Ashapura Group Of Industries

Plastic clay also known as “Ball clay” and “pottery clay” it is one of the important component of all ceramic products such as Tiles, Tableware, Sanitaryware and Insulators. Kaolinite is a major mineral content in ball clay along with associated minerals such as Quartz, Illite, Smectite, potash feldspar, muscovite mica and calcite. Ball clay deposits also contains organic matter turning the appearance of these clays in to black, grey and off-white. Based on the origin, chemical composition, mineralogical and organic components, these plastic clays perform differently when used in applications. Application properties such as rheological behaviour, plasticity, fired color and fired shrinkage play a important role in determining the use of ball clay. Ashapura Ball clay mining reserves are in the region of Rajasthan and Gujarat. From several decades Ashapura is delivering ball clay to many of its national and international clients. Mined lumpy clay is segregated and sorted to remove the impurities, further crushing is carried out to match the size specifications. Mostly the Ashapura ball clays are shipped to bulk from nearest port. Ashapura technical team has core technical competencies to develop customised solutions and requirements.

Our products are mined from one of Purest Mines and Kaolinite reserves available in Gujarat and are processed using advanced technologies for enhancing the quality of products, they are further refined to remove impurities by the levigated method. These washed materials are then passed through a series of automated processes under the supervision of our highly qualified production and quality control team and experienced engineers. Our stringent control on ‘process’ flow ensures a final product with ‘High Brightness’, Excellent Fineness (Narrow Particle Size Distribution) and Consistent performance in every batch. Our state-of-the-art centralised R&D facility, along with a well-equipped Paint & QC laboratory, coupled with a team of experienced chemists and scientists, works diligently to get the following benefits for perfect paint/coating formulations. Kaolin : It is hydrated layered aluminium silicate material. It is a platy type of structure. Rocks that are rich in Kaolinite called Kaolin. Specific gravity- 2.20-2.65Hardness- 2-2.5 Refractive Index-1.55-1.58LOI- 13-15 %.

Hard rock such as quartzite and hard minerals such as quartz, flint, chert etc. had been commonly used by man in Palaeolithic Age as weapons. Of all the non-metallic minerals, silica sand had the most diversified use. Silica bearing rocks and minerals such as quartz, quartzite, silica sand together with other varieties of silica like agate, amethyst, jasper, flint etc. are used in a host of industries such as glass, ceramics, foundries, ferro-alloys, abrasives, refractories, ornamentation etc. The uses of silica sand depend on its mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties. It is mainly used for making glass and glass fibre, silicon carbide, sodium silicate, portland cement, silicon alloys and metals filter media in water treatment, sandpaper and also for foundry sand, hydraulic fracturing, sand blasting, paint and a host for other applications. Ashapura silica sand resources are from both mining and by product generated from kaolin washing. Impurities are taken care by multiple stage washing followed by attrition scrubbing, magnetic separation and spiral classifier. Ferrous impurities are removed to assure best possible purity of silica sand for all the applications. Ashapura also has mechanical drying facility to address the drawbacks of natural drying considering the volume demand.