Ceramic

Ball Clay

Ball clay is vital in the ceramics industry for the manufacturing of sanitaryware, tableware, tiles and slabs, technical ceramics, and electrical porcelains. It is essential for controlling plasticity and casting properties of the ceramic body, improving worka

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Advantages

Key Benefits

Why Ball Clay is the preferred choice for ceramic formulations

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High Plasticity for Superior Workability

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High Unfired (Green) Strength

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Rheologically Stable Slip Systems

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Mechanically Stable at High Temperature

Ball Clay benefits Performance engineered for Ceramic
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Low Firing Shrinkage

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Excellent Binding Properties

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Light Firing Colour

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Product Grades

Product Grades

Comprehensive range of Ball Clay grades for diverse industrial applications

6 Specialized Grades

Each grade is engineered for specific performance requirements in ceramic applications

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CERAPLAS SW04
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CERAPLAS SW04

Specially engineered ball clay for sanitaryware, delivering exceptional plasticity, unfired strength, light firing colour, and superior binding properties for consistent sanitaryware body formulation performance.

CERAPLAS 90
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CERAPLAS 90

Essential raw material for tableware ceramic bodies, valued for high whiteness, fine particle size, and excellent plasticity. Enhances workability during casting and pressing, ensuring smooth shaping and uniform structure.

CERAPLAS F32
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CERAPLAS F32

Widely used in tile engobe and glaze compounds for its fine particle size, high plasticity, and excellent binding properties. Improves workability, suspension, and adhesion to tile body for a smooth, uniform coating.

CERILLITE
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CERILLITE

Specialty ball clay with unique properties for various ceramic applications. Its plasticity, unfired strength, light firing colour, and excellent binding properties make it an effective ingredient in engobe and glaze compounds.

CERAPLAS EP 1033
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CERAPLAS EP 1033

Refined ball clay for electrical insulator bodies, valued for high plasticity, fine particle size, and strong binding properties. Contributes to improved green strength, allowing the insulator to maintain its shape during handling and drying.

Sanitaryware Tableware Tiles Insulator Industrial Grade Quality Tested
Ceramic Application Matrix

Application Areas

Application areas listed against Ball Clay in the Ceramic application matrix

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Sanitaryware — Casting Slip / Body
Use Area 01

Sanitaryware — Casting Slip / Body

Role / FunctionPlasticity, Green Strength, Binding

Key GradesCERAPLAS SW 1023, CERAPLAS SW04

Verified in Ceramic matrix
Tableware — Casting Slip / Body
Use Area 02

Tableware — Casting Slip / Body

Role / FunctionPlasticity, Dry Strength, Whiteness

Key GradesCERAPLAS 90

Verified in Ceramic matrix
Tiles — Body Formulation
Use Area 03

Tiles — Body Formulation

Role / FunctionPlasticity, Green Strength, Engobe Binding

Key GradesCERAPLAS, CERAPLAS F32, CERILLITE

Verified in Ceramic matrix
Insulator — Body Formulation
Use Area 04

Insulator — Body Formulation

Role / FunctionPlasticity, Unfired Strength, Green Strength

Key GradesCERAPLAS EP 1033

Verified in Ceramic matrix
Product Sheet Applications

Applications

Applications listed for Ball Clay in the Ceramic product sheet

Sanitaryware Body (Casting Slip)
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Sanitaryware Body (Casting Slip)

Ball Clay
Tableware Body (Casting & Pressing)
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Tableware Body (Casting & Pressing)

Ball Clay
Tile Body & Engobe
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Tile Body & Engobe

Ball Clay
Electrical Insulator Body
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Electrical Insulator Body

Ball Clay
Glaze Compound & Frit
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Glaze Compound & Frit

Ball Clay
Technical Ceramics
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Technical Ceramics

Ball Clay

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Ball Clay in ceramic applications

Ball clay is a fine-grained, highly plastic clay mineral essential in ceramics for controlling plasticity, casting properties, and binding performance. It enhances green and dry strength, ensures smooth workability during shaping, and contributes to consistent firing behaviour across sanitaryware, tableware, tiles, and insulators.

Ball clay provides the ideal combination of plasticity and rheological stability in casting slips. It controls the flow rate and consistency of the slip, ensuring uniform mould filling, good casting rate, and easy release, resulting in dimensionally accurate sanitaryware pieces.

Unfired (green) strength is the mechanical strength of the ceramic body before firing. High unfired strength — provided by ball clay — allows the shaped body to be handled, dried, and transported without deformation or cracking, which is critical in automated sanitaryware and tile manufacturing.

Firing colour determines the aesthetic whiteness of the final ceramic product. Our Ceraplas grades are specifically engineered to deliver light to near-white firing colour, ensuring that the ceramic body and glaze achieve the brightness required for premium sanitaryware and tableware.

CERAPLAS F32 is specifically designed for tile engobe and glaze compounds, offering fine particle size, high plasticity, and excellent binding properties that ensure smooth coating, good adhesion to the tile body, and a uniform, defect-free glaze surface.

CERAPLAS EP 1033 is engineered for electrical porcelain, providing exceptional plasticity, controlled residue, low firing shrinkage, and high unfired strength. These properties ensure precise shaping and dimensional stability in high-voltage electrical insulator body formulations.

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