China Clay has extensive usage in various industries:
1. Paper Industry: China Clay is used as a filler which reduces its overall cost, improves its printing properties such as brightness, smoothness and gloss.
2.Paint Industry: China Clay forms the basic raw material as an extender for Water based decorative paints and Solvent based decorative paints used in protective and OEM coatings; domestic appliance finishes; electrophoresis coatings; coil coatings; traffic markings; printing inks.
3.Rubber Industry: China Clay is incorporated into both natural and synthetic rubber compounds and is rubber industry’s most widely used non-black filler with reinforcing properties in Cable insulations: cable sheath; hose; extrusions; belting; footwear; pharmaceutical; seals; general mouldings; plant lining; domestic mouldings; latex; tyres/inner tubes.
4.Plastics Industry: China Clay has many uses as a filler in plastics, Speciality films, PE cables; PE film; pPVC cables; pPVC extrusions; PVC plastisols; PP mouldings; polyamide mouldings; PBT/PET mouldings; unsaturated polyester; urea formaldehyde; phenol formaldehyde.
5.Ceramics Industry: China Clay is widely used in the manufacture of whiteware ceramics. Kaolin and Calcined clay are used for refractory applications.
6.White cement: In the production of white cement, iron is a deleterious component which can be avoided by using kaolin, an alumina silicate wit