditional wet enamel preparation process (“milling”) consists of the following seven sequential steps :

  1. weighting of various frits & additions in accordance with the milling formulation
  2. loading ball mills
  3. adding water
  4. wet milling
  5. discharging ball mills
  6. sieving & magnetic screening of slip
  7. storage

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