Brazilian companies visited Gladymar's Migratech plant supplied by LB

For the LB group, 2014 is going to become a year of confirmations and successes on the international markets.

After the technical workshop organized in March in Rio Claro - dedicated to the presentation of the Migratech technology for the dry grinding and micro granulation of the ceramic bodies - at the end of June the LB staff was again in Brazil to participate to the exhibition FORN&CER and to visit one of its most important historical clients in South America, Gladymar of Santa Cruz (Bolivia).

Gladymar is the most important ceramic company in the country and belongs to the industrial group Roda, leader in the building market in Bolivia. Today it's the first company in the world to manufacture large size (up to 60x60 and 60x120 cm) single-fired and porcelain tiles with dry technology.

In Santa Cruz the LB delegation met the group's president, Walter Roda, and the technical director of Gladymar, together with the top management of the Brazilian companies Savane and Incefra. Aim of the visit was the presentation of the Migratech technology installed at the Gladymar plants.

Migratech is the innovative dry-grinding system with micro granulation of the ceramic body that grants a very high quality of the finished product and a drastic reduction of the energy costs, in addition to the possibility to produce according to the criteria inspired to the sustainable development. The Migratech body presents a very good fluidity and an easy degassing during the pressing phase, granting a high and homogenous compression of the pressed product. This technology allowed to obtain unthinkable results ‘till now: dry-grinded porcelain tile (absorption < 0,1%) with sizes up to 60x120. It is the case of Gladymar that, with a Migratech plant completed with Dryfeed press feeder, produces high-quality red body porcelain tiles with important technical features that mark a relevant evolution in the history of ceramics.

During the visit, the Brazilian guests could observe the efficiency and the high productivity of the 30 ton/h Migratech plant. It is interesting to underline that the exit particle size had remains of 6-7% higher than 74 micron, fully comparable with an atomized product. These technical features have aroused the curiosity of the Brazilian companies, who have appreciated the advantage to manage entering raw materials with high humidity, avoiding the pre-drying in cave, in addition to the possibility to reach higher productivity, quality and finesses and sizes unreachable with the traditional dry-grinding technology existing on the Brazilian territory.