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PROCESS SYSTEMS FOR KAOLIN POWDER

Hosokawa Micron offers excellent processing solutions for drying and mixing kaolin, for example for the production of fillers, pigments, ceramic products, concrete additives or pharmaceutical products.

Kaolin or china clay is a kind of rock that is rich in kaolinite. It’s one of the most common minerals on the planet and is mined and processed in many countries. It is a soft, earthy, usually white mineral, produced by the chemical weathering of aluminium silicate minerals like feldspar. In many parts of the world, it is coloured pink-orange-red by iron oxide, giving it a distinct rust hue. Lighter concentrations yield white, yellow or light orange colours.

Kaolin dryers and mixers

DMR flash mill dryer DMR flash mill dryer

Kaolin is most commonly used in the paper-coating industry. It is also used as a filler (added to plastics, for example, and rubber compounds), as a pigment in paints, in ceramics (tile, chinaware, and bathroom toilets and sinks), and in pharmaceuticals. When added to a concrete mix, metakaolin accelerates the hydration of Portland cement.

Commercial grades of kaolin are supplied and transported as dry powder, semi-dry paste or as liquid slurry. After mining, the kaolin contains moisture which requires drying to turn it into a dry powder and mixing to turn it into a slurry or suspension.

The DMR flash mill dryer is ideal for processing kaolin, as it combines drying, de-agglomeration/milling and classifying in one piece of equipment. For wet products like suspensions and slurries, Hosokawa offers a wide range of batch and continuous mixers that can be adapted to suit even the most abrasive of materials, such as kaolin.

TESTING & PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

Test Centre in Doetinchem, the Netherlands Test Centre in Doetinchem, the Netherlands

Our test and process development centre in the Netherlands offers unique possibilities for testing your product to determine the most efficient process, system or plant prior to final design. We can provide laboratory-level as well as production-sized trials.

Whether you wish to test a single machine or a complete powder processing system, the same skilled and experienced staff are here to help ensure that your requirements are met, and that you are entirely satisfied with the results.

We offer process equipment and technologies from individual units to large scale bespoke system solutions. Our principle is to deliver high performance yet affordable solutions that meet our customers' demands and long term challenges.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

To learn more about our powder process equipment and systems for kaolin powder, contact us:

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SUSTAINABLE PROCESSING SYSTEMS

Hosokawa Micron B.V. is certified according to ISO 14001. Our certification covers all environmental themes of ISO 14001: air, soil, energy, waste, water, noise and hazardous substances. In addition, Hosawa Micron was awarded an EcoVadis Silver Medal for its sustainability achievements. EcoVadis determined that the company was among the top 7% of companies rated by EcoVadis in the special machinery industry.

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