Kaolin

Jagdamba Minerals is into manufacturing of Micronised kaolin powder catering to various industries as per their requirements. We follow the trend of meeting the latest requirements of our clients to fulfill their product needs.

Our Kaolin has been used extensively by various industries as filler and extenders. With some common beneficial features of Kaolin such as,

• Low moisture content
• Fine particle size with very low grit levels
• High surface area
• Soft & Non-abrasive with consistent color

It has got a lot of customized benefits for every industry where it is been used.

Application Industries

 

Rubber Applications:

Kaolin is incorporated into both natural and synthetic rubber compounds and is the rubber industry's most widely used non-black filler with reinforcing properties:

Used in Natural and synthetic rubber compounds, Cable insulations, hose, extrusions, belting, footwear, pharmaceutical seals, general mouldings, plant lining, domestic mouldings, latex, tyres/inner tubes .

Benefits in Rubber Applications

• Fills out the rubber to increase the volume
• Improves Strength and rigidity.
• Good oil absorption
• High cost- performance ratio
• High level of reinforcement at a low cost
• High tear strength
• Refractive index of kaolin is similar to rubber
• It has low moisture content (< 1 %)
• Fine particle size with very low grit levels
• High surface area
• kaolin is soft and non-abrasive (Mohs hardness: 2)
• Pumps and machinery are not affected
• Consistent colour

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Paints Applications:

Water based decorative paints: gloss; semi-gloss and silk; exterior matt - smooth and textured; interior matt; primers.

Solvent based decorative paints: gloss; semi-gloss and eggshell; matt; undercoats; primers. Protective and OEM coatings: metal primers; furniture lacquers; domestic appliance finishes; electrophoresis coatings; coil coatings; traffic markings; printing inks.

Benefits in Paints

• Partial replacement and spacer for titanium dioxide
• Good hiding power
• Good suspensability in aqueous solutions
• Favourable rheology and good thixotropic properties
• Water-washed kaolin is soft and non-abrasive (Mohs hardness: 2)
• Can improve holdout and sanding properties in primers and undercoats
• Fine particle size with very low grit levels
• Naturally-occurring clay mineral which is inert and harmless, even if consumed
• Kaolin pellets disperse easily in water with stirring
• Kaolin pellets mean low dust levels
• Pumps and machinery are not affected
• kaolin is treated with hypochlorite to prevent bacteria/moulds

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Paper Industry Applications:

Benefits in Paper Industry

• Partial replacement for pulp resulting in savings to the mill
• Can be used in both acid or alkaline paper-making
• Good opacity
• Good suspensability in aqueous solutions
• Fine particle size with very low grit levels
• Naturally-occurring clay mineral which is inert and harmless, even if consumed
• Kaolin pellets disperse easily in water with mechanical agitation
• Kaolin pellets have low dust levels
• Water-washed kaolin is soft and non-abrasive (Mohs hardness: 2)
• Pumps and machinery are not affected
• Consistent creamy-white colour
• kaolin is treated with hypochlorite to prevent bacteria/moulds

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Pesticides Applications:

Benefits in Pesticides

• It fills out the product to increase the volume
• The average particle size is 2 microns
• High surface area
• High oil adsorption
• The active ingredient adheres to the kaolin surfacev
• The active ingredient can also be a micro-organism
• Kaolin is insoluble and non-reactive
• It is a naturally-occurring clay mineral which is inert and harmless, even if consumed
• Certified by SGS as suitable for use in organic farming
• Low moisture content (< 1 %)
• Anti-caking properties
• Water-washed kaolin is soft and non-abrasive (Mohs hardness: 2)
• It can be slurried in water for spray applications

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Soap Bars Applications:

Benefits in Soap Bars

• It replaces the considerably more expensive soap component of the bar, thereby reducing the unit cost
• Some clients have used it to replace silicate and other fillers
• It is a naturally-occurring clay mineral which is inert and harmless, even if consumed
• The pellet form means low dust levels
• kaolin is water-washed so it contains virtually NO FREE SILICA
• Water-washed kaolin prevents the risk of silicosis
• Water-washed kaolin is non-abrasive (Mohs hardness: 2)
• Pumps and machinery are not affected
• It is a uniform creamy-white colour
• Some clients report that it hardens the bar
• Some clients report that it improves the lather
• Its fine platy structure imparts slipperiness, combining well with soaps
• kaolin is treated with hypochlorite to prevent any bacteria/moulds
• When addition rate is optimized, it will not produce noticeable residual matter
• Kaolin pellets look like soap noodles

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Soap Powders Applications:

Benefits in Soap Powders

• It replaces the more expensive components of the soap powder, making it go further, thereby reducing the unit cost
• It may be used to adjust the powder density (kaolin density is 2.6kg/l)
• It is a naturally-occurring clay mineral which is inert and harmless, even if consumed
• It has no chemical reactivity and will not irritate the skin
• It has a plate-like structure which seems to stabilise the foam
• It appears to have a softening effect on the fabric
• It helps to prevent re-deposition
• It has a low coefficient of abrasion (Mohs hardness: 2)
• Pumps and machinery are not affected
• It has a uniform creamy-white colour
• Plate-like structure imparts slipperiness, combining well with soaps
• Treated with hypochlorite to prevent growth of bacteria/moulds

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Pharmaceuticals and Cosmatics Applications:

Internal and external pharmaceutical compositions, Diarrhea/intestinal treatment formulations,Tablets, Cosmetics, Face masks and body masks, fuller's Earth and foot powders, Foods, Soaps

Benefits pharmaceuticals and cosmetics

• Kaolin is a naturally-occurring clay mineral which is inert and harmless, even if consumed
• Fine particle size (average particle size is one micron)
• Anti-diarrhoea properties
• Good suspension characteristics
• Soft and non-abrasive (Mohs hardness: 2)
• Consistent creamy-white colour

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Veterinay Medicines & Health Care Products

Kaolin is being extensively used in veterinary medicines and health care products.

Benefits in Veterinary Products

• Kaolin can perform ion exchange, filtering, odour removal, chemical sieve and gas absorption tasks.
• Kaolin can have the water in their structures driven off by heat with the basic structure left intact. Then other solutions can be pushed through the structure. Kaolin can then act as a delivery system for the new fluid. This process has applications in medicine, livestock feeds and other types of research
• Absorb toxins that are damaging and even fatal to the growth of the animals, while the basic structure of the Kaolin is biologically neutral.

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Other Applications:

• Internal and external pharmaceutical compositions
• Diarrhea/intestinal treatment formulations
• Tablets
• Cosmetics
• Face masks and body masks
• Fuller's Earth and foot powders
• Foods
• Soaps
• As a carrier, filler or anti-caking agent
• For suspending, thickening and tablet binding applications

Cable insulations: cable sheath; hose; extrusions; belting; footwear; pharmaceutical; seals; general mouldings; plant lining; domestic mouldings; latex; tyres/inner tubes.

Plastics applications: Kaolin has many uses as a filler in plastics: Specialty films: PE master batch; PE cables; PE film; PVC cables; PVC extrusions; PVC plastisols; PP mouldings; polyamide mouldings; PBT/PET mouldings; unsaturated polyester; urea formaldehyde; phenol formaldehyde.

White cement: In the production of white cement, iron is a deleterious component which can be avoided by using kaolin, an alumino silicate with very low iron content.

Glass fiber: The preferred raw material for introducing alumina to glass compositions for glass fibre manufacture is kaolin.

Agricultural industries: The caking or setting of granular fertilisers (prills), is a serious problem since the caked mass must be broken down into its individual particles before it can once again become a free-flowing product. Kaolin, some of which is amine-coated, acts a non-stick coating to the fertiliser prill. As colour is of no significance, cheaper grades can be used.

Other industries: Pharmaceutical applications; quality leather; textiles; inks, dyes, adhesives, crayons and pencils; toothpastes and cosmetic applications; chemicals industry.

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