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Defects in Sanitaryware affect the yield of production. We have listed common defects in sanitar...
Crawling is a well-known defect encountered daily in ceramic sanitaryware production, akin to is...
Learn about crack defect in ceramics, its causes like clay content, shrinkage, and slip properti...
Learn about pinhole defects in ceramics, causes like trapped air bubbles and mould issues, and h...
Learn about warpage defect in ceramics, its causes like uneven drying, design complexity and fir...
Learn about pitting defect in ceramics, its causes like gas entrapment and improper firing, and ...
Learn about bloating defect in ceramics, its causes like high organic content in clay and castin...
Learn about blown out defect in ceramics, its causes like organic contamination in clay body, an...
Learn about logo defect in ceramics manufacturing, its causes like damaged silk screen and glaze...
Learn about iron speck defect in ceramics, its causes like iron contamination in raw materials, ...
Learn about stuck defect in ceramics manufacturing, its causes like accidental contact and over-...
Learn about light glaze defect in ceramics, its causes like insufficient glaze application and o...
Learn about heavy glaze defect in ceramics, its causes like over-application and over-firing, an...
Learn about wavy glaze defect in ceramics, its causes like uneven glaze thickness and low air pr...
Leakage is a critical defect in sanitaryware products such as water closets and washbasins, wher...
Poor repair defect in ceramics refers to visible patches or colour mismatches on the surface of ...
Matt glaze defect in ceramics occurs when the glaze surface appears dull instead of shiny, cause...
Underfired defect in ceramics occurs when ceramic products are not exposed to enough heat during...
Batt wash defect in ceramics occurs when alumina particles from kiln furniture fall onto the gla...
Clay bits defect in ceramics refers to small clay fragments that appear on the glazed surface of...
Blast or explosion defect in ceramics happens when a product bursts during kiln firing due to tr...
Peeling is a defect in ceramic products where the glaze lifts or separates from the body during ...
Crazing is a defect where small cracks appear on the glaze surface of a ceramic product, caused ...
Dunting refers to the formation of hairline cracks that appear on sanitaryware products after fi...
Colour fading is a defect mainly seen in colour-glazed ceramic products, where the glaze colour ...
Chipping and glaze knock are common defects in ceramic products, where small breakages occur, ty...