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almanit ceramic sanitary ware
Designed with Emotion
Good design joins functionality and pretty shapes. Not everything pretty functions well. And not everything functional is pretty.
In today’s world of hyper functionality, designers are more and more frequently faced with the need to distinguish themselves by exceptional shapes and designs. Emotion and character are new components of design. This can be seen in our modern-day bathrooms. This is why all “almanit” products give priority to design and emotion.
Ceramic is a product composed from natural raw materials. Kaolin, clay, feldspar and silica sand are ground and mixed with water to form a paste. After straining and a series of very exacting quality tests, this mass is cast in plaster or plastic moulds. After some 2 hours, the cast piece can be removed from the mould and further processed by hand. The pieces are pre-dried and are then forwarded to the drying unit. This desiccation process compacts and hardens the ceramic body so strongly that the sanitary unit is already tough enough to handle as it goes to the next stage, the glazing process.
The glazing process lends the rough piece a smooth finish which, in the furnace at 1210°C, melts out as a glassy surface, giving the sanitary unit the desired colour and, of course, it’s hygienic surface. The glaze is a watery solution of kaolin, frit, pigments and mineral powders. The units then undergo a strict quality check to ensure they comply with the specified ceramics and technical parameters.
Our up-to-date production techniques allows us to offer our ceramic sanitary ware with Anti-Bacterial system which prevents the propagation of bacteria by using the silver ion technology. This system does not allow the bacteria to survive on the surface of the ceramic which assures a hygienic environment in the bathroom. Another system is the Easy Cleaning system which does not allow water drops and stains to remain on the surface of the ceramic sanitary ware, this assures easy cleaning in a short time.
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