NEWS
Focus On High-Quality Silicate (Ceramic) Materials
Why Are More and More Ceramic Factories Choosing Liquid Dispersants?
Why Are More and More Ceramic Factories Choosing Liquid Dispersants?
Liquid dispersants are gradually replacing traditional solid dispersants. The core reason is that they better match modern ceramic factories' requirements for efficiency, stability, and automation. This is not just a change in product form — it is an upgrade in production logic.
Traditional solid dispersants (such as sodium tripolyphosphate) need to be dissolved or evenly sprinkled into water first. Incomplete dissolution easily forms "fish-eye" lumps, affecting dispersion performance. Liquid dispersants are ready-to-use products that can be added directly to the ball mill together with body materials and water — eliminating the dissolution step and waiting time.
Modern ceramic factories' automated batching systems can precisely handle liquid additives, achieving trace and continuous precise dosing through metering pumps.
- Liquid fluidity enables metering pumps or flow meters to measure volume/mass more precisely and stably than solid weighing
- Especially suitable for low-dosage scenarios such as 0.2%–0.4%, greatly reducing manual weighing errors
- This precise metering is a key link in stabilizing product quality and achieving "unmanned" or minimally-staffed batching
Liquid dispersants (especially polymer types) often deliver better performance, particularly for difficult-to-process formulations:
Liquid dispersants, especially composite polymer liquid products, offer more flexible molecular design. They provide more durable dispersion stability not only through electrostatic repulsion but also through steric hindrance mechanisms.
Although the unit packaging cost of liquid products may be higher, the overall calculation is more favorable:
| Cost Dimension | Specific Benefit |
|---|---|
| Lower Overall Energy Consumption | Faster ball milling flow and more stable slurry performance directly reduce ball milling and subsequent transport energy consumption |
| Reduced Labor & Error Costs | Precise automated dosing reduces manual operations and formulation deviations/quality fluctuations caused by weighing errors |
| Improved Production Efficiency & Stability | Fewer steps and more stable slurry mean smoother production rhythm and fewer downtime adjustments |
The shift from solid to liquid dispersants is essentially a transition from "buying raw material and processing it yourself" to "buying a ready-to-use solution."
Liquid dispersants trade ready-to-use convenience for time, pumpability for automation precision, and superior dispersion performance for better slurry quality. When production scale is large enough and the demand for stability and automation is high enough, the comprehensive advantages of liquid form will fully surpass traditional solid products.
Larger scale + higher automation + more complex raw materials → the comprehensive advantages of liquid dispersants become more obvious
Keyword：
More News
GOWAY INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL CO., LTD
Founded in 2009, we specialize in producing and supplying ,ceramic additives and related products, committing to supplying stable, environmentally friendly,professional and ceramic materials.
Contact UsContact Us
Company Phone/Wechat：86-0757-82131106 / +8613728575572
Company Fax：86-0757-82131106
Whatapp/skype: +8613600032377
E-mail：service@goway-china.com
Office Address: Room C11-6, Foshan National Torch Innovation and Pioneer Park, Jihua 2nd Road, Chancheng District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China.
Factory Address: Nanbian Industrial Zone, Sanshui District, Foshan City Guangdong Province，China.