Colorifics

Colorifics

Colorifics manufacture essential products for ceramics. These products include glazes, engobes, granules, frits, pigments, dyes, and other compounds. ITAFORTE provides raw materials that are crucial for the production of these products.

Calcined alumina is fundamental in formulating ceramic glazes, as it enhances resistance to chemical attack, providing greater durability. This alumina also plays a crucial role in adjusting the thermal expansion coefficient of the compounds, aligning it with the ceramic plate and preventing warping during firing. Calcined alumina is also used in the production of ceramic frits, which is essential to avoid cracking and wear on the surface of the coating.

Ultra-calcined alumina is essential in manufacturing compounds that require high hardness of the grains, promoting greater resistance to surface wear that ceramic plates are subjected to when applied in high-traffic areas and requiring high friction resistance.

Hydrated alumina also plays an important role in this segment, being used in the formulation of pigments, dyes, and anti-slip pastes, which increases the coefficient of friction of ceramic coatings.