The book · Notion Press
Sanitaryware 101
A Comprehensive Guide for Manufacturing
101 short, practical episodes on how sanitaryware actually gets made — written from the plant floor, not the lecture hall. The book grew out of the 101-episode LinkedIn series and follows production in the order the ware does: raw materials → casting → glazing → firing.
Paperback ISBN 9798896730859 · eBook ISBN 9798896997511
What's inside
Raw materials
Clays, minerals, and slip — what goes into the body and why it matters at the bench.
Casting
Bench casting through high-pressure casting — moulds, rates, and the defects each method brings.
Glazing
Glaze preparation and application, spraying practice, and the surface problems to watch for.
Firing
Kilns, firing cycles, and reading fired ware — where most defects finally show themselves.
Who it's for
- Ceramic engineering students who want the practice their textbooks skip
- New plant engineers finding their feet on the shop floor
- Supervisors and section heads troubleshooting daily production
- Anyone moving into sanitaryware from another ceramic segment
Written by Venkatmani Manavalan — 17+ years in traditional ceramic manufacturing — sanitaryware, tableware, ceramic formers and raw materials. Author of Sanitaryware 101.
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