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World production and consumption of ceramic tiles

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Year 27, Chinese Edition Supplement to No. 121 April/May 2017 Bimonthly review

contents

Cover picture by: Giancarlo Pradelli

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Editorial

Greetings to Ceramics China 2017 2017年广州陶瓷工业展致辞

Paolo Sassi

World production and consumption of ceramic tiles 世界瓷砖生产与消费报告

Luca Baraldi

The big players in the sector 瓷砖行业的大玩家们

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digital glazing & decoration

The present and future of digital: is the race towards full digital technology heating up? 数码化的当下与未来：全数码技术竞赛正在升温？ Paolo Zannini

Advances in ceramic product design 萨克米在陶瓷产品设计领域的新进展

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Davide Medici, Benedetto Spinelli

Creavision: advanced technology and innovation for digital printing Creavision：以先进技术和持续创新引领数码喷墨新方向

Gianluca Poli

All-round digital 全方位数字化

Marco Ferrari

Colorobbia: A perspective vision 卡罗比亚：科技制胜 洞见未来

Full Digital: glazing, texture, decoration and finishing 杜斯特全数码化进行时：喷釉、纹理、装饰、后期加工

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ETP technology for digital printing of ceramic tiles 天工法拉利：ETP 技术助力喷墨打印升级

Is Digital Ceramic Printing on “Main Street”? 赛尔：陶瓷数字印花技术是否已成“主流”？

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Products

66 Latest technologies

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Norbert von Aufschnaiter

Alberto Annovi

The smart solution for ceramics: Fiery proServer for Cretaprint Victor Asseiceiro 快达平Fiery proServer 色彩管理系统——为瓷砖生产量身定做的智能解决方案

Fabio Avoni

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Greetings to Ceramics China 2017

2017年广州陶瓷工业展致辞 Paolo Sassi

On behalf of ACIMAC, the Association of the Italian Manufacturers of Machinery and Equipment for Ceramics, I would like to express my warmest greetings to the Chinese institutions and to the operators of the Chinese ceramic industry.

Ceramics China represents a major chance for both Chinese and Italian companies to communicate and to strengthen their long-lasting cooperation.

The world ceramic market requires every day better quality tiles, for the production of which the best available technologies are needed. Italian technology for ceramics, world leader in terms of quality and innovation, will be represented in this year’s exhibition by several top companies, which will present their latest solutions and newest technologies.

Confirming the support of our Association to the exhibition, we wish to all the exhibitors, visitors and organizers a very successful Ceramics China 2017.

Paolo Sassi ACIMAC Chairman

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我谨代表ACIMAC（意 大利陶瓷机械及设备制 造商协会）向中国陶瓷 行业的中国机构和业内 人士致以最亲切的问 候。 广州陶瓷工业展对中国 公司和意大利公司而言 都是一个沟通和巩固两 者 长期 合 作 的主要 机

会。世界陶瓷市场对瓷砖 质量的要求逐日上升，因 此要生产出优质的瓷砖， 就需要最好的技术支 持。在 质 量 和 创 新方面 都 是世界 行业内佼 佼者 的 意 大利 陶 瓷 技 术，将 通 过多家顶尖公司在今 年工业展上进行展示，这 些 公司将展示 他们 各自 最新的解决方案和技 术。 为表 示 我们 协 会（ 意 大 利陶瓷机械 及设备制造 商协会）对这个展会的支 持，我们对参加本届展会 的所有参展商、观展商和 展会主办方表示祝愿，祝 愿2 017广州陶瓷工业展 圆满成功。

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world news SITI-B&T Group posts record results in 2016 SITI-B&T Group, a manufacturer of complete plants for the world ceramic industry, closed 2016 with record results as confirmed by the Draft Financial Statement and the Consolidated Financial Statement to 31/12/2016 approved by the group’s board of directors. Value of production amounted to 209 million euros (up 14.3% on 2015), consolidated EBITDA rose to 18.9 million euros (up 9.3% on 2015) and consolidated EBIT reached 14.4 million euros (+9.7%). But the most significant growth was that of consolidated net profits which soared by 33.2% to 9.7 million euros.

The increase in revenues is largely due to higher sales of complete lines for ceramic production. The Formigine-based Group is increasingly establishing itself as a full provider capable of offering cutting-edge technologies for every stage of the production process, a role that has enabled it to secure major contracts from the top world players in the ceramic industry. Export share stood at more than 80% of turnover, boosted by a constantly expanding international network coupled with large-scale investments in the new Customer Service division aimed at opening new branches and support services, as well as a new original parts warehouse.

The Group has also performed strongly in the domestic market with 14% growth in turnover in Italy. This reflects increasing trust in the Group’s technologies and ever closer cooperation with major client companies in the Sassuolo ceramic cluster.

“2016 was a pivotal year in our Group’s history, not just because of the solid growth we achieved in all the key economic and financial indicators but also because we successfully completed the stock market listing process,” said Fabio Tarozzi, Chair-

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man and Managing Director of SITI-B&T Group. “This will enable us to support our growth strategy and continue to invest in innovation and new product development.”

SITI B&T Group continues to allocate 4% of its turnover to R&D. In 2016 it presented numerous product innovations focused on Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and Green technology (including SUPERA® for the production of large-format panels, Titanium® XXL kilns and the “jumbo” Multisky Dryer horizontal dryer).

Projecta Engineering and Ancora also reported growth.

The latter has successfully completed its first year as part of the Group by expanding its range with the PoliDry dry honing machine, the waterjet cutting machine and the Dry Squaring Speed high-speed dry squaring machine.

The B&T White division also posted strong results in 2016, securing major orders in the sanitaryware sector and developing new high-pressure casting and robotised glazing technologies.

年业绩已经得到财务报告草

“2016年是我们集团历史

案和合并财务报表确认，并

上关键的一年，不仅仅是

由 集 团 董 事 会 进 行 批

因为我们在所有重要的经

准。2016年，集团产值为

济和财务指标上稳步增

2.09亿欧元（上升14.3％），

长，还因为集团成功地完

合并EBITDA上升至1890万

成了股票上市，”集团董事

欧元（上升9.3％），合并

长兼总裁Fabio Tarozzi表

EBIT达1,440万欧元（上升

示， “这将为集团的增长提

9.7％）。但最大的增长是

供支持，并使得我们可以

合并净利润，上涨了33.2％

继续为创新和新产品的开

至970万欧元。

发进行投资。”

收入的增长主要是源于瓷砖

SITI B&T 集团继续把4%的营

生产整线的销售增加。位于

业额投入到研发上。在

福尔米吉的集团正在成为一

2016年，集团展示了多项

家“全能”供应商，能够为

基于智能制造、工业4.0以

生产过程的每一阶段提供先

及绿色技术的产品创新（

进技术，这使其能够获得世

包括用来生产大型陶瓷板

界顶级瓷砖公司的重大项目

的 S U P E R A ®、 T i t a n i u m ®

合同。由于不断扩大的国际

X X L 窑 炉 以 及 “ 巨

网络影响，及针对新的客户

型”Multisky Dryer卧式烘

服务部的大规模投资驱动，

干机。）

集团的出口份额占到了营业

Projecta

额的80%以上。新部门旨在

及Ancora 项目也有增长，

开设新的分支网点，对客户

后者通过扩展PoliDry 干磨

进行技术支持，并提供新的

机、水刀切割机以及Dry

原件。

Squaring Speed高速干法

集团在意大利国内市场上

磨边机这些产品系列，收

也有着极佳表现，意大利

获了自加入集团后第一年

SITI-B&T集团公布2016年业绩

营业额实现了14%的增长。

的好成绩。

Engineering以

这反映了客户对于SITI B&T

B&T White 部门在2016也

SITI-B&T集团是世界陶瓷工

集团的技术有着相当的信

有抢眼的成绩，在卫浴行

业中能够进行工厂整线制造

任，不仅如此，许多位于

业拿下了重要的订单，并

的设备制造商，截至2016

萨索洛的大公司都与公司

开发出了新款高压铸造以

年12月31日，其公司2016

建立了愈发紧密的合作。

及机器人施釉的技术。

world news Surfaces Technological Abrasives acquires ADI The acquisition of ADI Group by Surfaces Technological Abrasives S.p.A., a leading company in the ceramic tile honing and finishing tools market, was finalised on 22 December. The large global group created through the operation will become the major European player in the metal and resin bonded diamond tool sector with a complete range of products for wet and dry machining of ceramic tiles of all sizes and a 2017 turnover of more than 60 million euros. Founded in late 2010, Surfaces Technological Abrasives rapidly established itself in the sector through its ongoing R&D efforts in the field of new industrial processes and its range of high-productivity, cutting-edge products. At its headquarters in Cenate Sotto (Bergamo) it also produces grinding wheels, rollers and protective brushes for cutting and polishing, while the laboratory at its Sassuolo branch is responsible for developing new products for honing ceramic tiles in close collaboration with the leading machinery and glaze producers and end users. It has two foreign branches, one in Brazil and the other in Portugal.

ADI, established in 1980 in Thiene (Vicenza), is a leading manufacturer of metal bonded diamond and CBN tools for the ceramic, stone,

Poppi Clementino begins 2017 with further achievements

Poppi Clementino Spa, a leading supplier of energy recovery and filtration systems, has begun 2017 with outstanding sales results.

These follow on from the excellent performance of 2016 when the company celebrated its 30th an-

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glass, mechanical and optical industries, and owns a number of international patents and protected trademarks. As well as the three factories in Thiene, it has manufacturing units in the United States and Turkey which it uses to serve the North American and Middle Eastern markets. Gaetano Maffei (Chairman and CEO of Surfaces Technological Abrasives and ADI), Dino Zandonella Necca (General Manager of ADI) and the shareholders Homar Serradimigni (sales manager of the Italian ceramics division), Simone Sorrentino (foreign sales manager, ceramics division) and Werner Ricciolini (head of ceramics division of ADI) agree on the importance of the new group’s additional development potential deriving from the commercial and technical synergies that will be created between the two companies, both of which have been growing steadily over the last three years.

The operation will be particularly beneficial for the Group’s presence in international markets, including a number of new regions, thanks to the group’s greater critical mass, the 4 foreign branches it already owns and its uniquely comprehensive product range.

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niversary by entering new international markets. The Reggio Emilia-based company has a strong presence in the Middle and Far East, where it has become a major supplier of advanced energy recovery systems for leading brands such as Saudi Ceramics and Malaysian Mosaic. In March this year Poppi Clementino Spa successfully exhibited at Expo Revestir in São Paulo (Brazil) and at Keramika (Jakarta, Indonesia), while in June it will be taking part in Ceramics China with new custom solutions for the Chinese market.

及加工工具市场的领导者， 于12月22日收购了ADI集 团。合并后形成的大型全球 性公司有着完整的产品系 列，可通过干法或者湿法加 工生产所有尺寸的瓷砖，将 成为欧洲金属-金刚石加工 工具领域的重要公司， 2017年的营业额有望超过 6000万欧元。Surfaces Technological Abrasives 成立于2010年底，通过对 新型工业流程及高效尖端产 品的开发研究，公司迅速在 行业内占领了一席之地。公 司总部设在Cenate Sotto（贝加莫）也生产用 于切割和抛光的磨轮，滚轮 和保护刷，而在萨索洛分部 的实验室主要负责与领先的 设备和釉料制造商和终端用 户合作开发新产品。它还有 两个海外分部，一个在巴 西，另一个在葡萄牙。 ADI于1980年成立于蒂耶内 （维琴察），是为瓷砖、石 材、玻璃、机械以及光学行 业提供金属-金刚石磨具以 及CBN磨具的领先制造商， 此外，它还拥有大量国际专 利和受保护的商标。除了在 蒂耶内设有三家工厂之 外，ADI在美国和土耳其也 设有工厂，用来服务北美和

中东市场。 Gaetano Maffei （Surfaces Technological Abrasives 和ADI的董事长兼首席执行 官）、Dino Zandonella Necca （ADI的总经理）、 股东Homar Serradimigni （意大利瓷砖部门的销售经 理 ） 还 有 W e r n e r Ricciolini（ADI瓷砖部门的 部长）都认为，通过两家公 司在商业和技术上的配合所 创造新集团，拥有更大的发 展潜力，而这点非常重要， 两家公司在过去三年也都有 稳定的增长。集团目前拥有 数量庞大的重要客户，4家 海外分部，独有的完整产品 系列，而此次收购行为将对 集团包括多个新兴地区在内 的国际业务产生积极影响。

Poppi Clementino 2017年事 业将更进一步

早已成为为沙特瓷砖以 及马来西亚马赛克这样 的领导品牌提供先进能 源回收系统的主要供应 商。今年三月，Poppi Clementino Spa成功 参加巴西瓷砖及石材展 览会 （巴西，圣保罗） 以及印度尼西亚瓷砖展 会（印度尼西亚，雅加 达）。六月，它还将带 着为中国市场定制的解 决方案参加广州陶瓷工 业展。

Poppi Clementino Spa，行业领先的能源 回收与过滤系统供应 商，2017年一开年就有 了突出的销售成绩。这 是继2016年公司庆祝成 立30周年以及打入国际 市场时获得优秀成绩后 的又一佳绩。位于雷焦 艾米利亚的公司在中东 和远东地区有着领导地 位，在这两个地区，它

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world news Four additional supplies of Migratech Technology in China Thanks to the excellent results obtained in 2015 with Dongpeng, the Italian company LB, in cooperation with its Chinese partner Boffin, has recently received new orders to supply the Migratech technology to some major Chinese ceramic tile manufacturers. Four complete microgranulation lines will be commissioned in the second half of 2017. These new lines come after the same Migratech technology was supplied in 2016 to Linghsi (Shijiazhuang City), for the production of 20 million sqm/ year of wall tiles in double firing.

The Chinese companies were convinced by the fact that the Migratech technology grants a very high quality of the finished product and a drastic reduction of the

energy costs, in addition to the possibility to produce according to criteria inspired to the sustainable development. A further advantage offered by Migratech is to be able to manage the entering raw materials with high humidity, avoiding the pre-drying in quarry, in addition to the possibility to reach extreme finesses in the grinding phase, large sizes (slabs) and surface aesthetical qualities that cannot be reached with the traditional dry grinding technologies.

生厂商提供Migratech 技术支持。四条完整的 微粉生产线将在2017 年 下 半 年 投 入 生 产。2016年石家庄的 Linghsi公司的墙砖生 产 线 就 采 用 了 Migratech技术，经过 二次烧成工艺，产能可 达到年产2000万平 米，现在这些新的生产 线也将用到Migratech 技术。中国公司认

为，Migratech技术可 以保证成品的高质量， 并大幅减少能源成本， 此外，还能根据可持续 发展的标准进行生 产。Migratech的更大 的优势是能够管理高湿 度原料进料，避免在采 石场出现预干燥，让原 料在研磨阶段达到极致 细腻，并打造出传统干 磨技术所无法企及的大 规格以及表面美感。

中国新增四条生产线均采 用MIGRATECH技术 在中国伙伴博晖机电的 合作下，意大利公司LB 和东鹏在2015年获得 了极佳表现，受益于 此，LB最近斩获了新的 订单，为几大中国瓷砖

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New Pearl opts for Lamgea by System to produce its new slabs

New Pearl has selected the Lamgea 30000 ton press technology from System with the aim of becoming the main reference in China in the segment of large format ceramic slabs. The Lamgea moldless press will be installed in 2017 at one of New Pearl’s facilities in Foshan and will produce ceramic slabs up to 1.6 x 3.2 metres with variable thicknesses (from 6 to 20 mm), according to market demands. The technology developed by System to compact atomised powders guarantees flawless air removal from the material. The pressing system features high levels of flexibility and options for customisa-

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tion; the press applies a force of up to 30,000 tons and the work cycle ensures precision throughout the entire process.

New Pearl’s recent investment opens a new and interesting chapter in the technological partnership between System and the Chinese largest tile manufacturer: up to now, in fact, New Pearl had only adopted System digital decoration technology, with almost 40 Creadigit printers in function in its various factories located in the Guangdong and Jiangxi regions.

新明珠选择西斯特姆 LAMGEA系列压机生产大板 为了成为中国陶瓷大板 领域的标杆，新明珠采

用 了 西 斯 特 姆 （System）Lamgea 3万吨压机技术。2017 年，新明珠将在佛山的 一个工厂安装Lamgea 无模压机，并根据市场 需求生产规格为1600 × 3200（mm）、厚度 在6-20mm不等的大 板。这项由西斯特姆研 发的技术可压实雾化粉 末，确保除掉原料中的 空气。这一压机系统具 备高度灵活性和定制化

选项。压机压力高达3 万吨，其工作周期可保 证整个生产过程精准无 误。新明珠对该设备的 投资为西斯特姆和中国 最大的瓷砖生产商之间 的技术合作翻开了有趣 的新篇章。事实上，到 现在为止，新明珠只采 用了西斯特姆的数字装 饰技术，其在广东和江 西地区的多个工厂采用 了近40个Creadigit 打 印机。

world news LB cooperates with UCA for the diffusion of the Italian technology in China

Further to the meeting in March at the Foshan headquarters of UCA (United Ceramics Associ-

ation), at the presence of LB’s chairman Emilio Benedetti and the Chinese partner Boffin, the Italian company LB is now officially involved in the new initiative of the Chinese association.

Its aim is to spread the most advanced technologies for the ce-

ramic industry in the Chinese territory.

As required by UCA, LB will organize an international workshop to be held during Ceramics China 2017 (June 1st to 4th), focused on the advantages and added value coming from the plant management using the ceramic process automation and the automatic data collection.

LB公司与众陶联合作 在中 国推广意大利技术 2017年3月，LB公司主席 Emilio

Benedetti及其中

国伙伴博晖机电出席了众 陶联在佛山总部的会议。 之后，为了在中国陶瓷行 业推广最先进的技术，意 大利公司LB正式加入到众 陶联新的倡议活动中来。 根据众陶联的要求，LB公 司将在2017广州陶瓷工业 展期间（6月1日-4日）举 办国际研讨会，重点将聚 焦于使用瓷砖自动化生产 以及数据自动化搜集的工 厂管理所带来的优势和附 加值。

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world news System technology to be used by Gold Medal in China for large porcelain panels

After Sun Lot and Nabel, a third Chinese producer – Guangdong Gold Medal Ceramics Co. of Foshan – will begin producing large ceramic panels using System technology. A company specialising in the production of high-quality tiles, Gold Medal is planning to install the new plant during 2017.

The line will be equipped with a LAMGEA mouldless press with a pressing force of up to 30,000 tons. It will be able to produce panels with a maximum size of 1.6 x 3.2 metres and a 1.2 x 2.4 metre variant with thicknesses from 3 to 20 mm to achieve the widest possible product range. The characteristics of the automated system were established during the co-design phase, a development process that aimed to strengthen Gold Medal’s market strategies by exploiting the flexibility of System technologies. Plant operation will be managed using COPILOT touch screens developed by the System Electronics industrial division. Positioned on the machine and with an intuitive interface, the touch screens serve to control day-to-day operation of the line and to provide advance warning of any necessary maintenance work.System technology has also been chosen for digital decoration of the porcelain pan-

Rocell (Sri Lanka) adopts dry colouring technology from CMF

Rocell (Royal Ceramics Lanka), the largest ceramic tile manufacturer in Sri Lanka, has embarked on a project to modernise the pressing department at the Royal Porcelain (RPL) factory in Horana, which will begin the production of large-format glazed porcelain tiles. Together with new press-

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els, which will be done using the high-definition (400 DPI) Creadigit BS printing system. The plant engineering project was developed thanks to the expertise of the System Lamina and System Ceramics industrial divisions with the contribution of area managers, project managers and site managers. The Foshan branch of System China (headquarters in Suzhou) will be responsible for maintaining direct, continuous links with Gold Medal personnel. Along with the plant design stage, System China will also provide support during installation, start-up and training of factory personnel to make them fully autonomous in managing the technological systems.

中国金牌瓷砖拟采用西斯 特姆的技术生产大型瓷砖 板材 继申鹭达和诺贝尔之 后，第三家中国生产 商——广东佛山金牌瓷 砖陶瓷有限公司也将开 始采用西斯特姆的技术 生产大规格陶瓷板。作 为一家专业于生产优质 瓷砖的生产商，金牌瓷 砖计划在2017年建立新 工厂。新的生产线将配 备 压 力 达 3 万 吨 的 LAMGEA 无模压机。 该压机能压制最大尺寸 为1600 × 3200（mm） 和1200 × 2400（mm）

es, one of which is a high-tonnage model, the company has also adopted the Recolor polychromatic dry colouring system from CMF Technology. This solution is capable of ensuring efficient transformation of the current base powder into a vast array of colours that will further enhance the new product range. Rocell, headed by Chairman Dhammika Perera and Managing Director Nimal Perera, started up in 1990.

，厚度在3-20mm不等 的瓷砖大板，以扩展现 有产品系列。在联合设 计阶段，系统的自动化 系统就已得到体现，在 开发过程中通过发掘西 斯特姆技术的灵活性， 强化了金牌瓷砖的市场 战略。新工厂的运作将 由西斯特姆电子工业部 门开发的COPILOT触 摸屏来管理。安装在机 器上的触摸屏可提供直 观的界面，从而可控制 生产线的日常操作，并 在需要进行维护时提出 预警。金牌瓷砖在为其 瓷砖板材的 表面做数字 装饰方面也 选用了西斯 特 姆 的 设 备，即高清 （400 DPI） Creadigit

BS打印系统。金牌瓷砖 工厂工程项目的发展得 益于西斯特姆Lamina 以及西斯特姆瓷砖工业 部的专业经验，包括区 域经理、项目经理和现 场经理的贡献。西斯特 姆中国（总部在苏州） 的佛山分公司将负责直 接与金牌陶瓷员工保持 密切的沟通。除了工程 设计阶段，西斯特姆中 国还会在设备安装、投 产和员工培训阶段为为 金牌瓷砖提供支持，确 保金牌的员工能完全自 主地操控技术系统。

The first factory (Royal Ceramic Lanka, RCL) began production in 1992 in Eheliyagoda and produces full-body and glazed porcelain tiles. This was followed in 2002 by the start-up of the Horana facility for the production of glazed porcelain and single and double fired tiles. Alongside floor and wall tile production, in 2009 the company also began producing ceramic sanitaryware at the modern RBL facility in Homagama. Thanks to

its continuous investments and use of cutting-edge technologies, the group has established itself as the market leader in Sri Lanka market and has a significant portfolio of exports. Rocell closed the 2016 tax year (to 31/3/2016) with revenues of Rs. 24.9 billion (equivalent to approximately 152.8 million euros, +11% year-on-year) and net profits of Rs. 4.1 billion (more than 25 million euros), 33% up on 2015.

world news Rocell （斯里兰卡）采用 CMF的干法着色技术 Rocell（兰卡皇家陶瓷）, 是斯里兰卡最大的瓷砖制 造商，已经开始实施一项 促使霍勒讷皇家瓷器 (RPL)工厂成型部门现代 化的项目，这将让RPL能 够生产大规格抛釉砖。除 了配备一台大吨位的新压 机之外，RPL还采用了 CMF技术的改色多色干 法着色系统。这一系统可 确保现有基粉高效地转化 成多个色列，从而扩大新

BMR celebrates the production of its thousandth squaring machine

Scandiano, Italy-based company BMR, one of the leading manufacturers of technologies for ceramic tile finishing, reached a major milestone in early 2017 when it supplied the thousandth squaring machine built in the last 26 years to the factory of Casalgrande Padana. The first squaring/chamfering machines with Syncrobelt® solution specially developed for porcelain tiles date back to 1990.

Enormous technological progress has been made over the last decade, leading first to the development in 2008 of SQUADRA, which marked the start of the age of large-format tiles and panels, and then in 2010 to the breakthrough of green-oriented technology with Squadra Dry, the award-winning eco-friendly 9-motor squaring machine. The latest development, the powerful Top Squadra Dry 12-motor squaring machine capable of dry grinding porcelain, was unveiled in 2014. This is the model of machine number 1,000.

Top Squadra Dry works on monoporosa, semi-stoneware and porcelain. As in the case of monoporosa, the dry grinding pro-

产品的范围。Rocell 由 董事长Dhammika Perera 以及总经理 Nimal Perera在1990年 建成。1992年第一家工 厂兰卡皇家陶瓷（Royal Ceramic Lanka, RCL） 在Eheliyagoda开始投 入生产，主要生产通体砖 和抛釉砖。之后在2002 年，公司在霍勒讷开了一 家新的工厂用来生产釉面 砖、一次烧成和二次烧成 瓷砖。除了生产地砖和墙 砖之外，公司在2009年 还开始在霍马格默的现代

工厂生产陶瓷卫生洁具。 得益于对先进技术的持续 投资和使用，RBL已成为 斯里兰卡瓷砖市场的领导 者，并在出口方面扮演了 重要的角色。2016年 （截止到2016年3月31

号），Rocell 收益达249 亿斯里兰卡卢比（大约等 于1.528亿欧元，同比增 长11%），净收益为41亿 斯里兰卡卢比（超过 2500万欧元），较2015年 增长了33%。

cess for porcelain involves pulverising the removed material and using dedicated tools and 12 calibrators compared to the 9 on Squadra Dry. Top Squadra Dry brings significant advantages in terms of improved efficiency and lower environmental impact, as Paolo Spallanzani, production manager at Casalgrande Padana, explained: “We have completely eliminated water consumption and made the process much more efficient while reducing wear on the mechanical parts of the machine. Waste treatment is also easier without the need for dedicated chemical or physical processes.” Significant savings also derive from the fact that water handling equipment is not required.

一台专门为瓷砖生产所研 发的Syncrobelt® 磨边/ 倒 角 机 。 在 过 去 十 年，BMR取得了众多技术 上的进步，并在2008年 开发出SQUADRA设备之 后成为行业领先者， SQUADRA 标志着大规格 瓷砖和大板时代的开启， 而在2010年，公司又在 以环保为导向的技术上获 得了突破， Squadra Dry 这一9磨头磨边机，获得 了多项环境友好型奖 项。BMR最新的开发是强 大的Top Squadra Dry 12磨头磨边机，该产品于 2014年推向市场，可进 行干法研磨，也是第 1000台机器的模型。 Top Squadra Dry磨边机 可用于生产釉面砖，半炻

质砖及瓷质砖。 如在生产釉面砖时，干法 研磨瓷砖的过程包括研 磨、去除材料、使用专门 的工具以及12个校准器 （Squadra Dry只有9个 校准器）。 正如Casalgrande Padana的产品经理 Paolo Spallanzani所 说，Top Squadra Dry 在 提高效率和降低环境影响 方面，有着重大优势。他 表示， “我们已经完全杜 绝了浪费水的现象，同时 减少了机器零部件磨损， 并提高了效率。废物处理 也变得更加简单，不再需 要专门的化学或者物理过 程。” 不再需要使用水处理设备 也带来了显著的节约。

BMR 庆祝产出第1000台磨 边机 位于斯坎迪亚诺的意大利 公司BMR是瓷砖加工技术 的领先制造商。在2017 年初， Casalgrande Padana的工厂应用了 BMR在过去26年总共制 造出的第1000台磨边 机，这成为BMR历史上的 里程碑事件。 1990年，BMR推出了第

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world news Impack Italia celebrates its 20th anniversary This year Impack Italia is celebrating its first 20 years of success.

Originally set up in 1997 as a manufacturer of industrial packaging, the company now operates from its new site in Fiorano Modenese where it has expanded its range of services. These include solutions aimed at compa-

Indonesian top players innovate with CMF The largest Indonesian ceramic tile groups (e.g., Platinum, Milan Ceramic, etc.) continue to make major investments to revamp and improve the efficiency of their existing production lines at their factories located in Jakarta and Surabaya. Once again CMF Technology has been reaffirmed as a preferred partner in updating and upgrading the plants’ storage facilities. The Italian company has received orders for several T-Flat transfer units with suction surface,

Spares & Service sees growth in Asia and South America Spares & Service (Fiorano Modenese), a supplier of parts and accessories for the ceramic industry set up in 1999, reported a significant rise in turnover last year due to growth in international market sales. In Asia, the Italian company’s historic market, sales increased mainly in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Korea. The company also maintained its rapid growth in South America, especially in Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil. Good customer care and efficient shipping

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加快物流速度和降低成本 的解决方案。由于许多设 备制造商正在寻找这种外 包服务，因此市场对 Impack Italia提供的解决 方案的需求量也越来越 高，这驱动Impack Italia 在建筑以及设备方面做新 的投资，以扩大服务范围 并提供更高水平的服务质 量。公司现正聚焦海外市 场，并寻找在萨索洛瓷砖 集群地购买设备的非意大 利进口商，以期提供服 务。

nies wishing to speed up and reduce the cost of logistics by outsourcing storage, packaging and shipping of plants and machinery for export to foreign markets. The fact that many machinery manufacturers are looking to outsource these operations has driven higher demand for the solutions offered by Impack Italia, which has responded with new investments in buildings and equipment to expand its services and deliver higher levels of quality. The company is now focused on foreign markets and is looking to extend its services to non-Italian importers purchasing machinery in the Sassuolo

ceramic cluster.

which are capable of safely handling medium and large-size fired tiles. Other orders the high-performance TBOX and SBOX storage systems, which can easily store large quantities of unfired tiles. For the installation and commissioning of its equipment, CMF Technology will use its own qualified local technical staff, which is able to offer a prompt and precise technical support service.

公司（如白金、米兰瓷 砖等）继续进行重大投 资，以改造和提高其在 雅加达和泗水的工厂现 有生产线。在更新和升 级工厂的储存设施方 面，CMF技术再度被作 为首选合作伙伴。意大 利公司已经接到了几个 对带有吸附表面的T型平 台传送单元 的订单，该 种传送单元 可以安全地 处理中大尺

寸的煅烧瓷砖。还有公 司订购了高性能的TBOX 和SBOX储存系统，这 些系统可以轻松储存大 量未烧砖。在设备的安 装和调试方面，CMF技 术将派内部有资历的本 地技术员工，以便为客 户提供及时和准确的技 术支持和服务。

成立于1999年，是瓷砖 行业零部件的供应商。受 益于国际市场销量的增 长，去年其营业额实现了 大幅增涨。在亚洲，这家 意大利公司历史悠久，销 售增长主要来自于斯里兰 卡、孟加拉以及韩国。公 司还在南美也保持了快 速增长，尤其是在墨西 哥、厄瓜多尔以及巴 西。 事实证明，良好的客户 关怀及高效的运输管理 对于维持客户的忠诚度

至关重要，而技术（比如 可以在app.sparesservice.it下载的手机 APP）和仓库上的投资则 有助于提高竞争力。在越 南和墨西哥达成的新的商 业协议标志着公司在全球 又出现了新增长点。

印度尼西亚顶级瓷砖公司 使用CMF技术进行创新 印度尼西亚最大的瓷砖

management have proved critical for maintaining customer loyalty, while investments in technology (such as the smartphone app that can be downloaded from app. spares-service.it) and the warehouse have helped improve competitiveness. The new commercial agreements in Vietnam and Mexico mark the latest step forward in the company’s global growth plans.

Spares & Service 亚洲、 南美市场增长 Spares & Service （Fiorano Modenese）

Impack Italia 庆祝成立 20周年 Impack Italia 将在今年举 行20周年庆。1997 年，Impack Italia 作为一 家工业包装制造公司成 立，现在公司已经在菲奥 拉诺-莫代内塞的新工厂开 展经营活动，并扩大了服 务范围。这包括为那些希 望通过外包存储、包装以 及运输，把设备和机器出 口至海外市场的公司提供

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World production and consumption of ceramic tiles

世界瓷砖生产与消费报告

by Luca Baraldi, Ufficio Studi Acimac - studi@acimac.it

© exclusive content The fourth edition of the publication “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles” produced by the Acimac Research Department was released in November.

Consisting of 260 pages of graphs, tables and commentary, it provides detailed analysis of the ten-year trends up to 2015 in industry, markets, per capita consumption and export flows in large geographic regions and in the 76 largest tile producer, consumer, exporter and importer countries.

Here we present a brief overview of the key figures. ***

《世界瓷砖生产与消费报告》第四版由意大利陶瓷机 械及设备制造商协会（Acimac）调研部门于2016年 11月发布。该报告包含260页的图表和评论，对世界上 76个最大的瓷砖生产、消费及进出口国在内的大量地 区在2005至2015年中的行业、市场、人均消费和出口 量趋势做了详尽分析。 以下是该报告的关键数据。

*** 1) 2 0 1 5 年 ， 世 界 瓷 砖 的 生 产 和 消 费 量 大 体 保 持 稳

1. Ceramic tile world production and consumption volumes remained substantially stable in 2015 with respect to 2014 (-0.1% and +0.8%, respectively). Import-export flows rose by just 1.5%, continuing the slowdown observed in 2014 (+1%) against the previous year.

2. World tile production fell by 0.1% with respect to 2014 to 12,355 million sq.m. Output remained stable or saw slight growth in all areas of the world with the exception of Asia, where production dropped for the first time from 8,703 to 8,627 million sq.m (down 0.9% on 2014, although still accounting for 69.8% of global production. This downturn was driven by significant falls in Iran, Indonesia and China, which failed to be compensated by growth in Viet-

定。与2014年相比，陶瓷生产下降了0.1%，消 费量微涨0.8%。2015年瓷砖进出口量仅上升了 1.5%，在2014年(+1%)的基础上继续放缓。 2) 2015年世界瓷砖产量相对2014年下降了0.1%， 至123.55亿m 2 。除亚洲外，世界各地的瓷砖产量 都保持了稳定或者小幅增长，而亚洲的产量首次 从87.03亿m 2 降到了86.27亿m 2 （较2014年下降 0.9%），但总份额依旧占据世界瓷砖产量的69.8%。

亚洲的产量下降是由伊朗、印度尼西亚和中国瓷 砖产量的大幅下滑引起，未能通过越南和印度的 增长得到补偿。

WORLD MANUFACTURING AREAS

WORLD CONSUMPTION AREAS

2015 (Sq.mt Mill.)

% on world production

% var.

15/14

1,218

9.9

+2.2

OTHER EUROPE (Turkey included)

572

4.6

NORTH AMERICA (Mexico included)

327

AREAS EUROPEAN UNION (28)

2015 (Sq.mt Mill.)

% on world consumption

% var.

15/14

EUROPEAN UNION (28)

910

7.5

+5.0

+0.4

OTHER EUROPE (Turkey included)

532

4.4

-2.0

2.6

+6.2

NORTH AMERICA (Mexico included)

505

4.1

+9.3

AREAS

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA

1,193

9.7

-0.1

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA

1,279

10.5

-0.5

ASIA

8,627

69.8

-0.9

ASIA

8,166

67.1

+0.6

413

3.3

+3.0

AFRICA

731

6.0

-2.7

5

0.0

0.0

OCEANIA

52

0.4

+8.3

12,355

100.0

-0.1

TOTAL

12,175

100.0

+0.8

AFRICA OCEANIA TOTAL

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economics © exclusive content nam and India. The European continent produced a total of 1,790 million sq.m (14.5% of world production). The European Union (EU-28) registered 2.2% growth to 1,218 million sq.m, while the non-EU Europe area remained stable at 572 million sq.m (+0.4%). In the American continent, total production reached 1,520 million sq.m (12.3% of world production). Volumes in Central and South America remained stable at 1,193 million sq.m (-0.1%), while North America saw a strong performance to reach 327 million sq.m (+6.2%), driven by the recovery in Mexico and the growth of the US industry. Africa’s output rose from 401 to 413 million sq.m (+3%).

3. World tile consumption rose to 12,175 million sq.m in 2015 (+0.8%). Demand in Asia reached 8,166 million sq.m (+0.6%), equivalent to 67.1% of global consumption, with Vietnam and Saudi Arabia the only countries really driving the growth. Demand in the European Union saw a recovery, returning to 910 million sq.m (+5%), including strong growth in Poland, the UK, Spain, Romania and Benelux, and a small initial recovery in Italy. By contrast, demand in non-EU European markets fell from 543 to 532 million sq.m (-2%) due to the downturn in Russia and Ukraine which was not adequately offset by the recovery in Turkey. Consumption in Central and South America remained stationary at 1,279 million sq.m (-0.5%), with the growth in Argentina, Chile and Colombia effectively cancelled out by the sharp decline in Brazil and Venezuela. The strongly positive trend in demand in North America was confirmed, rising from 462 to 505 million sq.m (+9.3%), driven by virtually identical increases in Mexico and the United States in terms of both percentages and absolute values. After years of sustained growth, demand in Africa dropped from 751 to 731 million sq.m (-2.7%) due to falls in Nigeria and Libya.

4. In 2015 world exports increased from 2,695 to 2,735 million sq.m (+1.5%), in line with the slower growth trend first observed in 2014 following much more sustained growth of the previous 4 years. The biggest increase was in the European Union, which exported 856 million sq.m (+4.5% on the 819 million sq.m of 2014., an upturn that was entirely attributable to the sharp growth in Spanish exports. The EU’s share of total exports rose to 31.3%. Asia showed a slight recovery, with exports reaching 1,514 million sq.m (+1.3%, 19 million sq.m more than in 2014, corresponding to 55.4%

2015 (Sq.mt Mill.)

% on world exports

% var.

15/14

EUROPEAN UNION (28)

856

31.3

+4.5

OTHER EUROPE (Turkey included)

139

5.1

-7.3

NORTH AMERICA (Mexico included)

65

2.4

-1.5

CENTRAL-SOUTH AMERICA

126

4.6

+5.0

1,514

55.4

+1.3

35

1.3

-22.2

ASIA AFRICA OCEANIA TOTAL

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欧洲的瓷砖生产总量为17.9亿m 2 ，占世界瓷砖产 量的14.5%。

欧盟（28个成员国）陶瓷生产量实现了2.2%的增 长，达12.18亿m 2 。非欧盟地区以5.72亿m 2 的产 量保持了稳定增长（增幅0.4%） 。

美 洲 的 总 产 量 达 到 1 5 . 2 亿 m 2（ 占 世 界 总 产 量 的 12.3%。中南美洲产量稳定，达到11.93亿m2 （降幅0.1%。得益于墨西哥陶瓷行业的恢复以 及美国陶瓷行业的增长，北美表现突出，产量达 3.27亿m 2 （增 幅6.2%。非洲的产量从4.01亿m 2 增加到了4.13亿m 2（增幅3%).

3) 世界瓷砖消费量在2015年上升至121.75亿m 2（增 幅0.8。亚洲瓷砖需求量达到了81.66亿m2 （增幅0.6） ，相当于全球瓷砖消费量的67.1%。其 中，越南和沙特阿拉伯切实是唯一真正拉动了瓷 砖消费量的增长的国家。欧盟的需求量恢复到了 9 . 1 亿 m 2 （ 增 幅 5 % ）， 其 中 波 兰 、 英 国 、 西 班 牙、罗马尼亚和比荷卢经济联盟（比利时、荷兰 和卢森堡三国建立的经济集团）增长强势，意大 利也有着少量恢复。相比之下，由于土耳其市场 的增长未能抵消俄罗斯和乌克兰的下降，欧洲的 非 欧 盟 市 场 的 需 求 从 5 . 4 3 亿 m 2减 少 到 5 . 3 2 亿 m 2 （ 降 幅 2 % ）。 中 南 美 洲 的 消 费 量 保 持 在 1 2 . 7 9 亿 m 2 （降幅0.5%）。阿根廷、智利和哥伦比亚市场 的增长由于巴西和委内瑞拉的大幅下滑而抵消。 北美洲有着极其良好的需求走向，其需求量从 4.62亿m 2 增长到了5.05亿m 2 （增幅9.3%），而这 主要得益于墨西哥和美国市场在比例和绝对值上 的强劲增长。在多年持续增长之后，非洲的需求 因尼日利亚和利比亚市场的下滑，从7.51亿减少 到了7.31亿m 2（降幅2.7%）。 4) 2015年，世界瓷砖出口量从26.95亿m 2 增长到了 27.35亿m 2 （增幅1.5%）。在历时四年的持续增 长过后，首次迎来了增速放缓。欧盟有着最大的 瓷 砖 出 口 量 ， 共 出 口 了 8 . 5 6 亿 m 2（ 较 2 0 1 4 年 的 8.19亿m 2 增长了4.5%），其上升完全得益于西班 牙出口的急剧增长。欧盟在世界瓷砖出口总额中

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0.0

-

2,735

100.0

+1.5

DOMESTIC SALES 77.5%

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5. As for the export propensity of the various geographical regions, the European Union strengthened its position with growth in export share from 68.7% to 70.3% of production; non-EU Europe saw a fall from 26.3% to 24.3%, North America from 21.4% to 19.9%, and Africa from 11.2% to 8.5%; Asia grew from 17.2% to 17.5% and South America from 10.1% to 10.6%.

The trend in import/export flows over the years is perfectly consistent with our long-held view that tiles tend to be produced close to the place of consumption. Although world exports stand at 22.1% of production and 22.5% of global consumption, more than half of this volume consists of exports shipped within the same geographical region as that of production (for example, 87% of South America’s exports remain in South America, 79% of North America’s exports remain within the NAFTA region, and 64% of Asian exports are shipped to other Asian countries). The EU is a partial exception in that 50% of its exports are sold in nonEU countries. This analysis is confirmed by the fact that the shares of world production and consumption tend to be similar in each continent. In other words, Asia accounted for 69.8% of production and 67.1% of world consumption in 2015, while the corresponding figures for Europe (EU + non-EU) were 14.5% and 11.5%, for the Americas 12.3% and 14.6% and for Africa 3.3% and 6%.

6. China, the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of ceramic tiles, experienced the first slowdown in its history in 2014. Although the Chinese industry and market remain difficult to quantify due to the very large discrepancies between the available figures, our estimates suggest that Chinese production totalled about 5,970 million sq.m in 2015 (down 0.5% on 2014, equivalent to 48.3% of world

所占比例也增长到31.3%。亚洲略有恢复，出口 量达15.14亿m 2 （较2014年增长了1900万m 2 ，上 升了1.3%），占据了世界瓷砖出口量总额的55.4%。 其他地区保持了2014年的趋势：中南美洲的国家的 出口量从1.2亿m 2 增长到了1.26亿m 2 （增幅5%）， 与此相反的是，欧洲的非欧盟国家出口从1.5亿 m 2 下降到了1.39亿m 2 （降幅7.3%），非洲出口量 从4500万m 2 下降到了3500万m 2 （下跌22.2%）， 而北美洲的出口量保持在6500万m 2 。 5) 从不同的地区的出口倾向来看，欧盟国家正加强 其出口份额增长的地位，其出口量占其产量的比 例从68.7%上升到了70.3%；非欧盟国家的出口与 产量占比从26.3%下降到了24.3%；北美从21.4% 下降到了19.9%，非洲从11.2%下降到了8.5%； 亚洲从17.2%微涨到了17.5%，南美洲从10.1%微 涨到了10.6%。这几年进出口流量的走势与我们 长期持有的观点相符，即“瓷砖生产往往靠近其 消费地区”。尽管全球出口量占产量的22.1%，占 全球消费量的22.5%，但超半数以上都来源于同 一地理区域内（比如，南美洲87%的出口仍在南 美洲，北美洲79%的出口也都在北美自由贸易区 （ N A F T A ）， 亚 洲 6 4 % 的 出 口 也 都 是 运 往 其 他 亚 洲国家）。欧盟是一个例外，其50%的出口量销往 非欧盟国家。这一分析得出的结论是，世界生产 和消费的份额在每个大陆都趋于相似。具体来 说，亚洲在2015对全球瓷砖的产量和消费量的贡 献分别为69.8%和67.1%，欧洲（欧盟+非欧盟） 为14.5%和11.5%，美洲为12.3%和14.6%，非洲 为3.3%和6%。 6) 作为全球最大的瓷砖生产国、消费国和出口国， 中国经济在2015年首次放缓。由于现有数据之间 差异很大，导致中国的瓷砖工业和市场仍难以量 化。但据估计，中国2015年的瓷砖总产量为59.7 亿m 2 （较2014年下降了0.5%），相当于全球瓷砖

TOP MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES COUNTRY

2011 (Sq.m Mill.)

2012 (Sq.m Mill.)

2013 (Sq.m Mill.)

2014 (Sq.m Mill.)

2015 (Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 world production

% var.

15/14

1.

CHINA

4,800

5,200

5,700

6,000

5,970

48.3%

-0.5%

2.

BRAZIL

844

866

871

903

899

7.3%

-0.4%

3.

INDIA

617

691

750

825

850

6.9%

3.0%

4.

SPAIN

392

404

420

425

440

3.6%

3.5%

5.

VIETNAM

380

290

300

360

440

3.6%

22.2%

6.

ITALY

400

367

363

382

395

3.2%

3.4%

7.

INDONESIA

320

360

390

420

370

3.0%

-11.9%

8.

TURKEY

260

280

340

315

320

2.6%

1.6%

9.

IRAN

475

500

500

410

300

2.4%

-26.8%

10.

MEXICO

221

231

230

230

242

2.0%

5.2%

TOTAL

8,709

9,189

9,864

10,270

10,226

82.8%

-0.4%

TOTAL WORLD

10,626

11,224

11,958

12,373

12,355

100.0%

-0.1%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Survey dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 4 edition 2016 th

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production. This compares with a production capacity calculated by official Chinese sources at more than 10 billion sq.m, spread over some 1400 companies and 3500 production lines. Domestic consumption is estimated at 4,885 million sq.m, 40.1% of world consumption.

After growing at a significantly slower pace since 2012, China’s exports experienced the first real downturn in 2014 (-3.3%) and fell again in 2015 from 1,110 to 1,089 million sq.m (-1.9%), equivalent to 39.8% of world exports. Saudi Arabia became the largest market for Chinese tiles (64 million sq.m, +0.9%), followed by South Korea (54 million sq.m, -20.3%) and the Philippines (53 million sq.m, +12%), Nigeria, USA and Thailand. Asia accounted for 55.5% of China’s exports, Africa 21.6%, North America 8.5% and South America 8.4%; exports to the EU region fell to 20 million sq.m (-15.7%), while sales in non-EU Europe plummeted to 11 million sq.m (-49.5%).

Brazil, the world’s second largest producer and consumer country, saw a downturn for the first time after more than 20 years of steady growth. Production fell to 899 million sq.m (-0.4%) in response to a contraction in domestic demand from 853 to 816 million sq.m (-4.3%). Exports recovered for the third year running, rising to 76.8 million sq.m (+11%), almost entirely shipped to Latin American markets and the United States. As for 2016, Anfacer is forecasting 7% growth in exports along with a continued downturn in domestic consumption.

India was once again the world’s third largest tile producer and consumer country in 2014. National production rose from 825 to 850 million sq.m (+3%, less than the average 10% growth of previous years); domestic consumption also increased by just 7 million sq.m to 763 million sq.m (+0.9% compared to the +5% of previous years). Exports saw further sharp growth from 92 to 122 million sq.m (+32.6%), corresponding to fourfold growth in just 3 years, positioning India 4th in the rankings of top world exporters.

With a further 11.5% growth in exports to 378 million sq.m in 2015, Spain consolidated its position as the world’s second largest exporter. It also continued its recovery in terms

7.

8.

9.

值超过100亿m 2 ，共涉及约1400家公司和3500条 生产线。中国国内瓷砖消费量预计在48.85亿m 2， 占全球消费量的40.3%。自2012年以来，中国出 口增速显著放缓，2014年遭遇了首次下滑（降幅 3.3%），并在2015再度下滑，从11.1亿m 2 下降到 了10.89亿m 2 （降幅1.9%），相当于全球出口量的 39.8%。中国瓷砖的最大出口市场是沙特阿拉伯 （ 6400万 m 2 ， 增 幅 0.9% ）， 接 着 是 韩 国 （ 5 4 0 0 万m 2 ，暴跌20.3%）、菲律宾（5300万m 2 ，增长 12%）、尼日利亚、美国和泰国。亚洲占中国出口 总量的55.5%，非洲21.6%，北美洲8.5%，南美 洲8.4%；中国对欧盟地区的出口量下跌到2000万 m 2（降幅15.7%），而对欧洲非欧盟国家的销售量 骤跌到1100万m 2（暴跌49.5%）。 7) 巴西是全球第二大瓷砖生产国和消费国，在稳定 增长了20多年之后，首次出现下滑。随着巴西国 内 瓷 砖 需 求 从 8 . 5 3 亿 m 2减 少 到 8 . 1 6 亿 m 2后 （降幅4.3%），瓷砖产量也降到了8.99亿m 2 （降 幅0.4%）。但出口却实现了连续第三年恢复，上 升到了7680万m 2 （增幅11%），几乎都是出口到 拉丁美洲和美国市场。2016年，Anfacer 预计巴 西出口量有7%的增长，同时其国内消费量将继续 下滑。 8) 2015年，印度再次成为全球第三大瓷砖生产国和 消费国。国内生产量从8.25亿m 2 降到了8.5亿m 2 （增幅3%，低于往年平均10%的增长速度）；国 内 消 费 量 仅 仅 增 长 了 7 0 0 万 m 2， 为 7 . 6 3 亿 m 2 （增幅为0.9%，往年增长了5%）。出口进一步增 长，从9200万m 2增长到1.22亿m 2（增幅32.6%）， 相当于3年来实现了四倍增长，这让印度成为全球 第四大出口国。 9) 西班牙凭借出口量的再度攀升，巩固了其作为全

TOP CONSUMPTION COUNTRIES COUNTRY

2011 (Sq.m Mill.)

2012 (Sq.m Mill.)

2013 (Sq.m Mill.)

2014 (Sq.m Mill.)

2015 (Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 world consumption

% var.

15/14

1.

CHINA

4,000

4,250

4,556

4,894

4,885

40.1%

-0.2%

2.

BRAZIL

775

803

837

853

816

6.7%

-4.3%

3.

INDIA

625

681

718

756

763

6.3%

0.9%

4.

VIETNAM

360

254

251

310

400

3.3%

29.0%

5.

INDONESIA

312

340

360

407

357

2.9%

-12.3%

6.

SAUDI ARABIA

203

230

235

244

263

2.2%

7.8%

7.

USA

194

204

230

231

254

2.1%

9.9%

8.

TURKEY

169

184

226

215

234

1.9%

8.8%

9.

MEXICO

177

187

187

197

216

1.8%

9.6%

10.

RUSSIA

181

213

231

219

192

1.6%

-12.3%

TOTAL

6,996

7,346

7,831

8,326

8,380

68.8%

0.6%

TOTAL WORLD

10,472

10,964

11,582

12,077

12,175

100.0%

0.8%

Source / Fonte: Acimac Survey dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 4 edition 2016 th

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economics © exclusive content of production with output volumes reaching 440 million sq.m (+3.5%), confirming the country’s position at 4th in the rankings of world producers. Domestic sales likewise saw the first recovery after 7 years of contraction, according to Ascer figures returning to above 110 million sq.m.

Saudi Arabia confirmed its position as the leading export market by volume (34.1 million sq.m, +19.7%), followed by France (33 million sq.m, +17.8%), Algeria (25.9 million sq.m, +8.9%), UK (19 million sq.m, +24.3%) and Israel (18.4 million sq.m, +26.1%). The top foreign markets in terms of value were France (223.8 million euros), Saudi Arabia and the UK. In 2015 the breakdown of Spanish export destinations by volume was Europe 37% (45% in value), Asia 30% (25% in value), Africa 23% (16% in value) and the Americas 10% (13% in value). The value of exports rose to 2,452 million euros (+5.3%), with average price dropping to 6.5 euro/ sq.m. The Spanish industry’s total turnover reached 3,095 million euros (+6.6%).

10. In 2015 Italy saw a further recovery in production (+3.4%), up from 381.7 to 394.8 million sq.m, while total sales reached 397 million sq.m (+0.6%). Domestic sales remained stable at 2014 levels in terms of both volumes (80.3 million sq.m) and value (799 million euros, -0.6%). Adding in imports (17 million sq.m), domestic consumption reached 98 million sq.m. The world’s third largest exporter, Italy again increased its exports both in volume (from 313.7 to 316.6 million sq.m, +0.9%) and even more significantly in value (from 4,109 to 4,318 million euros, +5.1%), thanks to a rise in average price to 13.7 €/sq.m (from 12.6 €/sq.m in 2013 and 13.1 €/sq.m in 2014. The sector’s total turnover reached 5.12 billion euros (+4.1%). Exports to Western Europe, the biggest market for Italian tile accounting for 50% of total Italian exports, rose to 159 million sq.m (+1.9%). With 6.7% growth in sales to 51.4 million sq.m, Germany remained the biggest foreign market for Italian tiles, followed by France at 43.2 million sq.m (-7.2%).

Strong growth was also registered in the UK (+12.7%), the Netherlands (+15.7%), Romania, Sweden and Spain. Sales also rose in the NAFTA region (up 5.9% to 45 million sq.m,

球第二大出口国的地位，出口量达3.78亿m 2 ，增 幅为11.5%。其生产也在持续复苏中，产量达4.4 亿m 2 （涨幅3.5%），确定了其作为全球第四大生 产国的地位。Ascer 的数据显示，西班牙国内瓷 砖销售量也在连续缩水7年后首次复苏，恢复到 1.1亿m 2以上。 沙 特 阿 拉 伯 确 认 了 其 作 为 最 大 出 口 市 场 的 地 位 （ 3 4 1 0 万 m 2 ， 增 幅 1 9 . 7 % ）， 紧 接 着 的 是 法 国 （3300万m 2 ，增幅17.8%），阿尔及利亚（2590 万 m 2 ， 增 幅 8 . 9 % ）， 英 国 （ 1 9 0 0 万 m 2 ， 增 幅 24.3%）和以色列（1840万m 2 ，增幅26.1%）。 海外市场价值最高的国家是法国（2 . 2 3 8 亿 欧 元），沙特阿拉伯和英国。2015年，西班牙的出口 量中，欧洲占37%（出口额占45%），亚洲占30% （出口额占25%）,非洲占23%（出口额占16%）， 美 洲 占 1 0 % （ 出 口 额 占 1 3 % ）。 出 口 额 涨 到 了 2 4 . 5 2 亿 欧 元 （ 涨 幅 5 . 3 % ）， 平 均 售 价 下 降 到 了 6 . 5 欧 元 / m 2 。 瓷 砖 行 业 的 总 成 交 额 为 3 0 . 9 5 亿 （增幅6.6%）。 10) 2015年意大利的产量进一步回升（增幅3.4%）， 从 3 . 8 1 7 亿 m 2上 升 到 3 . 9 4 8 亿 m 2， 总 销 售 额 达 3.97亿（增幅0.6%）。国内销售量（8030万m 2 ） 和国内销售额（7.99亿欧元，降幅0.6%）都保持 在2014年的水平。加上进口量（1700万m 2 ），国 内总消费量达到9800万m 2 。作为全球第三大出口 国，意大利得益于其瓷砖平均售价增长到13.7欧 元（2013年为12.6欧元，2014年13.1欧元），不 仅出口量增长（从3.137亿m 2 上升到3.166 亿m 2 ， 增幅0.9%），销售额也取得了巨大增长（从41.09 亿欧元到43.18欧元，增幅5.1%）。

瓷砖行业的总成交额达51.2亿欧元（增幅4.1%）。 意大利出口的最大市场为西欧。其对西欧的瓷砖 出口量占意大利出口总量的50%，增长到了1.59 亿m 2 （增幅1.9%）。凭借瓷砖销售量增长到5140 万 m 2， 德 国 仍 是 意 大 利 瓷 砖 出 口 的 最 大 海 外 市

TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES 2012 (Sq.m Mill.)

2013 (Sq.m Mill.)

2014 (Sq.m Mill.)

2015 (Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 national production

% on 2015 world exports

% var 15/14

value 2015 (million €)

average export price (€/sq.m)

CHINA

1,086

1,148

1,110

1,089

18.2%

39.8%

-1.9%

n.a.

n.a.

2.

SPAIN

296

318

339

378

85.9%

13.8%

11.5%

2,452

6,5

3.

ITALY

289

303

314

317

80.2%

11.6%

0.9%

4,318

13,7

4.

INDIA

33

51

92

122

14.4%

4.5%

32.6%

498

4,1

5.

IRAN

93

114

109

112

37.3%

4.1%

2.8%

380

3,4

6.

TURKEY

92

88

85

77

24.1%

2.8%

-8.9%

451

5,9

7.

BRAZIL

59

63

69

77

8.6%

2.8%

11.0%

265

3,4

8.

MEXICO

63

64

62

61

25.2%

2.2%

-1.6%

320

5,2

9.

EAU

54

58

55

54

71.1%

2.0%

-1.8%

297

5,5

10.

POLAND

42

48

42

42

30.4%

1.5%

0.0%

222

5,3

TOTAL

2,107

2,255

2,277

2,329

24.2%

85.1%

2.2%

TOTAL WORLD

2,524

2,666

2,695

2,735

22.1%

100.0%

1.5%

COUNTRY 1.

Source / Fonte: Acimac Survey dept. “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”, 4th edition 2016

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economics © exclusive content 14% of total Italian exports), with the USA (the third largest export market) accounting for 35.9 million sq.m (+4.7%).

Italian exports also performed strongly in the Far East (19 million sq.m, +14.3%), the Balkans (16 million sq.m, +5%) and the Gulf states (12 million sq.m, +5%). This contrasted with falling sales in Central and Eastern Europe (31 million sq.m, -17.3%), North Africa and the Middle East (11 million sq.m, -8.6%) and Latin America (5 million sq.m, -4.8%).

11. The three biggest exporter countries, China, Spain and Italy, accounted for 65.2% of world exports last year. Of all exporter countries, Italy and Spain maintained the highest share of exports as a percentage of production (80% and 86%, respectively), compared to the UAE’s 71%, China’s 18.2% and the other countries’ shares of between 9% and 37%. But the real sign of Italy’s leadership position was its average selling price of 13.7 €/sq.m compared to the 6.5 €/sq.m of Spain and between 3.4 €/sq.m and 5.9 €/sq.m of all the other countries.

12. Amongst the largest producer and consumer countries, Vietnam, Indonesia and Iran saw strongly contrasting results. In Vietnam domestic demand rose by 90 million sq.m to 400 million sq.m (+29% on 2014 following +23.5% with respect to 2013) and production saw similar growth from 360 to 440 million sq.m (+22.2%, following +20% in 2014).

With this new expansion, Vietnam becomes the fourth largest producer country (level with Spain) and the world’s fourth largest consumer. Indonesia experienced the opposite trend with a sharp fall in consumption from 407 to 357 million sq.m (-12.3%), which in turn prompted an equally strong fall in production from 420 to 370 million sq.m (-11.9%), returning the country to 2012-2013 levels. The same scenario occurred in Iran, where the sharp contraction in 2014 (between 18% and 20%) was further accentuated in 2015 due to continued stagnation in the residential building sector. The estimated domestic demand of no more than 190 million sq.m (-32.1%) prompted the industry to reduce its output volumes to 300 million sq.m (-26.8%) compared to an installed capacity of 680 million sq.m. The only positive note was the recovery in exports to 112 mil-

场。其次是法国，瓷砖销售量增长到4320万m 2 （ 降幅为7.2%）。英国（增幅12.7%）、荷兰（增幅 15.7%）、罗马尼亚、瑞士和西班牙的瓷砖销售量 也有了强势增长。北美自由贸易区的瓷砖销售量 也 增 长 了 5 . 9 % ， 达 4 5 0 0 万 m 2， 占 意 大 利 出 口 总 量的14%），其中美国（意大利第三大出口市场） 的瓷砖销售量达3590万m 2（增幅4.7%）。

意大利的瓷砖出口在远东地区（1900万m 2 ，增幅 14.3%），巴尔干半岛（1600万m 2 ，增幅5%）， 以及海湾国家（1200万m 2 ，增幅5%）也有着极 好的表现。相比之下，意大利对部分地区的瓷砖 出口量有所下滑，中东欧（出口量为3100万m 2 ， 降 幅 1 7 . 3 % ）， 北 美 和 中 东 （ 1 1 0 0 万 m 2 ， 降 幅 8.6%），以及拉丁美洲（500万m 2 ，降幅4.8%） 的表现均不理想。

11) 去年，中国、西班牙和意大利这三个最大的瓷砖 出口国，出口量占全球出口量的65.2%。所有出 口国中，意大利和西班牙依旧占有着最高的出口 产量比（分别为80%和86%），相比之下，阿拉伯 联合酋长国为71%，中国为18.2%，其他国家的 在9%到37%之间。但真正将意大利推向龙头地位 的 还 是 其 1 3 . 7 欧 元 / m 2的 平 均 售 价 ， 相 比 之 下 ， 西班牙的平均售价为6.5欧元/m 2 ，其他国家的平 均售价在3.4欧元/m 2到5.9欧元/m 2之间。 12) 在最大的瓷砖生产和消费国中，越南、印度尼西 亚和伊朗有着截然不同的发展结果。越南国内的 瓷砖需求量达4亿m 2，增长了9000万m 2（比2014 年增长了29%，比2013年增长了23.5%），其瓷砖 生产量也有着类似的增长，从3.6亿m2增长到了 4.4亿m 2 （增幅22.2%，较2014年增长了20%）。 伴随着新的增长，越南成为全球第四大瓷砖生产 国（与西班牙齐平）以及第四大瓷砖消费国。

然而，印度尼西亚却有着相反的发展趋势，其瓷 砖 消 费 量 从 4 . 0 7 亿 m 2暴 跌 到 3 . 5 7 亿 m 2（ 降 幅

TOP IMPORTING COUNTRIES COUNTRY

2011 (Sq.m Mill.)

2012 (Sq.m Mill.)

2013 (Sq.m Mill.)

2014 (Sq.m Mill.)

2015 (Sq.m Mill.)

% on 2015 national consumption

% on 2015 world imports

% var.

15/14

1.

USA

131

139

160

159

175

68.9%

6.4%

9.9%

2.

SAUDI ARABIA

134

155

155

149

174

66.2%

6.4%

16.8%

3.

IRAQ

80

105

121

102

106

99.1%

3.9%

3.9%

4.

GERMANY

90

89

89

95

100

83.3%

3.7%

5.3%

5.

FRANCE

110

107

96

99

99

87.6%

3.6%

0.0%

6.

SOUTH KOREA

63

61

65

76

85

63.9%

3.1%

11.8%

7.

NIGERIA

47

61

84

90

70

86.4%

2.6%

-22.2%

8.

UAE

50

52

53

54

64

74.4%

2.3%

18.5%

9.

PHILIPPINES

31

38

46

53

60

61.9%

2.2%

13.2%

10.

THAILAND

46

52

68

49

56

29.2%

2.0%

14.3%

TOTAL

782

859

937

926

989

68.4%

36.2%

6.8%

2,346

2,524

2,666

2,695

2,735

22.5%

100.0%

1.5%

TOTAL WORLD

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economics © exclusive content lion sq.m (+2.8%), of which 86 million sq.m was sold in Iraq and the rest in neighbouring markets.

13. In 2015 Turkey saw a strong recovery in domestic consumption, which rose from 215 to 234 million sq.m (+8.8%) and was entirely covered by national production (imports stood at just 3.8 million sq.m), up to 320 million sq.m (+1.6%). This contrasted with exports, which fell for the third year running from 84.7 to 77.2 million sq.m (-8.9%), generating a turnover of 451 million euros. The top export markets for Turkish tiles in terms of volume were Israel with 9.5 million sq.m (-13.6%), Germany (9 million sq.m, +15.4%), the UK (8 million sq.m, -3.6%) and the USA (7.8 million sq.m, +23.8%). The biggest market in terms of value was Germany (54.7 million euros, +10%), followed by the United States, Israel and the UK. 14. In 2015 the top 10 importer countries imported a total of 989 million sq.m of tiles, equivalent to 36.2% of total world import/export flows. With the sole exception of Thailand which imported 29% of its consumption, all the other top-10 countries saw imports account for more than 60% of domestic demand, with peaks of 99% in Iraq and between 83% and 87% in Germany, France and Nigeria.

15. The USA remained the world’s biggest importer country with imports up from 159.1 to 174.8 million sq.m (+9.9%), reflecting the 9.9% growth in local demand from 231.5 to 254.5 million sq.m. Imports covered 69% of consumption, while production totalled 76 million sq.m, a figure that is set to increase in 2016-2017 following the new investments under way in Tennessee. TCNA figures reveal growth in imported volumes from the top 5 supplier countries: China (50.8 million sq.m, +8.5%), Mexico (47.3 million sq.m, +0.7%), Italy, Spain and Turkey. Italy (which also controls a portion of national production) retained its position as market leader in terms of value with CIF sales of $695 million (+9.7% following the +8.7% in 2014 and the +18% in 2013), equivalent to 35% of the total value of imports ($2 billion). The 2016 forecasts are very positive: according to TCNA, domestic production grew by 8.4%, imports by 9.8% and consumption by 9.3% in the first quarter of 2016 over the same period in 2015.

16. Saudi Arabia, the world’s second largest importer country, responded to the continuous growth in domestic demand (263 million sq.m in 2015, +7.8%) with an increase in imports to 174 million sq.m (+16.8%). The biggest supplier countries were China (64 million sq.m, +0.9%), India (37.6 million sq.m, +66.7%), Spain (34 million sq.m, +19.7%) and the UAE (23.2 million sq.m, +9.6%).

The country’s biggest producer company is Saudi Ceramics which produced 53 million sq.m in 2015 out of an estimated total national production of 93 million sq.m.

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12.3%），这一暴跌导致瓷砖产量也出现了同样的下滑， 从 4 . 2 亿 m 2 骤 降 到 3 . 7 亿 m 2 （ 降 幅 1 1 . 9 % ）， 退 回 到 了 2012年-2013年的水平。伊朗也出现了同样的情况，由 于其国内住房和建筑业的停滞不前，瓷砖行业2014年出 现的急剧萎缩在2015年进一步加剧（2014年缩水幅度在 18% - 20% 之 间 ）。 预 计 伊 朗 国 内 瓷 砖 需 求 不 足 1 . 9 亿 ㎡ （暴跌32.1%），这促使其国内行业产量减产至3亿㎡（暴 跌26.8%），而有效产能为6.8亿㎡。唯一有积极恢复迹 象的是出口，其出口量 达1.12亿㎡（增 长了2 . 8 %），其中 8600万㎡是销往伊拉克，其余都是出口至邻近国家。 13) 2015年土耳其国内消费量实现了强劲复苏，从2.15亿 ㎡增长到2.34亿㎡（增幅8.8%），而且消费完全依赖国 内自己生产（进口量只有380万㎡），生产量增长到3.2 亿㎡（增幅1.6%）。不同的是，土耳其出口连续第三年 下滑，从8470万㎡减少到7720万㎡（降幅9.4%），出 口成交额为4.51亿欧元。土耳其瓷砖出口量最多的国家 有 ： 以 色 列 （ 9 5 0 万 ㎡ ， 降 幅 1 3 . 6 % ）、 德 国 （90 0万㎡，增幅15.4%），英国（8 0 0万㎡，降幅3.6%）和 美国（780万㎡，涨幅23.8%）。从瓷砖出口额来看， 土耳其的最大市场是德国 （5470万欧元，增幅10 %）， 接着是美国、以色列和英国。 14) 2015年，全球十大进口国共进口了9.89亿㎡的瓷砖， 相当于全球进出口总量的36.2%。除了泰国进口量仅占 国内消费量29%之外，其余九大进口国的进口量都占到 国内消费量的60%以上，伊拉克以99%的比例占据榜 首，德国、法国和尼日利亚在83%到87%之间。 15) 美国仍然是全球瓷砖进口最多的国家，进口量从1.591 亿㎡上升到1.748亿㎡（增幅9.9%），其国内瓷砖需求 也从2.315亿㎡上升到2.545亿㎡，增长了9.9%。其进 口量占国内消费量的69%，而国内产量共计7600万㎡。 随着美国在田纳西州新的投资，这一数字有望在20162017年得到增长。TCNA的数据披露了美国从五大瓷砖 供应国进口瓷砖量的增长情况：中国（5080万㎡，增幅 8.5%）、墨西哥（4730万㎡，增幅0.7%），其他为意 大利、西班牙和土耳其。意大利（也控制了美国国内生 产的一部分），以6.95亿美元（继2014年增长了8.7%和 2013年增长了18%后，增长了9.7%）的CIF销售额保持 了其作为市场领导者的地位，其CIF销售额相当于进口 总额（20亿美元）的35%。2016前景相当乐观：据 TCNA表示，2016年第一季度同比2015年第一季度，美 国国内产量增长了8.4%，进口和消费则分别增长了 9.8%和9.3%。 16)

沙特阿拉伯是全球第二大瓷砖进口国，继国内需求持

续增长后（2015年为2.63亿㎡，增幅为7.8%），进口增 加到1.74亿㎡（增幅16.8%）。其最大的瓷砖供应国包 括中国（6400万㎡，增幅0.9%）、印度（3760万㎡， 增幅66.7%），西班牙（3400万㎡，增幅19.7%）以及 阿拉伯联合酋长国（2320万㎡，增幅9.6%）。其最大 的陶瓷制造公司为沙特陶瓷公司，2015年生产了5300 万㎡的陶瓷，而预计其国内总陶瓷产量为9300万㎡。 5

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这些数据由公司直接提供或者是从公共来源获取，在某些 情况下是基于猜测和估计。然而，排名并非十分详尽，缺 乏足量的数据意味着有许多公司和团体的数据被直接省略 掉了，比如说最大的意大利公司，Concorde 集团。据预 计，Concorde集团的营业额达7亿欧元，已经牢牢地占 据瓷砖行业收入榜单的前列，在产量方面肯定也是排名领 先。Cleopatra，埃及最大的集团，凭借年均1亿㎡的瓷

Total turnover (mill. €)

n.a.

$ 3,013 mill. ceramic tile segment only

$ 8,072 mill. tiles, carpet, laminate & wood

225.0

11

755.0

907.0 tiles + sanitaryware

105-110 (estimates)

140.0

19

551.0

n.a.

UAE

92.0

113.0

79

490.0

755.0 tiles sanitary, tableware

CERAMICA CARMELO FIOR

Brazil

80.0

80.0

12

172.0

172.0

4 in Brazil

Cecafi, Pisoforte, Fioranno, Idealle, Arielle

6

GRUPO FRAGNANI

Brazil

65.5

72.0

4

157.0

157.0

3 in Brazil

Incefra, Incenor, Tecnogres, Luxory

7

GRUPO CEDASA

Brazil

63.0

70.0

10

n.a.

n.a.

1 in Brazil

Majopar, Cedasa, Vistabella, Lorenzza

8

PAMESA

Spain

60.3

60.3

79

312.0

424.0 tiles, others

6 in Spain

Pamesa, Pamesa Brazil

9

KAJARIA

India

59.0

62.1

2

332.0

342.0 tiles, sanitaryware

11 in India

Kajaria

10

ROVESE

Poland

58.0 (estimates)

68.7

n.a.

n.a.

418.0 (2014: tiles, sanitaryware, others)

10 in Poland, Russia, Romania, UK, Germany

Cersanit, Opoczno, Meissen Keramik, Pilkington, Mito

11

SAUDI CERAMICS

Saudi Arabia

53.0

64.0

6

n.a.

395.0 tiles, sanitaryware

4 in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Ceramics

12

DYNASTY

Thailand

52.7

69.0

3

175.9

180.7 tiles, sanitaryware, others

2 in Thailand

Dynasty, Tile Top, Jaguar, Lasumo, Mustang, Tomahawk, Value

13

KALE GROUP

Turkey

51.5

69.0

26

278.5

345.0 tiles, bathroom

22 Turkey

Canakkale Seramik, Kalebodur, Edilcuoghi, Edilgres, Campani, IDA

Group / Company

Country

Turnover (only TILE segment) (mill. €)

Installed capacity (mill. m²)

225-245

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Exports share

Production (mill. m²)

To supplement the world tile production and consumption figures, we are providing key data for the sector’s leading groups and companies, ranked by output volumes and updated to 31/12/2015. Where available we also give the figures for export share, number and location of tile production plants, as well as turnover generated purely from the sale of ceramic tiles. This allows a fairer comparison to be made between large groups which often operate in multiple segments of the ceramic industry (sanitaryware, tableware, heavy clay) and supply chain (raw materials, adhesives, distribution), as well as other sectors (bathroom and kitchen furnishings, non-ceramic surface coverings, building materials, chemicals, etc.). To provide a more complete picture of group size, we also include total or consolidated turnover and the segments that generated it.

The figures were provided directly by the companies themselves or obtained from public sources, and in some cases are based on estimates. However, the rankings are not exhaustive: the lack of a sufficient quantity of data means that a number of groups have been omitted, such as the largest Italian player, Concorde Group. With a turnover estimated well above 700 million euros, Concorde is already firmly on the podium in terms of tile segment revenues but would certainly also make the rankings in terms of production volume.

1

MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC

2

SCG GROUP

Thailand

206.0

3

LAMOSA

Mexico

4

RAK

5

38

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estimates on official company data

Tile plants / Location

Main Tile Brands / Companies

17 in North America, Mexico, Europe, Russia

American Olean, Dal Tile, KAI, Kerama Marazzi, Marazzi, Ragno

21 Thailand, 7 Vietnam, 4 Indonesia, 1 Philippines

Cotto, Prime, Mariwasa, Sosuco, Campana, Kia, DK, Trend

10 in Mexico

Lamosa, Porcelanite, Firenze, Italica, Verve

14 UAE, 1 Bangladesh, 1 China, 1 India, 1 Iran

RAK Ceramics, Elegance

economics Cleopatra, the largest Egyptian group, would likewise rank within the top 10 as it has an installed capacity of around 100 million sq.m/ year. The same applies to a number of Chinese manufacturers with capacities above 35 million sq.m/year.

砖产能，肯定能够登上全球前十的榜单。许多中国瓷砖生 产商也以年均3500万㎡的产能登上了全球前十的榜单。

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2 015年，在收购了K AI后，美国巨头Mohawk工业公司以 2.25亿㎡到2.45亿㎡的年产量稳居榜首。这家美国的跨国 公司在许多方面都领先于行业竞争对手，特别是在营业额方 面。据报道，截止至2015年12月31号，Mohawk工业公司 单瓷砖行业的销售额就达30.13亿美元，而这只相当于集团 总营业额的37%。

The American giant Mohawk Industries, Inc. remains firmly at the top of the rankings with an estimated 2015 output of between 225 and 245 million sq.m, after the KAI acquisition. The US multinational is well ahead of all its competitors, especially in terms of revenues. As of 31/12/2015, it reported sales of 3.013 billion dollars in the tile segment alone, equivalent to 37% of the group’s total revenues.

The Thai group SCG is second in terms of output volumes (206 million sq.m), but behind in sales revenues (755 million euros), followed by the Mexican group Lamosa with an estimated output of around 110 million sq.m.

There are a dozen or so companies with outputs of between 50 and 100 million square metres, including three Brazilian groups which however trail significantly in terms of revenues. Following major expansion programmes, Pamesa and Kajaria have climbed the rankings and are now in the top 10. The Brazilian group Portobello has also entered the rankings with an output of 42 million sq.m,, also thanks to the start up of the new Pointer facility.

Apart from the above-mentioned Concorde Group, no other Italian group has an output above 35 million sq.m, although another 5 are included amongst the world’s largest groups with turnovers of more than 200 million euros: Fiandre-Iris (480 million euros), Florim (374 million euros), Panaria (343 million euros), Casalgrande Padana (274 million euros) and Coop. Imola (241 million euros).

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泰国SCG集团在产量（2.06亿㎡）上排名第二，但销售额落 后（7.55亿欧元），其次是墨西哥Lamosa集团，产量预计 在1.1亿㎡左右。有十几家公司的产值在50 0 0万到1亿㎡之 间，其中包括三家巴西集团，但这几家公司在收入方面显着 下滑。经过重大扩张计划，Pamesa和Kajaria的排名已经 上升，现在位列前十名。巴西Portobello集团得益于新的 指针设备启动，以4200万㎡的产量也跻身前十榜单。

除了上面提到的Concorde

Group，还有5家意大利的集

团以超过2亿欧元的营业额，成为全球最大的集团。 他们分别是： Fiandre-Iris公司 (4.8亿欧元), Florim公司 (3.74亿欧元), Panaria公司 (3.43亿欧元), Casalgrande Padana 公司(2.74亿欧元) 和 Imola 公司(2.41亿欧元)。 除此以外，其他意大利公司的产量都没有超过3500万㎡。

Country

Production (mill. m²)

Installed capacity (mill. m²)

Exports share

Turnover (only TILE segment) (mill. €)

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Total turnover (mill. €)

Indonesia

50.0 (estimates)

62.0

n.a.

374.7 (2014)

n.a.

8 in Indonesia

Mulia

Austria

49.0

50.0

52

270.0

n.a.

5 Czech Rep., 2 Hungary, 1 Romania, 1 Russia

Rako, Cesarom, LB, Zalakeramia

WHITE HORSE

Malaysia

48.2

56.0

15

171.0

113.0

3 Malaysia, 1 Vietnam, 1 Taiwan

White Horse

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H&R JOHNSON

India

46.0

57.0

3

245.3 (2014)

262.7 (2014: tiles, sanitaryware)

12 in India

H&R Johnson, Marbonite, Endura, Porselano

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VITROMEX

Mexico

45.0 (estimates)

56.0 (estimates)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

5 in Mexico

Vitromex, Construpiso, Artemis, Arko

19

ARWANA CITRAMULIA

Indonesia

43,0

49.3

0

90.0

90.0

5 in Indonesia

Arwana

20

CELIMA (TREBOL GROUP)

Peru

42.0

55.0

40

n.a.

n.a.

3 in Peru

Celima, San Martin, Barcelona

21

PORTOBELLO

Brazil

42.0

48.0

14

360.0

360.0

2 in Brazil

Portobello, Pointer

22

CERAMIC INDUSTRIES

South Africa

39.0

41.0

20

106.0

124.0 (tiles, sanitayware)

5 South Africa, 1 Australia

Ceramic Industries, Centaurus, Gryphon, Pegasus, Samca, Vitro

23

CORONA

Colombia

38.0

39.0

7

191.0

n.a. (tiles, sanitaryware)

5 in Colombia

Corona, Orchid

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INTERCERAMIC

Mexico

37.5 (2014)

44.0

30 (2014)

307.3 (2014)

407.8 (2014: tiles, sanitaryware, others)

3 Mexico, 1 USA

Interceramic

25

ROCA

Spain

35.0

35.0

n.a.

n.a.

1,717.0 (tiles, sanitaryware, distribution)

5 in Spain, Brasil, USA,

Roca, Incepa, USCT, Laufen (USA)

Group / Company

14

MULIA

15

LASSELSBERGER

16

Tile plants / Location

Main Tile Brands / Companies

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The present and future of digital: is the race towards full digital technology heating up?

数码化的当下与未来： 全数码技术竞赛正在升温？ Paolo Zannini, I.Cer.S.

The 8th Annual Meeting on Digital Ceramic Tile Decoration Technologies, organised by Acimac in collaboration with the magazine Ceramic World Review, was held at Tecnargilla on 27 September 2016 to take stock of technology in the field of digital applications.

I use the term digital “applications” because, for the first time, more than one speaker chose to introduce the subject of full digital technology, which includes not only decoration but also digital glazing.

The meeting is always eagerly anticipated by ceramic industry professionals and once again proved a big success.

More than 450 professionals from around the world packed out the Sala Neri in the Rimini exhibition centre, demonstrating that the topic continues to be of enormous interest.

The strong attendance also reflected the standing and prestige of the nine speakers, who represented almost the entire application machinery sector and to a large extent also that of inks and services. As in previous years, I personally had the honour of moderating the meeting.

Here I would like to make a few comments about the event and give my overall impressions regarding the applicability of digital technologies.

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2016年9月27日博览会期间，意大利陶瓷机械设备制 造商协会（Aci mac）携手《陶瓷世界评论》 （Ce ramic World Review）主办了意大利陶瓷机械及设 备制造商协会第8届年会暨数字陶瓷装饰技术研讨 会，旨在评估数码应用领域的相关技术。我用“数码 应用”这个词，是因为这是首次多位演讲者选择了介 绍全数码技术这一主题，这个主题不仅涉及装饰还涉 及数码喷釉。 本次大会一直受到陶瓷行业内专业人士的期待，并再 次取得巨大的成功。来自世界各地的450多名专业人 士聚集在里米尼展览中心，表明该主题依旧能够持 续引起各方极大的兴趣。参会人数火爆也反映出九 位演讲者的地位和权威，他们是整个应用设备领域 以及大部分墨水和服务行业的代表。像往年一样，我 个人很荣幸可以担任大会的主持。 在这里，我想对本次大会发表一些评论，并对数码技 术的应用谈谈我的整体看法。

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大会上有几位演讲者提到了数码技术在全球的推广， 并认为这一进程是不可逆转的。尽管目前开发创新的 时间周期已变得更短，但美学效果和机械设备的紧 密结合创造了一个良性循环，使创新和技术带来了更 高的质量、效率和竞争力。 但为了维持这种连锁效应，需要越来越复杂的创新 以及更极致的表现。比如说，有位演讲者谈到了可沉 积 悬浮颜料的全数字设备，颗粒直径达4 5 微米，每 次喷墨量可达1000g/m 2。另一个广为讨论的系统能 够在瓷砖传动速率50米/分钟的情况下，达到喷墨量 20g/m2，以达到高于360dpi的分辨率。 现在，用于生产和处理大板的技术已经牢固确立起来 （另一项技术革新在好些时间前就开始了，但是现在 才达到成熟），人们正在研究对这些大板进行印花的 系统。因此，所有大型的机械设备制造商都在提供打 印机设计的技术解决方案，引入创新的视觉监视系

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Several of the speakers at the conference noted the enormous global diffusion of digital technology and argued that the process is irreversible. The close connection between aesthetic results and the plant and machinery adopted creates a virtuous circle in which innovation and technology generate quality, efficiency and competitiveness, although the timeframes available for exploiting the innovations are ever shorter.

But to maintain this chain of effects requires increasingly complex innovations and ever more extreme levels of performance. For example, one speaker talked about full-digital machines capable of depositing suspensions of pigments or effects with particle sizes of up to 45 microns and application weights of up to a kilogramme per square metre. Another discussed systems capable of working with tile feed rates of 50 m/min. and application weights above 20 g/sq.m to achieve definitions above 360 dpi.

Now that technology for producing and handling large-format panels has become firmly established (another example of a technological revolution that began some time ago but has only now reached maturity), systems for decorating these panels are being studied.

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senting technological solutions for printer setup, introducing innovative visual inspection systems for quality control, and the study of the digital workflow.

统进行质量控制，并着手研究数码化工作的流程。

This brings us to the most eagerly anticipated issue of all, that of digital glazing, and the possibility of achieving this technological revolution within a reasonable timeframe so as to fully integrate the decoration line for pressed tiles or compacted panels. My overall impression is that everyone is working hard in this field and that the first results are beginning to be seen. Although the situation regarding the machines is perhaps more complicated than that of inks, research and development of special printheads capable of discharging larger quantities of fluids, possibly containing particles of significant dimensions (larger than a micron), is without question well under way. What makes the situation particularly complex is the need to disperse and keep in suspension not just fine particles of pigments but also complex mixtures of frits, clays, pigments and additives (up to 12 components or more!). This makes it essential to perform a highly detailed study of the systems with degrees of reliability that are a far cry from those of solvent-based inks. Obviously, the situation is further complicated by the need to use suspensions with 30-40% of water to lower the total organic load. The topic of water-based suspensions was in fact notably absent at the conference, at least compared to the expectations of attendees. There was only very limited technical discussion of this category of products, perhaps due to the difficulties that more or less all producers are continuing to experience.

整合成型和印花生产线。我的整体印象是，这个领域

To conclude, I believe that 2016 will be looked back on as the year in which digital decoration technology finally came of age. It will also be seen as a year of reflection in which the industry thought hard about the way forward. Clearly there’s no going back, but the ultimate goal of the Factory 4.0 in which all the machines dialogue with each other to achieve maximum rationalisation of the production process is still a long way off, particularly in terms of technology. However, there can be no doubt about the capability and motivation of the industry’s entrepreneurs and engineers… and this gives us every reason to be optimistic!

很显然，我们无路可退，工业4.0的终极目标是所有

The abstracts of the reports given at the meeting are published on the following pages: • Digital designing and production of ceramic product: aesthetics and plant design (Sacmi Intesa) • Creavision, the innovative vision and self-regulation system for digital printing (System) • All-round digital (Projecta Engineering / Siti B&T Group) • Colorobbia: a perspective vision (Colorobbia) • Full Digital: Glazing, Structure, Decoration and Finishing (Durst Phototechnik) • ETP technology for ceramic tiles digital printing (TecnoFerrari) • Fiery For Ceramics: The Smart Solution (Efi Cretaprint) • Is digital ceramic printing on “main street”? (Xaar) • From colour to process management (Macs Tech).

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这带给我们备受期待的数码喷釉的议题，以及在合 理时间内实现这一技术革命的可能性，以便能够完全 内每个人都很努力，而且努力正开始初见成效。虽然 设备的研发情况要比墨水的研发要复杂得多，但毋庸 置疑的是，对能喷大量流体并含大尺寸粒子（大于1 微米）的特殊喷头的研究和开发一直在顺利进行中。 但让设备的研发处境变得复杂的原因是，需要分散和 保持悬浮的不仅是颜料的小粒子，还有熔块、黏土、 颜 料和 添加剂（含12 种 或更多成分！）的复杂 混合 物。这使得必须对系统进行高度详细的研究，其可靠 性程度与水溶性墨水相差甚远。显然，由于需要使用 30 -40％的水悬浮液来降低总有机负荷，所以情况进 一步复杂化。 本次大会特意没有出现水基悬浮液的议题，至少没 有让与会者失望。对于这类产品目前只有极少数的技 术讨论，也许是因为所有生产商或多或少正继续经历 着困难的处境。 总而言之，我相信2016年将值得被回顾，因为这一年 数码装饰技术迎来了它的时代。这一年也将被视为 整个行业努力寻找未来发展方向的一年。 的设备商可以彼此对话，而要想实现生产过程最大 化的同步我们还有很长的路要走，特别是在技术方 面。然而，行业内的企业家和工程师的能力和积极性 是无可置疑的，而这让我们有充分的理由保持乐观！ 会议报告摘要刊载于以下页面： • 陶瓷产品的数码设计和生产：美学和工厂设计 （Sacmi Intesa集团） • Creavision，创新的视觉和数码打印自动调节系 统（System集团） • 全方位数字化（Projecta工程公司/ Siti B＆T集团） • 卡罗比亚：科技制胜 洞见未来（Colorobbia公司） • 全数字化：施釉、结构、装饰和后期加工（Durst Pho totechnik公司） • 用于瓷砖数码打印的ETP技术（TecnoFerrari公 司） • Fiery技术：智能解决方案（Efi Cretaprint公司） • 数码陶瓷打印技术是符合市场大众的吗？ （Xaar公司） • 从颜色到过程管理（Macs Tech公司）

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Advances in ceramic product design

萨克米在陶瓷产品设计领域的新进展 Davide Medici, Benedetto Spinelli, Sacmi-Intesa

The increasingly widespread use of digital decoration has led to drastic changes in a number of product prototyping processes. In particular, analog systems have been replaced by digital processes that provide a virtual and physical simulation of the finished product and reduce development times.

The production layout has also changed considerably, transforming the glazing and decoration line into an often integrated set of digital devices capable of depositing powders, grits, glazes and colours according to the instructions provided by the graphics file.

In this field, Sacmi has followed two different research strands, one being a digital line with traditional pressing, the other a line with Continua+ technology. In both cases, it provides an advanced automated system that allows for digital production of ceramic products and guarantees a high level of efficiency, control and repeatability of models.

Starting out from pre-press digital powder decoration, the piezoelectric deposition technique is used for both traditional lines and the new Continua+ lines. In the first case, the DGD (DiGiDrawer) system is used with 3 colour bars to deposit coloured powders according to a predetermined digital design during the final loading stage. In the second case, the Digital Dry Decoration, DDD device is used to apply up to 4 materials in the dry stage directly onto the soft ceramic body. Raw materials, glazes and the decoration are applied according to the predefined graphic sequence and are coordinated with both the three-dimensional structure created during shaping and the subsequent wet digital graphic applications.

Proceeding to the glazing line, dry digital decoration is performed using the DDG (Digital Dry Glazing) system, which features two colour bar modules positioned before or after wet decoration. The DDG system is able to perform standard deposition or considerably increase definition through the application of digital glues. This has the advantage of reducing the quantity of material that needs to be removed, thereby improving efficiency and savings.

In the field of wet digital decoration, the latest generation of DHD printers is equipped with an extremely advanced electronic control system that ensures total operational flexibility and is able to manage ever larger graphics files. Real-time data transmission allows for the processing of large quantities of information (projects with numerous images which vary according to the tile size) within

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数码喷墨打印技术的广泛应用给产品研发过程带来了 巨大变化。数码处理替代了传统的模拟系统，实现了 最终产品的虚拟及真实模拟，因此缩短了产品开发时 间。生产线同样发生了巨大调整，施釉 和装饰生产线变成了能够根据图形文件指 令进行布粉、布干粒、施釉和颜色打印的 集成数字设备。在数字化装饰领域，萨克 米（SACMI）确立了两个不同的研究方向：一是采用 传统成型技术的数字化生产线，二是使用Continua+ 技术的生产线。这两条生产线都配备了能够进行陶瓷 产品数字化生产的先进自动化系统，保证了高效、可 控和产品质量的稳定。从压机之前的数码布料系统开 始，两条生产线都使用了压电布料技术。第一种情 况，生产线采用DGD (DiGiDrawer) 系统，能够根据 预先确定的数字设计，在最后的布料阶段，使用三色 通道进行布料。第二种情况，生产线采用的数码干法 装饰技术（Digital Dry Decoration，简称“DDD” ），能够在干燥阶段将最多四种材料直接打印在陶瓷 软坯上。原料、釉料和装饰颜料能够通过预先确定的 顺序被依次添加，还能针对成型阶段时创建的立体结 构以及之后将要喷墨打印的数字图形进行调整。在施 釉阶段，生产线采用了数字干法施釉系统(Digital Dry Glazing，简称DDG)，该系统在喷墨打印过程前后分 别安装了2色通道模块。DDG系统既能够执行标准化 的施釉流程，也能够通过使用数码喷胶大大提高图案 清晰度。这样有效地减少了需要清除的材料量，提高 了效率又节约了成本。在数码喷墨打印方面，萨克米 最新一代的DHD打印机配备了先进的电子控制系统， 可以确保总体操控的灵活性，而且能够管理尺寸更大 的图形文件。DHD打印机采用实时数据传输，可以在 最高生产速度下处理大量图片信息（图片大小根据瓷 砖尺寸相应变化）。然而，由于图像需与各类砖坯纹 理进行协调，因此速度仍然会受到一定限制。 色槽通道可完全拔出，确保了日常维护的便捷。液压 和电子组件位于色杆之上，加墨组件位于较低的位 置。操作界面简单而直观，并且能够自动收集生产数 据，以及关于整套流程的成本和效率的统计数据。设 备配有自我诊断功能，可以显示打印机的状态及更换 的组件的需求，例如过滤器、脱气装置和气泵。脱气

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timeframes consistent with the highest production speeds.

However, speed is limited by the need to coordinate the images with a variable body texture.

The colour bar can be removed completely to ensure simplicity of maintenance. The hydraulic and electronic components are located on the bars, while the ink refill is housed in the lower section. The operator interface is simple and intuitive and allows for automatic collection of production data and statistics on process costs and efficiency. The device is equipped with generous self-diagnostics to indicate the printer status and the need to replace components such as filters, degasser and pumps. The degassing system is managed automatically by the central control system and guarantees optimal pressure reduction at all times, performing automatic self-adjustment and indicating the need to replace the filter when the pre-set limits have been reached.

Raster image processing (RIP) is performed extremely rapidly by an industrial PC installed on the machine, even during the production cycle. A reduced version of the Crono colour management software is able to implement a number of choices in terms of printing method and graphics/ image management. Various shear, randomisation and toning methods are available for specific printing and tone variation choices.

The high waveform quality has allowed for the development of a new printing screen which ensures extremely high definition and efficient rendering of both softer and more intense tones. This is a result of the sharp and consistent drop shape, superior drop arrangement and selection strategy (grey levels) and the absence of satellite droplets.

For more consistent print quality, a process to pre-linearise each machine has been introduced. This ensures more reliable adjustments and the possibility of simulating printing by other machines.

Last but not least, Crono Process Management is responsible for controlling the entire sequence of devices, as well as managing colour, materials and production.

系统由中央控制系统自动管理，保证减压始终保持 最佳状态，当达到预设限制时，脱气系统能够进行 自动调节，并显示需要更换过滤器。只需操作安装 在设备上的工业电脑，栅格图像处理 (Raster image processing，简称’RIP’)即使在生产过程中，也能被 迅速应用。精简版的Crono色彩管理系统保证了在打 印方式及图像管理上有多种方案，为特定的打印和色 彩调配提供了多样化的剪裁及调色选择。 高波形质量带来了新的打印屏，确保了更柔和及更强 烈的色调都能拥有极高清晰度，并得到高效渲染。原 因在于，这一技术能够在操作过程中有效控制墨滴大 小及均匀分布，并提供了优异的灰度选择策略，避免 了滴液分散问题。 为了获得更稳定的打印效果，Crono色彩管理系统对 每一台设备都进行预线性化处理，确保能够通过其他 设备进行更稳固的调节，增加模拟打印的可能性。 最 后 值 得 一 提 的 是 ， C r on o色 彩 管 理 系 统不 仅 能 够 操控所有设备，同时也能进行颜色、材料和生产的管 理。

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Creavision: advanced technology and innovation for digital printing

Creavision：以先进技术和持续创新引领数码喷墨新方向 Gianluca Poli, System

At Tecnargilla 2016, System unveiled a powerful vision and self-regulating image system for digital printing called Creavision.

Creavision monitor tiles as they enter the printer and adapts the graphic design to the real position of the tiles to ensure perfect printing to within a tenth of a millimetre.

Building on the Group’s many years of experience in vision technology, System’s Ceramics division has developed a unique self-regulation process based on a sophisticated system of video cameras which observe, analyse and control the tile’s position to ensure perfect printing every time.

Definition, precision and savings are three crucial aspects of digital decoration. Creavision is able to meet all three criteria thanks to the expertise acquired by System over the years in the field of vision systems for fired and unfired ceramic bodies.

The unique feature of Creavision is its ability to identify the tile’s spatial position on the printing system’s infeed belt.

Especially in the case of strips and long formats, current decoration methods can be used to print a larger area of the printable surface so as to avoid edge defects, although there remains a risk of imprecise centring of the graphic design with respect to the edges of the tile.

Thanks to Creavision and its powerful video cameras which view, analyse and control the position of the tile, the collected data (x,y,α) are transferred to the Creadigit digital printer which performs perfectly centred printing on all

2016年意大利里米尼国际陶瓷技术展（Tecnargilla） 上，西斯特姆（System）推出了“Creavision”新型 数码喷墨管理系统，该系统具有超强视觉效果和自动 调节图形功能。从瓷砖进入打印机的 一刻，Creavision便开始进行监控， 而且能够根据瓷砖的实际位置调整图 形设计，使打印清晰度精确到十分之 一毫米，从而达到完美的装饰效果。 通过在视觉技术领域的多年积累，西斯特姆集团的陶 瓷技术研发部门开发出一个独特的自动调节程序，该 程序根据复杂的摄像机系统研发而成，能够在打印过 程中观察、分析和控制瓷砖的位置，确保每次打印都 能达到最佳效果。 清晰度、精确度、成本是数码喷墨打印技术需要考虑 的三大方面。多年来，西斯特姆在瓷砖烧成前后的视 觉系统研究领域已取得重大成果，因而Creavision系 统能够完全满足这些需求。 Creavision系统的独特之处在于它能够在喷墨系统的 输入带上识别瓷砖的空间位置。 对于长条形和大规格瓷砖的喷墨装饰，当前常用的打 印方法是通过扩大可打印范围来避免边缘印刷不到位 的缺陷，但这样存在瓷砖边缘不能根据图形设计进行 精准打印的风险。但是，Creavision系统及其功效强 大的摄像机，可以观察、分析和控制瓷砖的位置，并 将采集的空间数据(x,y,α )传送到Creadigit数码喷墨机

1. The video cameras detect the tile’s position on the belt, then process the geometric data and send them to the Creadigit printer, which transfers the graphic design in real time 2. The digital printer rotates the position of the graphic design according to the values provided by the software 3. Without Creavision: smudging and centring defects 4. With Creavision: a sharp and clearly-defined image

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tiles. This ensures that the desired definition is achieved as the tile is perfectly centred and the quality of the graphic design remains unchanged.

The vision process also guarantees the maximum precision due to the possibility of synchronisation between the various groups without the need to have all applications installed on a single unit (glazes/effects-colours-effects/material). In this case there is no need to determine the optimal distance between the machines or the distance between the various series of application units according to the product being printed, thereby ensuring outstanding versatility.

Another key aspect concerns ink savings, given that Creavision eliminates excess ink application and edge overflow and significantly reduces rejects at the sorting stage.

The benefits of Creavision therefore include perfect centring of printing on the tile, elimination of guides, extremely precise centring, ink savings, greater cleanliness, and synchronisation between the various systems, which can be positioned within the plant layout with complete flexibility.

Creavision is a perfect example of System’s ongoing efforts in the field of technological innovation aimed at delivering solutions suitable for new applications.

Creavision and Creadigit combine technology and graphic design to transform an image into a unique and original work.

The ceramic surface becomes an empty canvas, a blank sheet of paper on which artists, designers and architects can fully express their creativity.

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上，从而在所有瓷砖上进行完美的定点打印。 由 于 瓷 砖 定 位 精 确 ， 图 形 设 计 质 量 保 持 不 变，Creavision系统使得最终成品获得理想的清晰 度。视效处理流程确保打印效果达到最高精度，而不 需要将所有流程安装在同一装置上（釉料/处理效果颜料-处理效果/材料）便能实现将不同效果进行同步 处理，因此无需根据产品的装饰效果调节设备之间的 最佳距离，或不同系列应用装置之间的距离，因而确 保了数码打印机的通用性。 Creavision管理系统的另一过人之处便是它能有效节 约墨水，杜绝墨水过量使用及从边缘溢出的现象，因 而在分拣阶段就可大大减少次品数量。 Creavision管理系统具有定点打印，删除多余系统引 导项，精确中心定位，节省墨水，实现更高的清洁标 准，以及不同效果的同步应用等优点，确保在打印过 程中不仅能够进行精确定位，同时保证设备运行高效 灵活。 Creavision管理系统的推出，是西斯特姆集团在技术 创新领域不断奋斗的完美例证，他们力求在层出不穷 的装饰应用领域为企业提供最佳的解决方案。 Creavision 管理系统搭配Creadigit 喷墨打印机将技 术和图像设计进行融合，从而创造出独一无二的优秀 作品。瓷砖表面就像是一张空白的画布，艺术家、设 计师和建筑师都能在这张画布上充分地发挥自己的想 象力和创造力。

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All-round digital

全方位数字化 Marco Ferrari, Projecta Engineering

“All-round digital” was the title of the presentation given by Projecta Engineering at the 8th Acimac Meeting on Digital Technologies. The aspect that emerged most strongly from the report was the company’s pioneering vision and ability to anticipate industry trends. The latest technologies from Projecta stem from a process of research and innovation that over the years has transformed decoration into an efficient, high-performance digital system capable of interacting with the entire production chain.

A perfect example of this is G5 technology, which was launched onto the market in May 2015 and is now used by top Italian ceramic groups such as Marazzi, Atlas Concorde, Coop Imola Ceramica, GranitiFiandre, Florim, Gruppo Romani, Emilceramica, Ceramica Castelvetro and Ceramica Ariostea.

Already established on the market as the first fully modular digital decoration system, the machine is not just a new technology but a complete approach to decoration that allows users to customise their systems according to specific requirements. Generation 5 gives users the option to choose any inkjet printing technology on the market including any of the most widely used printheads such as Toshiba, Seiko and Xaar, as well as the innovative Seville printhead unveiled at Tecnargilla 2016.

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在第8届ACIMAC（意大利陶瓷机械及设备制造商协 会）数字技术研讨会上，Projecta Engineering公司 （以下简称“Projecta”）发表了“全方位数字化” 的演讲。“全方位数字化”的提出表明了 Projecta公司的前沿视野以及对行业趋势的 预测能力。Projecta推出的最新技术经过了多 年的钻研和创新，成功把瓷砖表面装饰过程转 化为能够与整条生产链互动的高效、高性能的数字系 统。 G5喷墨打印机是Projecta

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Imola Ceramica）、Graniti Fiandre、佛瑞洛集团 （Florim）、GruppoRomani、Emilceramica、Ceramica Castelvetro、Ceramica Ariostea在内的多家企业均 在使用该设备。 作为全球首个推出市场的全模块化数字装饰系统，G5 喷墨机代表的不仅仅是一项新技术，而是一套能根据 客户的特殊要求进行定制的完整装饰系统。G5喷墨机 给予用户选择喷头的自由，能够使用被最广泛应用的 东芝、精工、赛尔等公司的任何一款喷头，即使是在

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With G5 Projecta also displayed a strongly forward-looking vision, proposing an Industry 4.0 system back in 2015 before the concept had become widely adopted. At the end of the belt, the optional automatic sorting element with intelligent vision system is capable of recognising production defects even prior to firing. Thanks to its advanced technology, the automatic sorting system not only makes a report but establishes a real dialogue with the machine, allowing it to detect any malfunction independently and take the necessary action. First it can perform automatic cleaning, followed by a test print. If at this point the issue no longer occurs, the machine resumes operation completely independently, otherwise various alarm systems are activated and the operator is notified.

Another new product recently unveiled by Projecta is Evo Dry Fix, which has already proved a big success in all the world’s leading ceramic markets. It is the first digital printer that combines drop-on-demand inkjet technology with dry application technology capable of applying grits of various particle sizes with guaranteed maximum stability and repeatability.

In recent months, Projecta Engineering’s research efforts have focused on developing systems for digitally decorating ceramic products with complex and especially angular shapes.

Its brilliant solutions to these aspects testifies to the company’s exceptional versatility.

去年里米尼陶瓷技术展上推出的新型Seville数码喷头 也能与G5进行配对。 G5喷墨机也展现出Projecta公司极高的前瞻视野，早 在2015年就提出了陶瓷工业4.0的观念，而那时工业 4.0的概念还没得到广泛应用。在传送带的末端，配备 智能视觉系统的自动捡砖系统能够在瓷砖进入窑炉烧 制之前检测到缺陷产品。采用先进生产技术的自动捡 砖系统不仅能显示实际生产状况，并且能够与设备进 行直接对话，使其能够独立地检测任何故障，并采取 必要措施。首先，它能够进行自动清洗，然后进行测 试打印。如果这时候不再出现任何问题，设备将独立 恢复运作，若出现问题的话，警报系统就会响起，并 通知操作人员。 Projecta公司新推出的另一款产品是Evo Dry Fix喷墨 打印机，该设备已经在世界陶瓷市场上取得了巨大成 功。 它是第一台将液滴式喷墨技术和干法打印技术结 合起来的喷墨机，能够喷印各种小尺寸干粒，并能最 大限度地保持产品的稳定性。 近几个月来，Projecta Engineering的研发精力主要 集中在开发复杂形状及多角瓷砖的数字装饰技术上。 它在喷墨打印领域多种出色的解决方案，印证着公司 在多个领域的卓越表现。

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Colorobbia: A perspective vision

卡罗比亚：科技制胜 洞见未来 Fabio Avoni, Colorobbia

In the current stage of development of ceramic process technology, large sizes, full digital, digital effects and new digital materials are seen as the keywords that will define the future of the sector.

Technological progress has influenced not just the ceramic production line but also digital application systems. Printheads have evolved rapidly, bringing to market systems that deliver higher discharge quantities. More importantly, however, printheads offering excellent levels of performance in terms of definition and discharge even at high line speeds have gradually become established. The resultant process is not just decorative but also involves the application of effects and materials. Moreover, studies of digital application of dry materials have begun in earnest.

With this in mind, Colorobbia has developed a specific range of materials for digital application which can be combined with all the standard products (frits, pigments, glazes, grits, etc.) to create an unlimited number of ceramic combinations/solutions, as well as surface effects and functional materials capable of meeting the growing demand for high discharge quantities.

In particular, the range of digital decoration materials includes the ETR (Extended Temperature Range) series which evolved from the EHP series. The inks present in the series ensure a wide colour space, high intensity and high colour stability in extreme firing cycles. Another crucial aspect is the ability to maintain high levels of performance in severe production conditions. This series can be used with

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如今，陶瓷技术发展突飞猛进，大规格、全数码化、 数码装饰效果、新型数码材料已成为行业的流行词 汇，为陶瓷行业未来发展趋势定下基调。 陶瓷工艺的进步同时也促进了生产 和装饰环节的发展。喷头技术迅猛 发展，为市场带来了更高喷墨量的喷 头。此外更重要的是，即使高速生产线已慢慢建立起 来，喷头仍然能提供高精度和大喷墨量的装饰效果。 合成过程不限于表面装饰，还涉及到材料和特殊效果 的应用。固态材料的喷墨应用研究也逐渐成熟起来。 顺应潮流的发展方向，卡罗比亚（Colorobbia）开 发出一系列专门用于数码装饰应用的材料，这些材料 能够与所有标准产品（熔块、色料、釉料、干粒等） 组合使用，生成无限多的组合方式/解决方案，表面效 果和功能材料，满足日益增长的大墨量喷头使用的需 求。这一系列的数码装饰材料包括了从EHP系列改进而 来的ETR系列（扩展温度范围）墨水。ETR系列墨水， 在极端的烧制过程中，仍然保障发色范围广，色彩强 烈，稳定性高的优越性能，此外，在严峻的生产环境 下也能保持高水平的装饰效果。该系列材料能够应用 在任何一款压电式数码喷墨喷头中。 ETR系列与SPS系列（特殊粒径）都涵盖了各种特殊效 果墨水，例如白色墨水、闪光墨水、亚光墨水、下陷 墨水、水溶性墨水、金属墨水，以及所谓的多功能墨 水。SPS系列中的特殊墨水采用专门的粒径和粒度分

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any piezoelectric digital decoration printhead.

Both the ETR series and the SPS (Special Particle Size) series include numerous digital effects such as white, glossy, matt, sinking, water-reactive and metallic inks, as well as the so-called multifunction ink. The effect inks present in the SPS series have a specially designed particle shape and grain size distribution that enables large quantities of material (up to 50-100 grams/m2) to be deposited using dedicated medium and high discharge printheads.

Colorobbia also offers the HQ (High Quantity) series of water-based digital glazes for the high-discharge digital glazing process. This series consists of various water-based materials that can be applied in specific combinations to create different kinds of ceramic surfaces.

Numerous glazes are already available including matt, glossy, white, lustre, metallic and other materials suitable for both floor and wall tiles.

Alongside these solvent- or water-based liquid digital products, Colorobbia also offers a range of materials for dry digital application. Customers are seeking specific effects and decorations that are created in-body and not just after pressing. With this in mind, Colorobbia has developed the DDA (Digital Dry Application) series of granular materials capable of producing innovative surface designs and textures. These materials consist essentially of pellets and grits. In particular, Colorobbia has developed a wide range of new grits capable of creating many different natural surfaces including stone effect surfaces, soft non-reflecting surfaces with a pleasant tactile effect, and marble effect mirror surfaces. These hitech grits meet the requirements of abrasion and chemical resistance while guaranteeing optimised digital colour intensity and maximum transparency (even on dark colours). By applying combinations of different materials and studying their individual functions and compatibilities, Colorobbia is able to meet all its customers’ needs in terms of optimising finished product development using either a combined process (traditional and digital) or a full digital process.

In order to deliver industrially-tested solutions, Colorobbia partners with leading industry OEMs who certify its products and perform industrial experimentation on materials using technologies provided by the plant and machinery manufacturers.

布，能够通过使用特定介质和大墨量喷头喷印大量的材 料（高达50-100克/平方米）。此外，卡罗比亚还专门为 大墨量数码喷釉工艺研发出HQ系列（高品质）水性釉 料。这一系列包含各种能够应用在特定组合中的水溶性 材料，从而形成各种不同的表面装饰效果。卡罗比亚推 出的多种釉料，包括亚光釉、亮光釉、白釉、闪光釉、 金属釉和其他材料，都能应用在地砖和墙砖上。 除了上述提及到的溶剂性和水性液态数码装饰材料，卡 罗比亚还研发出一系列的固态数码装饰材料。如今，客 户正寻求在瓷砖坯体制作过程中便能形成特定装饰效果 的解决方案，而不仅仅是压机之后形成的表面装饰效 果。根据这一需求，卡罗比亚推出DDA系列干粒材料 （数码干法布料），该系列干粒能够形成创造性的表面 设计和纹理结构。这些材料基本上由材质不同的干粒组 成。此外，卡罗比亚还开发出一系列新型干粒，从而形 成众多不同的自然表面装饰效果，包括石材表面效果、 极具触感的温和亚光表面效果，以及亮光大理石表面 效果。这些高科技干粒具有极佳的耐磨性和抗腐蚀性功 能，即使使用深色颜料，仍然能保证最佳的发色强度和 透明度。通过组合不同材料，以及对材料的功能性和兼 容性进行研究，卡罗比亚通过组合工艺（传统技术和数 码喷墨），或全数码化生产工艺，满足客户在优化产品发 展方面的所有需求。为了提供工业化的测试方案，卡罗 比亚与行业领先的贴牌企业合作，通过使用由工厂和设 备制造商提供的技术，进行产品认证和工业试验。

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Full Digital: glazing, texture, decoration and finishing

杜斯特全数码化进行时：喷釉、纹理、装饰、后期加工 Norbert von Aufschnaiter, Durst Phototechnik

Durst Full Digital Glaze Line is the end result of five years of research and development efforts aimed at creating a complete glazing line capable of integrating a fully digital process based on an open system. The solution incorporates latest-generation Durst glazing, printing and finishing technologies and can work with glazes that are very similar to conventional products. The resultant line guarantees maximum versatility, flexibility and quality, as well as extremely competitive management costs, space rationalisation, optimisation of production and a high degree of management control through process automation.

By perfectly synchronising the entire process as part of a 4.0 solution, Full Digital Glaze Line adopts the Durst Gamma DG 4.0 digital glazing systems and the new 8-colour inkjet printers from the Durst Gamma XD 4.0 range within a single workflow. Controlling the entire cycle from file processing through to the finishing stage is essential in order to optimise the advantages of digital glazing and to ensure perfect registration between the variable textures and the printed graphic designs. Based on single-pass inkjet technology, the Durst Gamma DG 4.0 glazing system incorporates proprietary printheads patented by Durst for handling high-viscosity water-based glazes. It is designed to deliver large particles with a grain size of around 45 µm without any reduction in productivity. This characteristic allows a large variety of glazes to be used, including those with similar formulations to conventional glazes and low-cost products. The reliability of the system guarantees high-quality glaze application on tiles even at very high temperatures (up to 70°C and higher) without clogging the nozzles. This ensures that output remains stable over the entire production cycle.The key strength of the Durst glazing system is its modularity, allowing the machine to be configured with a single or double glaze bar and with different printing widths. Each colour bar is designed to deliver up to 1 kg/m2 of glaze. The double colour bar configuration allows for the simultaneous application of two different glazes for effects that could not previously be achieved on the glazing line. When the bars are used individually, the one that is not in operation can be prepared for the subsequent print job without interrupting the production process, thereby increasing overall productivity. Glaze changing is guaranteed in under an hour and the variable speed of the conveyor belt can reach 20 metres per minute in the single-bar configuration.Durst Gamma DG 4.0 is able to apply

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杜斯特（Durst）的全数码化施釉线是经过五年研究和 开发的成果，旨在在一个开放的系统基础上建造出一 条全面数码化的施釉整线。这一解决方案 融合了杜斯特最新一代施釉、喷墨、加工 技术，与一般常规产品一样能够进行釉面加 工。该集成生产线能够最大限度地保证其通 用性、灵活性及高品质性，同时能有效节省 管理成本，合理利用空间，优化产品，以及 通过全自动化流程实现高度管理控制。 通过将整个生产流程完美地打造为4.0智能解 决方案，该全数码喷釉线在单一工作流程中采用杜斯 特 Gamma DG 4.0 数码喷釉系统和杜斯特Gamma XD 4.0系列新型8通道喷墨打印机。为优化数码喷釉， 确保多变的纹理结构与图案设计能完美匹配，从文件 处理到加工工序，对控整个生产周期进行把控是至关 重要的。 在单一通道喷墨技术的基础上，杜斯特 Gamma DG 4.0 数码喷釉系统采用杜斯特自主研发的专用喷头，用 于处理高粘度水性釉料。该喷头专门用于喷印粒径在 45微米左右的大颗粒分子，且确保产能不降低。这种 特性让市面上绝大多数品种釉料都能得到喷釉技术应 用，包括那些配方相似的常规釉料和低成本产品。系 统稳定带来了高品质的釉料应用，即使在高达70摄氏 度或更高的温度下，喷嘴也不会被堵塞，确保了整条 生产线的产能稳定。 杜斯特喷釉系统的关键优势在于它的模块化处理技 术，该技术能够让设备配置不同打印宽度的单一或者 双线喷釉通道。 每个独立通道能够喷印高达1kg/㎡釉料。双通道能够 同时处理两种不用釉料，这是之前的喷釉线所做不到 的。当两条通道分开单独使用时，其中不运作的通道 能够为后续的打印做准备，而不会影响到整个生产流 程，因此提高了整体的生产力。此外，釉料更换能够 在一个小时之内完成，单通道的打印速度能高达每分 钟20米。 杜斯特Gamma DG 4.0能够通过平整的模具，将一层 釉完整地施于瓷砖表面上，使得产品的纹理结构更加 清晰、更为逼真，为陶瓷表面处理提供真实的视觉和 触觉效果。同时，设备能够依照需求形成独一无二的

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a layer of glaze with total coverage starting out from a smooth mould.

This makes it possible to create authentic textures with extremely high definition and significant relief, giving a material look and tactile effects to the ceramic surface and allowing for the production of unique on-demand textures such as realistic simulations of wood grain, stone, concrete and textiles. The Gamma XD 4.0 printer is an integral part of the Full Digital Glaze Line and is designed to fully exploit the potential of digital decoration with the use of material effect inks. This system is capable of achieving a speed of 76 m/min. and is part of the Gamma XD series, the new generation of 8-colour ceramic inkjet printers. High quality is guaranteed by the one-of-a-kind print engine which delivers unique levels of reliability and productivity while maintaining the ability to deposit large quantities of ink. This function is guaranteed by the DM “Digital Material Printing Technology” capable of applying more than 100 g/m2 of ink, essential for the application of glossy, lustre, matt and metallic inks, glue and other effects.The machine is equipped with Durst High Definition technology featuring double ink circulation, electronic alignment and a self-calibration function. The integrated Adaptive Dot Placement Technology produces banding-free images with high quality and colour uniformity over the entire print area. The transport system helps to maintain colour uniformity and avoid production stoppages, thereby reducing the need for operator intervention. The exclusive integrated long-interval self-purging system guarantees the stability of the process and a long printhead lifetime.

Durst Gamma XD 4.0 allows for printing widths of between 319 and 1404 mm and is the only system with a patented dual-side colour bar access and extraction system. It can be configured for Dual Line mode, allowing it to print two rows and simultaneously decorate tiles with different sizes and/or designs.

纹理，例如对木纹、石材、水泥和纺织品纹理 的模仿。 Gamma XD 4.0打印机是全数码喷釉线的重 要组成部分，能够运用各种特殊效果墨水，发 掘出表面装饰的潜力。该系统的打印速度能 高达每分钟76米，是新一代8通道喷墨打印机 Gamma XD系列的其中一员。 独特的打印引擎设计造就了高品质产品，既确 保了高水平的稳定性和生产力，又不影响大 量墨水储备在设备当中。这一功能又是由DM “数码材料打印技术”所提供的，能够打印超 过100g/㎡的喷墨量，特别适用于亮光墨水、 闪光墨水、亚光墨水、金属墨水、胶水以及其 他效果的喷印。 打印机配备了杜斯特以双墨水循环、电子对准 和自动检测功能为特色的高清打印技术。集成 的自动对点打印技术能够避免瓷砖的拉线问 题，从而生产出质量高、色彩稳定的产品。传 输系统使色彩均匀稳定，避免生产线停运检修 的现象，减少人工操作的需求。独特的定期自 动清洗系统使整个生产流程更加稳定，喷头的 使用周期更长。 杜斯特Gamma XD 4.0 数码喷墨机的打印宽 度在319mm到1404mm之间，是唯一一个获 得专利的实行双通道打印的系统。 它能够配置双线打印模式，瓷砖可以从不同传 送带进入打印机，同时打印不同尺寸或不同设 计的两款产品。

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ETP technology for digital printing of ceramic tiles

天工法拉利：ETP 技术助力喷墨打印升级 Alberto Annovi, Gruppo TecnoFerrari

In today’s global digital ceramic tile printing market, innovation means not only improving products in both technical and aesthetic terms but also optimising the manufacturing process.

Productivity, flexibility, speed in starting up production and reduction of management costs are becoming urgent requirements for ceramic tile manufacturers, who are increasingly mature and attentive in managing the inkjet printing process and in evaluating the various offerings from machinery manufacturers, glaze and colour producers and designers.

Long renowned as a leading supplier of digital printers, TecnoFerrari recently launched its VivaJet® models which fully demonstrate its ability to innovate and deliver the performance and reliability required from latest-generation machines. The company also provides a concrete response to the needs of maximum process optimisation and outstanding aesthetic quality of finished products.

The use of latest-generation printheads featuring exclusive ETP (Extra Thin Piezo) technology and capable of working at extremely high frequency ensures unrivalled overall performance: greyscale printing with 15 pl minimum drop size for higher definition designs, full-field designs with 22 g/sq.m per individual colour or the use of high-discharge effects (more than 50 g/sq.m), printing speed of up to 50 m/min. with maximum resolution and stability for extremely high performance production lines.

All of this is achieved using the same printhead model.

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在当今全球瓷砖数码喷墨打印市场中，创新不仅意味 着在技术和审美方面对产品进行提升，而且还要优化 制造工艺。产能、转产灵活性、投产速度，以及减 少管理成本正在成为瓷砖制造商的 迫切需求。瓷砖制造商群体日益成 熟，更加关注喷墨打印工艺，同时 也在评估设备制造商、釉料颜料生 产商和设计师所提供的解决方案。 作为在数码打印领域享有盛誉的领导品牌，天工法拉 利（TecnoFerrari）最近推出VivaJet® 喷墨打印机， 充分显示了其创新能力，为陶瓷行业带来了表现性和 稳定性极佳的最新一代设备。此外，天工法拉利还在 最大限度优化工艺和提升产品审美价值方面提供具体 方案。 最新一代喷头采用独特的ETP（超薄压电）技术，能 够以极高频率工作，确保了设备能够获得优异的整体 性能，其中包括：使用15pl最小墨量即可进行高清灰 度打印；使用22g/㎡的单色颜料即可呈现整体图案设 计；能够在高达每分钟50米速度下呈现大墨量的打印 效果（超过50g/㎡），拥有最高分辨率和稳定性的高性 能生产线。 以上所有功能都可 以通过使用同一款 喷头来呈现。 在实际情况下，应 用特殊效果如亮 光、亚光、闪光墨 水和胶水都需要安 装专门的喷头，否 则设备的打印范 围、排墨量和产品 清晰度都会受到限 制，ETP技术所提 供的方案能有效解 决以上问题，在灵 活性上表现出明显 的优势。 此外，ETP技术能

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printheads or resulted in limited coverage, discharge or resolution, the proposed solution brings significant advantages in terms of flexibility.

Moreover, ETP technology delivers extremely precise construction, high speed and clean jetting, while the distribution of nozzles over 16 rows allows for oversized chambers, internal recirculation channels and nozzles. For the end user this means absence of defects, uniform printing and maintaining registration, even in the production of challenging designs with high line speeds.

Fully exploiting digital technology also means streamlining the workflow, from inception through to production of a design, especially in modern process that focus on small batches and just-in-time production. TecnoFerrari has taken an allround approach in addressing this issue and has developed a printer capable of increasing overall performance while maintaining characteristics of resolution, drop size and grey scale that allow for simple reproduction of products previously performed using other printing technologies. The entire process is managed with the utmost simplicity and guided by the GeCo® software package. The tools available for reducing timeframes, wastage and ceramic process fluctuations include profiling, linearisation, colour curve management, creation of dedicated machine configurations, proofing, consumption estimates, local and remote RIP, test runs, on-the-fly print job changing and in-line colour adjustment and correction.

Thanks to the innovative HMI interface and the use of smart sensors as well as the collection of machine data and production statistics and their accessibility to the company network, VivaJet® printers can be installed on production plants optimised as part of an Industry 4.0 vision.

TecnoFerrari combines innovation with the maximum ruggedness, reliability and reduced maintenance operations and costs. The VivaJet® printer is equipped with a frame and conveyor systems specially designed for large size tiles as well as new and truly efficient automatic cleaning, filtering, extraction and belt washing systems, enabling it to eliminate manual cleaning and dripping and to print uninterruptedly for several hours with complete reliability. The excellent technical support (including remote assistance) and the network of local service centres enable customers to choose between on-demand servicing and regular checks designed to keep printers efficient and reliable for a long period of time.

够提供异常精确的图案结构，高速且清洁的喷墨打 印，当喷嘴分布数量超过16排时，依然能为喷墨打印 提供超大内部打印空间，具备内循环的通道和喷嘴。 即使在具有挑战性的高速生产环境下，对终端使用者 来说，ETP技术的应用意味着能够让生产做到零缺陷、 稳定打印、无次品。 充分开发和利用数码技术同样意味着简化工作流程， 从想法酝酿到生产设计，在关注小批量和及时生产的 现代化过程中，这一点尤为重要。天工法拉利已经采 用全面的方法来解决这一问题，研发出提高整体性能 的喷墨打印机，同时保持分辨率、墨滴尺寸和灰度等 级的性能，从而简化了之前使用其他喷墨技术的生产 过程。整个生产由GeCo® 软件系统进行指导操控，让 流程得到了最大限度的简化。该软件通过提供包括性 能分析、线性化管理、色彩曲线管理、创建专用设备 配置、打样、消耗预测、本地和远程RIP、运行测试、 及时更改打印工作和在线色彩调整及校正等功能，能 够有效节省时间、减少浪费及降低生产中的波动。 VivaJet ®数码喷墨打印机安装了创新性的人机界面和 智能传感器，能够及时收集设备运行数据和生产统计 数据，同时能够与公司网络进行连接。瓷砖厂对该设 备的安装使用，无疑加快了瓷砖制造的工业4.0进程。 天工法拉利将创新与最大限度提高设备耐用性能、可 靠性，以及减少维护操作及成本相结合。VivaJet ® 喷墨打印机配备专门为大规格瓷砖而设计的框架和传 输系统、真正新型高效的自动清洁、过滤、抽出和皮 带清洗系统，避免手工清洗及清洗后的滴水现象，以 确保连续多个小时的不间断打印。其卓越的技术支持 （包括远程协助）和本地服务中心网络，也让客户能 够根据需求选择服务或定期检测，确保喷墨打印机长 期保持高效和稳定性能。

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The smart solution for ceramics: Fiery proServer for Cretaprint

快达平Fiery proServer 色彩管理系统——为瓷砖生产量身定做的智能解决方案 Victor Asseiceiro, Efi

EFI™ specialises in the transformation of print from analogue to digital. The EFI Fiery® proServer for Cretaprint® Digital Front End is leading this transformation in the ceramics industry for digital tile production. It supports the brand-new Cretaprint D4 with up to 12 print bars, and provides tools and value from design creation to final print.

Fiery proServer for Cretaprint is a dedicated colour management solution for digital tile decoration that produces the most accurate colour results, with the lowest ink costs, independent of final production conditions. A key part of the only complete printer, ink, and colour management solution in the digital ceramics industry, it offers tile producers many unique benefits: Shorter design development times with paper prototyping; Accurate and consistent colour quality in different production conditions; Lower ink consumption and costs. ❱❱ Accelerate design development For greater productivity, the client/server architecture allows designers or operators from different departments to work and use the Fiery proServer tools at the same time. The designer is able to convert a design for a specific printer and print out a proof, while a colour technician is reading in test charts and profiling for another production condition. Operators don’t need to stand up and to go somewhere, but can do everything right from their desk through a Mac or Windows Fiery proServer client. The colour management system also allows users to profile monitors so they act as a softproofing system to allow operators to see what will come out on press live as they retouch or edit an image. EFI’s exclusive Fiery Image Editor tool allows the accurate editing of final multi-channel separations, meaning on-screen changes can be made accurately and easily right up until production.

In addition, precise simulation of final decoration on inkjet paper using Fiery ColorWise® technology provides fast, lowcost, and accurate paper prototyping, which reduces design development time. ❱❱ Accurate and consistent colour quality in different production conditions The overall colour of any tile run you produce has to match the original design. Ink set, printer, glaze or kiln differences can be compensated for with the Fiery’s easy but accurate de-

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EFI™ 专注于从模拟印刷到数码打印的转换。用于 Cretaprint® 数字前端的EFI Fiery® proServer色彩管 理系统，正引领陶瓷行业瓷砖数字化生产改革。它不 仅能支撑全新Cretaprint D4数码喷墨机高达 12个墨水通道，而且从设计到最终打印都为 喷墨打印提供了工具和价值。与Cretaprint 喷墨打印机配套使用的Fiery proServer系统 是专门用于瓷砖数码装饰的色彩管理解决方 案，能够用最少量的墨水获得最精确的色彩 效果，而不受最终生产条件的影响。作为陶瓷行业数字 化领域唯一完整的集打印机、墨水、色彩管理系统于一 体的综合解决方案，Fiery proServer的关键在于，它能 够为瓷砖制造商提供许多独特优势：用纸张打样的方式 减少设计开发时间；在任何生产条件下，都能确保准确 且一致色彩质量；降低墨水的消耗和成本。 ❱❱ 加快设计开发 为提高生产力，客户端/服务器架构能够让各部门的设 计人员或操作人员同时使用Fiery

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系统。当技术人员在读取测试图表和准备生产条件时， 设计师可以为某台打印机更改设计并打印出样板。操作 员无需亲自去某个指定地点，通过Mac或Windows的 Fiery proServer客户端就能在桌面完成所有操作。

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色彩管理系统还能够通过显示屏进行预校样，操作人员 一边润色和编辑图像，另一边即可实时看到最终的瓷砖 打印效果。EFI独有的Fiery图像编辑器工具能够精确编 辑最终的多通道分色，这意味在屏幕上就能够精确而简 单地修改设计，并直接查看产品最终效果。 此外，使用FieryColorWise®技术用纸张打样能够精确 模拟最终的装饰效果，并提供快速、低成本和精准的设 计样板，从而缩短设计开发时间。 ❱❱ 不同的生产环境下，均可实现精确且稳定的颜色 质量 任何瓷砖的整体色彩必须与原始设计相匹配。瓷砖色彩 会因为墨水调配、打印机、釉料以及窑炉的不同而受 到影响，但是通过Fiery简单而精确的设计修改工具，

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sign conversion tools, meaning tile producers can guarantee consistent results no matter where production happens.

Fiery ColorWise® technology helps them do all that and more.

In addition, the Fiery Calibrator allows users to linearise EFI Cretaprint devices and devices from other manufacturers for a consistent response from highlights to shadows before creating the printer profile.

Matching floor and wall tile production need a common colour gamut in order to facilitate good product matches. Developing one involves taking into consideration the ink types, printers, and kilns to be used, and creating a gamut that fits within two device capabilities. The Common Gamut feature automatically considers the feasibility of colours for both print conditions, reducing valuable development time while increasing efficiency.

能够弥补以上不足，也就是说，在任何生产环境下， 瓷砖生产商都能确保生产出质量稳定的产品。Fiery ColorWise ®技术能够帮他们做到这一切，甚至更多。 此外，Fiery Calibrator能够允许用户在创建打印文件 之前对EFI快达平喷墨打印机和其他品牌设备进行线性 化校正，从而确保从高光区到暗部区的平滑阶调过渡。 在配对地砖和墙砖生产时需要一个常规色域来促进产品 进行完美配对。开发一款产品需要将使用的墨水类型、 喷墨机、窑炉纳入考虑范围，同时创建一个能适用于两 款不同设备的色域。 “通用色域”功能能够自动衡量两 种打印条件下色彩的可行性，在提高效率同时减少宝贵 的开发时间。 ❱❱ 降低墨水的消耗和成本

❱❱ Lower ink consumption and costs As a result of the multi-channel colour-separation strategy Fiery ColorWise delivers separations with the lowest ink cost compared to regular ICC separations. Combined with EFI Cretacolor Inks Fiery proServer achieves lossless-quality production with ink cost savings of up to 30%.

With Smart Ink Savings, EFI is opening a new area of ink cost savings for customers who want to save more ink. Fiery proServer’s industry-first feature can reduce ink costs further by considering the actual cost of each ink, and calculating the most affordable ink combination possible for a design. Users can configure real ink prices, and control their acceptable colour deviation per job, plus see a report on the actual ink volume and cost savings prior to producing the tile.

Fiery proServer helps users compensate for different ink sets, printers, glazes, or kilns, so they can guarantee consistent results - no matter where production happens. It lets users share individual printer profiles among multiple Fiery proServers to standardise colour and quality for global tile production. Plus, users can export conversion and proofing workflows with all the needed settings to any location, so producers can save on shipping, cut turnaround time, and balance production workloads without sacrificing consistency.

With Fiery proServer for Cretaprint, manufacturers are not tied to one production environment or location. Rather, it adds essential flexibility to digital ceramic tile manufacturing businesses.

由于运用多通道分色技术，采用Fiery ColorWise技术 分色比传统ICC分色节省更多墨水。结合EFI自主研发 的墨水Cretacolor Inks，Fiery proServer能够在保证 瓷砖质量的情况下节省高达30%墨水。 通过智能化节省墨水，EFI为想节省更多墨水的客户开 拓出一片节省墨水的新领域。Fiery proServer作为行业 首创的陶瓷技术，能够通过自动测量每一种墨水的实际 用量，精准计算并最优化墨水组合，从而进一步节省墨 水。用户还可以设定不同墨水的实际价格，控制他们能 够接受的色差范围，这样在进行瓷砖生成前就能通过报 告看到墨水的实际用量和节省的数量。 Fiery

proServer帮助用户弥补使用不同墨水组合、喷

墨打印机、釉料和窑炉所产生的差异，无论生产环境如 何，都能保证产品质量的一致性。 客户可以通过安装多个Fiery proServers 系统在不同的 打印机上共享个性化的打印文件，以实现其产品色彩和 质量标准化的全球化瓷砖生产。 此外，厂家能够在任何地方导出需要设置的修改和校样 的工作流程，从而节省运输费用，缩短周转时间，平 衡生产负荷，同时使产品保持一致。运用快达平Fiery proServer色彩管理系统，厂家不再被束缚在固定的生 产环境和地点上，更确切的说，它从根本上为瓷砖的数 字化生产增添了灵活性。

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Is Digital Ceramic Printing on “Main Street”?

赛尔：陶瓷数字印花技术是否已成“主流”？ Gerard Winn, XAAR

In his book “Crossing the Chasm” (1991), the author and consultant Geoffrey Moore introduced the concept of The Technology Adoption Lifecycle to describe how new technologies are adopted into a market – initially by innovators who are keen to experiment, closely followed by early adopters looking for a competitive advantage, then the late majority who wait for the technology to become well established before buying, and finally laggards who resist change.

We can model digital ceramic decoration onto Moore’s lifecycle – from the first experimental digital ceramic printers in the late 1990’s, then the breakthrough into the mainstream in 2007 with the first recirculating printhead – the Xaar 1001. Digital inkjet technology has enabled tile manufactures to replicate natural materials and produce highly creative and textured tiles as well as larger and thinner tiles. By 2012 the technology had become widely accepted and now, by the end of 2016, almost full digital adoption has been achieved and even laggards have converted. Having completed the technology adoption lifecycle, Moore describes the next phase as the Mature Market Phase, characterised by tough competition where only the fittest survive. Innovation is not an optional nice-to-have, he says – it’s a requirement for differentiation and growth. Luckily innovation can take many forms – product innovation, marketing innovation, process innovation, and more – so it’s certainly not doom and gloom in the ceramics printing industry and we can look forward to many innovations in the industry in the years to come!

So how is Xaar innovating?

Xaar introduces the new Xaar 2001+ family of printheads, which delivers ultimate versatility in ceramic tile decoration by combining unrivalled production flexibility, market-leading print quality and industrial reliability.

With 2000 nozzles, the Xaar 2001+ can jet one colour at 720 dpi or two colours at 360 dpi each – tile manufacturers benefit from high print quality and high productivity, so they can easily manage a very wide range of ceramic tile designs. Fast line speeds of up to 50 m/min enable high production throughput and a fast return on investment. Available in three drop sizes, manufacturers can select the printhead combination that meets their exact needs: choosing the Xaar 2001+ GS6C printhead for fine details, the Xaar 2001+ GS12C to balance detail and laydown for a wide range of tile designs, and the Xaar 2001+ GS40C to achieve the highest laydown for spe-

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在《跨越鸿沟》 （1991年出版）一书中，作者及咨询顾 问杰弗里•摩尔介绍了“技术采用生命周期”理念，阐 述了新技术是如何被市场逐步采纳的——首先是热衷 于试验的创新者，紧接着是寻求竞争优 势的早期采用者，之后是等待技术已经 完全成熟后才愿意购买的大部分人，最 后是拒绝改变的落后者。 我们可以将摩尔的生命周期视作陶瓷数码装饰的楷 模——从上世纪90年代末，首个陶瓷数码喷墨机开始 进行测试，到2007年诞生的第一个循环喷头——赛 尔（Xaar）1001喷头实现了应用上的突破，让数码 喷墨印刷逐步成为陶瓷行业主流。数码喷墨技术的发 展已经能够让瓷砖生产商对天然材料进行复制模仿， 生产出高度创新和富有纹理质感的瓷砖，以及大规格 的薄砖。到2012年，数码喷墨技术已被广泛接受， 而到2016年底，基本已经达到全数字化应用，即使 是拒绝改变的落后者也开始改革。完成“技术采用生 命周期”后，摩尔在书中描述下一阶段为“成熟市场 阶段”，该阶段的主要特征是激烈的竞争，唯有适者 生存。他说，创新并不是可有可无的事，而是企业进 行差异化竞争和成长的必然要求。幸运的是，创新的 途径是多样的，例如产品创新、营销创新、工艺创新 等，所以陶瓷行业在数码装饰方面的创新前景并非是 黯淡无光的，我们可以期待陶瓷行业在未来出现更多 创新。

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Companies using printers featuring the Xaar 2001+ family of printheads will also benefit from industrial reliability delivered by multiple technologies unique to Xaar printheads. Xaar’s leading TF Technology® ink recirculation ensures continuous ink flow at a high rate directly past the back of the nozzles during drop ejection; air bubbles and unwanted particles are carried away. The XaarGuard™ nozzle plate provides highly effective protection from mechanical impact so that production interruptions are minimised, and coupled with other design innovations, achieves the longest maintenance-free production runs in the industry, typically once per shift or less.

The new XaarSMART™ technology reports ink temperature and printhead status so that printer performance can be optimised in real time, providing consistent print quality throughout the production run even as factory conditions change.

Plus, actuator performance in each printhead is optimised with Xaar’s Tuned Actuator Manufacturing. This process ensures full scalability with a simple and quick set up, streamlining printhead replacement, and achieves consistent print quality across long print bars with multiple printheads, at different greyscale levels.

Xaar’s market-leading printheads for ceramic tile decoration are the result of Xaar’s commitment to continuous improvement. For over 25 years, Xaar has led the way in inkjet innovation. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the UK, Xaar exports its products to manufacturers all around the world.

那么，赛尔公司的创新成果如何？ 赛尔公司的新型Xaar 2001+系列喷头是目前陶瓷印花 领域里具备最多功能的喷头，提供了无与伦比的生产 灵活性、领跑市场的喷印质量以及可靠的工业性能。 搭配2000个喷嘴，Xaar 2001+ 系列喷头能够进行720 dpi单色喷印或者360dpi双色喷印，瓷砖生产厂家可以 从高质量的打印和高效的生产力中获益良多，因而能 够更轻松地管理各种瓷砖设计。高达每分钟50m的高 速生产线，能够实现高产量和快速的投资回报。制造 商可以选择三种墨滴尺寸的喷头组合，以满足他们的 确切需求：Xaar 2001+ GS6C（6pl）喷头适合精细喷 印，Xaar 2001+GS12C（12pl）喷头能够实现精度与 墨量的平衡，Xaar 2001+ GS40C（40pl）喷头拥有最 大的喷墨量，能够实现一些特殊效果。 使用了安装Xaar 2001+ 系列喷头的喷墨机公司也将受 益于赛尔喷头多种独家技术带来的工业可靠性。赛尔 领先的 “真正内循环专利技术（TF Technology®）” 墨水 循环系统，可确保墨滴喷射时直接通过喷嘴的后部， 以高速持续流动，气泡和多余的颗粒会被带走。“喷 嘴护板专利技术（XaarGuard™）”喷嘴板，提供了 机械冲击的高效防护，使生产中断的概率降至最低， 并结合其他设计创新，实现了最长时间的免维护生产 运行，正常的喷头维护可减少至每班一次，或是更 少。 全新“赛尔智能专利技术（XaarSMART™）”，可实时 报告墨水温度及喷头状态，从而可以实时调整优化打 印机性能，即使在工厂生产条件发生变化时，也能在 整个生产过程中提供稳定一致的打印质量。另外，每 个喷头的驱动器性能，也都经由赛尔“驱动器校准制 造工艺（Tuned Actuator Manufacturing）”优化。 这一工艺通过简单快速的设置，和简化喷头更换流 程，确保了全面的可扩展性，通过带有多个喷头的长 打印通道上实测，新技术在不同灰度级别上都实现了 稳定的喷印质量。 赛尔在陶瓷印花领域中引领市场的喷头技术，得益于 赛尔公司不断的自我提升。在过去25年里，赛尔公司 一直引领喷墨印刷技术创新。凭借在英国设立的最先 进的生产设施，赛尔的产品出口世界各地，受到设备 制造商的广泛青睐。

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Esmalglass-Itaca Group Although ceramic technology has been a well-established industry for years, it is now undergoing radical changes in terms of digital effects and materials. Given that ceramic products are created by combining textures, contrasts, sheen, reliefs, etc. through the addition of material, it is clear that synchronised application of digital materials provides added value.

Esmalglass-Itaca aims to extend these benefits with its Digital Effects and Digital Materials families of products, which add material textures, contrasts, sheen and relief to further enhance ceramic products.

The Digital Effects series is designed to work with current printheads and combines excellent physical stability with optimal performance. It consists of materials that complement digital decoration to create special effects. These include ceriumand zirconium-based whites, gloss and matt effects, lustres, metallic effects, sinking glazes and glue. Within this family, the digital glue is of special note due to its rapidity of action and ability to achieve a wide range of effects. It is sufficient to load the digital glue into the printer and subsequently use any type of dry application device.

This allows all kinds of grits and granules to be applied and synchronised with the design, pro-

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ducing unlimited combinations of effects and finishes. It is possible to apply effects ranging from matt to gloss, opaque to transparent, lustres, metallic, coloured etc. and to create micro-reliefs and non-slip textures.

The Digital Materials series is designed for use with new high-discharge printheads capable of working with application weights well above 100 g/ m2 and even 1 kg/m2. These products are water-based and have a particle size of more than 3 µm. This larger particle size is directly linked to the ceramic effect that can be obtained.

Digital techniques can be used to apply the same quantities that are currently applied using bells, flat screen-printing machines, rollers and other applicators. They are also significantly cheaper, a critical factor in highweight industrial applications.

These two factors have further contributed to the goal of creating a totally digital ceramic production process. The Digital Materials family comprises a wide range of products, including a matt white, a clear matt, a satin clear matt, a crystalline, a metallic and a lustre. These materials can be used to create any kind of surface covering comparable to those obtained with current methods but with all the benefits of digital technology. Both families of materials are developed for application

on any type of product, including porous single firing, porcelain, stoneware, double firing, etc. All components are formulated to achieve optimal technical and aesthetic characteristics in line with today’s requirements while at the same time guaranteeing the maximum colour intensity of Esmalglass-Itaca pigmented inkjet inks. Another innovation presented by Esmalglass-Itaca as part of its Digital Solutions family is a new set of cost-effective inks. This set of inks has more intense colours, resulting in greater luminosity, lower ink consumption and cost savings. Esmalglass-Itaca continues to be the market leader in this field in terms of innovation, reliability and product and service quality. The company also presented a new Open Glaze effect which creates low-reliefs in the glaze and reproduces the imperfections of certain types of natural stone and marble. Last but not least, Esmalglass-Itaca offers the most comprehensive range of products for decorating large-format tiles before or after pressing. Body colours, spray-dried glazes and flakes can be used prior to pressing to produce a high-quality ceramic body. After pressing, it is possible to use inks, effects and digital materials, as well as glazes, colours, grits and granules to achieve the most natural finishes or the best polished finish.

尽管陶瓷工业技术早已非常 成熟，但如今在数字效果和 材料方面正在发生重大变 化。通过添加不同材料， 陶瓷产品能够形成具有不 同纹理、对比度、光泽度、 凹凸感等多种组合，而数码 材料的同步应用显然能增加 产品的附加值。埃思玛格 拉丝•意达加(EsmalglassItaca，以下简称“意达 加”)通过数字效果和数字 材料系列产品增加材料纹 理、对比度、光泽度、凹凸 感，从而进一步提升陶瓷产 品品质，扩大产品优势。 特殊效果系列产品旨在与当 前喷头配合使用，结合出色 的物理稳定性，从而达到最 佳性能。 该系列产品由能够完善数码 装饰创造出特殊效果的材料 组成，包括以铈、锆元素为 基础的白釉、亮光和亚光 釉、闪光釉、金属釉、下陷 釉和胶水。 在这一系列产品中，数码胶 水由于能够快速反应，以及 能够形成许多各种不同的效 果，因此更值得被关注。数 码胶水能够应用在喷墨机 里，然后与任何一款干法 应用设备配合使用，能够搭 配设计喷出各种干粒，从而

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获得无限多的效果和产品组

和其他装饰设备共同使用获

术的优点。

公司还推出了一款 “拨开”

合。

得的装饰效果，仅用数字技

两个系列的产品能应用在任

效果的新产品，能够在釉料

特殊效果运用的范围从亚光

术就可以得到，这不仅能够

何产品当中，包括一次烧

上产生具有轻微凹凸感的图

到亮光，从不透明到透明，

有效降低成本，同时也成为

的、瓷质的、陶质的、二次

案，极大地还原了某些石材

还包括闪光、金属、着色处

高重工业应用的关键因素。

烧的产品等。所有材料配方

和大理石产品的逼真纹理效

理等等，此外还能创造出具

而这两大因素对达成全数字

都能达到当今要求的最佳工

果。最后值得一提的是，意

有轻微凹凸感和防滑纹理的

化陶瓷生产线有着深远影

艺和美感，同时能够确保意

达加为大规格瓷砖在压制前

产品。

响。

达加颜料和墨水能够有最佳

后的装饰提供了最为全面的

数码材料系列产品专门用

数码材料系列产品范围广

发色。另一款意达加所推出

产品系列。能够在坯体压制

于喷墨量达到100 g/m

以

泛，包括亚光白墨水、透明

的创新产品，是其数码解决

之前使用坯体颜料、喷雾干

上，甚至高达1 kg/m2的新

亚光墨水、缎面透明亚光墨

方案系列里的一组经济又高

燥釉料和特殊薄片来生产出

型高喷墨量喷头。该系列产

水、结晶墨水、金属墨水和

效的墨水。这组墨水色泽更

高质量陶瓷坯体。压制之

品是水溶性的，粒径超过3

闪光墨水。

加鲜明，发色亮度更高，从

后，能够使用墨水、特殊

微米。这种粒径更大的材

这些材料能够创造出任何一

而降低了墨水消耗量和使用

效果装饰、数码材料，及釉

料，直接关系到最终的效

种表面效果，数字技术的运

成本。意达加在创造性、可

料、色料、干粒，以生产出

果。目前，通过钟罩淋釉、

用能够媲美当前传统工艺所

靠性、产品和服务质量方面

最天然的成品，或呈现最好

平板丝网印花机、滚筒印花

得到的效果，并具有数字技

将继续引领市场。

的抛光效果。

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Megacolor The innovation and constant research conducted by Megacolor in 2016 is strengthening the company’s position in the international ceramic market. A leader in the field of ceramic decoration, the company has developed a new line of Inkjet Master digital effects that bring together the wide range of Megacolor brand ceramic colours with the use of cutting-edge technology. The Digital Effects series consists of five effects which can be used with all existing moulds.

• Reactive digital ink: the reactive or penetrating effect of this digital ink serves to create decorations and geometric patterns that give the ceramic surface an exclusive design.

• Matt digital ink: when used together with pigmented ink it creates satin effects with bright contrasts that enhance the finished product.

• Glossy digital ink: used in the same way as the matt ink but in reverse; on a matt glaze it produces glossy effects for designs created with coloured inks.

• Opaque digital ink: used to create a sensation of depth and relief; when used together with other effects it creates colour tones that imitate stone and marble.

• Lustre effect digital ink: this sophisticated effect has long been used in the ceramic industry. Digitalisation has brought the additional advantage of being able to dose the quantities and apply the effect to the desired area of the design, resulting in unique aesthetic effects.

Megacolor’s range of digital ceramic effects and inks stand out for their stability, durability and quality, enabling ceramic producers to guarantee product continuity. The company’s products are

completely eco-friendly and certified by the leading world suppliers of ceramic digital printers.

Megacolor Ceramic Products is committed to constantly innovating and expanding its range.

It also offers ceramic companies an outstanding technical support and monitoring service throughout the production and product development processes.

2 0 1 6 年 ， 美 格 卡 拉 （Megacolor）在创新和 研发方面取得的成果提升 了公司在国际陶瓷市场的地 位。作为陶瓷装饰领域的领 导者，美格卡拉已经新推出 一系列“喷墨大师”数码特 殊效果产品，使美格卡拉品 牌的各种陶瓷颜料与尖端科

配运用，创造出亮光效 果。 • 不透明墨水：该款墨水用 于增加产品的纵深感和凹 凸感，搭配其他特殊墨水 一起使用，能够很好地呈 现出石材和大理石的色彩 效果。 效果已经在陶瓷行业应用 了很长一段时间。 数字化为瓷砖装饰带来了 额外优势，能够计算出墨 水的使用量，并将其准确 地应用于设计的特定区域 中，从而增加产品独一无 二的美学效果。 美格卡拉数码陶瓷特殊效

技进行完美融合。

果系列和墨水系列产品凭

数码效果系列产品包含五种

借产品的稳定性、持久性

效果，可用于现有的全部模

及高品质脱颖而出，保证

具。

了陶瓷厂家能够生产出稳

• 活性墨水：该墨水的渗透

定一致的产品。

效果能够在瓷砖表面装饰

公司产品完全环保，并得

提供独特的装饰和几何图

到了全球领先的数码喷墨

案。

机供应商的有效认证。

• 亚光墨水：能够与颜料墨

美格卡拉陶瓷产品致力于

水搭配使用，创造出对比

持续创新，及扩大产品结

鲜明的光泽，提升产品的

构，能为陶瓷厂家在产品

整体装饰效果。

生产和研发过程中提供出

使用方式相同，但产生的

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光釉料上，与颜色墨水搭

• 闪光墨水：这一前沿装饰

• 亮光墨水：与亚光墨水的

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效果截然相反，它是在亚

色的技术支持和远程监控 服务。

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Smaltochimica Smaltochimica Digital has developed a new generation of inks in collaboration with the leading digital printer and printhead manufacturers. Smaltochimica Inks is a complete range of colours, materials and effects for all kinds of decorations. Produced both in Smaltochimica’s Italian factories and in the facilities of group member companies operating in the world’s largest ceramic districts, they guarantee ceramic tile producers a supply of fresh, ready-to-use colours wherever they are located.

The Smaltochimica Inks range includes Coloured Inks, Effects Inks (digital effects for enhancing tile design) and Materials Inks (digital materials that give ceramic surfaces a material appearance). Another major product is Digicol, the first series of glues for grits and powders which can be applied using digital printheads, developed and certified by the world’s leading machinery manufacturers (Projecta, TecnoFerrari, KERAjet, System). Last but not least are the Digiclean solvents for digital printhead cleaning, a range

of universal cleaners compatible with all machines and printheads currently on the market which deliver assure excellent results in terms of cleaning quality.

Smaltochimica has always been committed to innovation and R&D into grinding processes.

The Euromeccanica division has a team of specialists in the digital ink production process (especially colours and effects) who can advise tile producers wishing to produce inks independently on their own premises. Colourservice, the group member company specialising in digital process services, can also supply the Colour Profiler 5 latest-generation software which allows digital inks to be changed without the slightest alteration in the colours of the ceramic materials already in production.

色、材料和特殊效果，能够

Euromeccanica部门拥有

满足各种装饰需求。无论在

专注于研究数码墨水（特

意大利的工厂生产，还是在

别是颜色墨水和特殊效果墨

世界最大的陶瓷地区经营的

水）生产工艺的专家队伍，

集团成员公司的工厂生产，

他们能够给希望自己独立生

Smaltochimica都能确保

产墨水的瓷砖生产商提供建

瓷砖生产商获得最新和随时

议。

可用的产品。

Colourservice是专门从

斯玛图墨水产品包括颜色

事数字化工艺的集团成员

墨水，特殊效果墨水（提

公司，能够提供Colour

高瓷砖设计的效果）和材

Profiler

料墨水（为瓷砖表面装饰提

件，这套软件能够在不影响

供模仿各种材料效果的数码

到已投产的陶瓷材料颜色的

材料）。另一款主要产品是

情况下进行墨水更换。

Digicol，是第一批能使 用数码喷头进行喷印干 粒和粉末的胶水产品， 由世界领先设备生产商 （包括Projecta，天工 法拉利、凯拉捷特、西 斯特姆）开发和认证。 此外值得注意的一款产 品是用于数码喷头清洗的 Digiclean溶剂，该系列

斯玛图（Smaltochimica）

清洁剂适用于当今市场上

数码装饰与世界领先的数码

各类型设备和喷头，具有

喷墨机和喷头制造商合作开

非常出色的清洁效果。

发推出了新一代墨水。斯玛

斯玛图一直致力于研磨工

图墨水拥有品类齐全的颜

艺的创新和研发。

Certech Group Easy Polar is the innovative direct-exchange cooling system from Certech, which is designed to eliminate steam from tiles prior to digital decoration with an inkjet machine and to reduce the temperature to a value as low as 15°C. Based on meticulous study and optimisation of internal spaces, Easy Polar is highly innovative in terms of its low consumption, functionality, choice of materials

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and design. It is the most compact system of its kind and does not require additional accessories. Everything needed is incorporated.

将温度降至15°C。基于 内部空间的细致研究和优 化，Easy Polar在低消耗 性能、功能性、材料和设 计选择方面具有很强的创 新性。

Easy Polar是Certech集 团研发的直接交换冷却系

它是同类产品中最为紧凑 的，而且不需要使用额外

统，专门用于在使用数码

辅助设备。所需的一切都

喷墨机进行数码装饰之前

包含其中，正所谓麻雀虽

消除瓷砖中的蒸汽，并能

小五脏俱全。

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Poppi Clementino Poppi Clementino Spa is a company specialized in the optimization of the energetic consumption. By performing an accurate analysis of the energy used in the production cycle, the company is able to offer to its customers a set of customized solutions for energy recovery and filtration systems.

In the field of energy recovery, the company has developed in the years a number of technologies able to reduce the energetic waste: it normally recovers the calorific potential embedded in the heat and fumes, by recycling it on the production cycle. Poppi Clementino Spa has already successfully installed its systems in a large number of industries, including ceramics, bricks, foundries, plastics to name just a few.

In the production of ceramic tiles, the machines that require the largest consumption of energy, are, in the order, spray driers, driers and kilns.

Poppi Clementino Spa has developed a combined system focused in the recovery of the energy coming from the kilns: the most can be recovered from the heat embedded in the air normally exhausted through the cooling chimneys; in addition, also the fumes contains large amount of heat, that can be ideally recovered. The recovery of the cooling air is usually called “direct” recovery system. The recovery of the fumes, normally require the installation of a Heat

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Exchanger, and it is called “indirect” recovery system. In the most of the cases, the two systems are combined in order to achieve the maximum efficiency.

Direct recovery systems: It is a combined system, on which the hot air exhausted from the cooling chimney of the kiln is conveyed by a fan to feed the burners of the spray driers, at an average temperature of 170 °C. In this application, where an inverter is used to control the speed of the fan, it can be usually recovered an amount of energy, that allows a saving of 2025% of the yearly consumption of the spray drier.

Indirect recovery system: the heat included in the fumes coming from the exhaustion of the chimneys of the kilns, have to be treated appropriately because of the large amount of corrosive pollutants. For this operation, a fumes/ air heat exchanger is installed to obtain clean hot air, to be conveyed to the energy-consuming machines through insulated pipes.

The temperature drop can be estimated to be around 1°C for every 10-15 meters of appropriately insulated pipe. In the driers, it can be normally reached a 25÷30% reduction in the consumption of fuel (natural gas, diesel, LPG etc.).

Heat exchangers. From the beginning, Poppi Clementino Spa has been active in the engineering and manufacturing of heat exchangers. Such machines are used as heat sinks prior to the filtration

stage. The heat exchangers are also often used in the cogeneration process, on which there is the combined production of electrical and thermal energies. The working principles of the heat exchanger is based on the transfer of heat from the hot smokes to another fluid that is normally air or hot water.

The product range of Poppi Clementino Spa also included diatermic oil exchangers. Depending on the working temperature, smoke corrosiveness, and solid particulates included on the fumes, the company has developed a complete range of machines.

Control and supervision instruments. Poppi Clementino Spa has developed a sophisticated and reliable electronic control system for the management of filtration and energy recovery equipment. In order to meet the growing request from its customers to monitoring the dust extraction systems, Poppi Clementino Spa can provide a dust control system based on the concept of differential pressures: it combines a digital measuring device, able to display the amount of dust produced in the working cycle, and report possible failures.

Potential failures can be constantly detected by a software developed by Poppi Clementino Spa and displayed on a screen. All related data are shown and the software is able to localize the problem by displaying it in the layout of the system, with a relevant ad-

vantage in the maintenance intervention. Furthermore, the software keep tracks of all the exact amounts of energy recovered, allowing the operators to know time-by-time the exact amount of savings.

Poppi Clementino Spa是 一家专注于为能源消耗提 供最优解决方案的公司。 通过在一个生产周期中对 能源消耗的精确分析，该 公司能够为每位客户制定 一套适合客户自身需求的 能源回收和过滤系统方 案。在能源回收领域，多 年来公司开发了一系列减 少能源浪费的技术和设 备：我们通常把在生产中 潜在地隐藏于高温和废气 中的热量进行回收。Poppi Clementino Spa已成功地 在众多工业领域中安装使 用这些设备，比如制陶 业，制砖业，铸造业，塑 胶业等一大批工业项目。 在瓷砖生产中，需要消耗 大量能源的设备主要有喷 雾干燥机、烘干机和窑 炉。 Poppi Clementino Spa针 对这一生产研发了一套综 合系统回收来自窑炉的热 能：在冷却道消耗掉的那 些隐藏于气体中的热量大

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部分都可以被回收，此

统。在大多情况下，这两

这个应用中，安装一个了

一种流体，通常是气体或

外，废气中也含有大量的

种系统是结合使用以达到

交换器来控制风扇的速

者热水。

热能，这些也可以很好地

最大回收效率。

度，它可以回收大量的能

Poppi Clementino Spa 公

被回收起来。对冷却气体

直接回收系统：以下例子

源，这个回收量相当于节

司的产品还包括Diatermic

中热量回收的方式通常被

是对一个组合系统的说

约了喷雾干燥机一年消耗

oil交换器。（备注：一般石

称为直接回收系统。在对

明，在窑炉的冷却道中被

能源的20%-25%。

油在热量转化中容易起

废气的回收中通常需要安

消耗的热气体经过风扇被

间接回收系统：窑炉烟囱

火，diatermic oil含有特殊

装一个热交换器，所以这

送到喷雾干燥机的燃烧器

中的废气中含有大量的热

添加剂可以防止起火）根据

种回收被称为间接回收系

中，平均温度为170°C. 在

量，但是大部分是腐蚀性

工作温度，烟雾腐蚀性和废

污染物，所以必须用正

气中的固体颗粒，公司研发

确的方式处理。

了一系列完整的产品。

针对这一操作，一个废

控制和监测仪器

气热交换器或者气体热

Poppi Clementino Spa 研

交换器将被安装在系统

发了一套精准可靠的电控

中来获取干净的热气

系统来管理过滤和能源回

体，然后通过绝缘管道

收系统。为了满足广大客

输送到耗能设备中。 在

户在除尘方面日益增长的

适当的绝缘管道中每

需求，我公司根据压差理

10-15米温差预估为

念研发了一套除尘系统：

1°C。

它结合一套数字测量装置

在烘干机中，通常可以

可以显示在生产周期中生

降低燃料（天然气，柴

产的粉尘量，并可以预报

油，液化天然气等）消

潜在故障。

耗的25%-30%。

潜在故障可以通过Poppi

热交换器.

Clementino Spa研发的软

从一开始，Poppi

件被持续监测然后显示在显

Clementino Spa公司

示屏上。所有相关数据都可

就一直专注于热交换器

以被显示出来，而且软件可

的研发和生产。

以根据在系统布局中所展示

这些设备作为散热片用

的数据的位置来锁定有问题

在过滤阶段之前。在电

的部位，这在预防和维修方

和热能的综合生产中，

面是一个明显的优势。此

热交换器也经常被用在

外，这个软件可以跟踪所有

热电联产中。热交换器

被回收的能源的精确数量，

的工作原理是基于把热

可以使操作员随时知道节省

烟中的热量转化为另外

的数据。

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Remix ReMix will take part at Ceramics China 2017 to show the important results that can be obtained with the application of its range of raw materials. For example in the production of large-size ceramic slabs: two big ceramic panels, in fact, will be shown.

It is known that the range of REWhite® whiteners and its own different formulations represent the most original and advanced technological solution for the total substitution of zirconium silicate; this is particularly useful for those companies that seek for excellence in the following applications: bodies, engobes, glazes, digital inks in the ceramic tile and sanitaryware sector.

In most Asian countries, the REWhite® whiteners are becoming a more interesting solution because they avoid radioactivity issues and fluctuating prices (both characterizing the zirconium silicate). As a matter of fact, REWhite® clients can trust on a competitive and stable price.

The extra white effect that can be

reached is clearly visible, as visitors of Ceramics China will be able to see with their own eyes when looking at the two ceramic slabs, which have been produced with the whitener REWhite® MZ 72: this product is perfectly suitable for the production of materials with higher white grades.

Since it was founded, ReMix has built a relevant reputation at international level, thanks to the efforts aimed at the customer satisfaction by providing tailored solutions.

代硅酸锆；对于追求卓越应

的稳定性。

用品质的以下产品公司来说

相对于其他增白产品，REWhite®

是非常有用的，如瓷砖和卫

能够获得更强的增白效果，

浴领域的坯体、化妆土、釉

其效果是显而易见的，前往

料、数码墨水等。在大多数

工业展的观展商可以亲眼

亚洲国家看来，REWhite

®

看看两块使用了REWhite ®

增白剂正在成为一个更值

MZ 72增白剂进行生产的陶

得关注的解决方案，因为

瓷大板，REWhite® MZ 72

该产品可以避免放射性问

特别适用于较高白度材料的

题和价格波动（这两方面都

生产。自公司成立以来，由

是使用硅酸锆所不能避免的

于一直致力于通过提供定

竞争劣势）。事实上，使用

制解决方案提高客户满意

REWhite ® 的客户可以完全

度，ReMix公司在国际市场

信任该产品的竞争力和价格

上已广受好评。

integration of Gas Turbine exhaust air into the Spry Dryer drying process is technically proven and well known. Solar Turbines experience is unrivalled having more than 100 units connected to Atomizers in several manufacturing sites of main Ceramic Production facilities. Industry 4.0 concepts are the new frontier in terms of intelligent plant management.

Our advanced monitoring system, grouped together under the trademark InSight System™, is designed to be integrated with this kind of technology and capable of optimising operation

of the turbine by eliminating unscheduled stoppages and minimising maintenance times. Solar Turbines is a leading US manufacturer of mid-range industrial gas turbines with over 60 years of experience and more than 15,000 machines currently in operation in the widest range of sectors including manufacturing, industry and Oil & Gas. Solar Turbines are part of Caterpillar Inc., a leading world player in the field of mining and construction machinery as well as engines for traction and power generation. As a result, Solar Turbines benefit from all syner-

ReMix将会参加2017年广 州陶瓷工业展（Ceramics China2017），展示其在一 系列原材料应用中取得的 重要成果。例如在大规格 陶瓷板生产领域，展会期间 ReMix将展示两片大型陶瓷 大板。 众所周知，REWhite ® 增白 剂系列及其自身的不同配 方代表着自主研发的最先进 的技术解决方案，可全面替

Solar Turbines Cogeneration with Gas Turbine is widely recognized as the best way to improve efficiency in Ceramic Market.

How Cogeneration applies into Ceramic Tiles production? The answer is clearly showed in the sketch: the exhaust of gas from the turbines goes directly into the Atomizer and electricity is used in the Factory or exported to the national grid. Gas Turbines bring high quantity of heat into the drying process increasing significantly the overall process efficiency.

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brings several advantages in Ceramic Market: • Cost savings by reducing the overall gas consumption and electricity cost • Enhanced productivity (speed and quality) using a very stable source of heat • Great environmental benefit • Increased efficiency, form from 27-32% to 75-90% • Increased reliability & availability.

In several applications an additional benefit comes from selling energy to the electrical grid and from applying for certificates and carbon credits. The

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gies and services offered by the corporation at a global level, including the possibility of providing financial assistance to customers by identifying the best solution for their needs, reducing payback times and maximising value generation.

All of this goes well beyond the concept of product and service, evolving naturally as part of an advanced full-service approach that guarantees power and heat where it is needed, when it is needed at the right cost. Solar Turbines, leveraging the unmatched and successful experience in the Ceramic Market, is fully engaged in the development of new opportunities all around the world.

Each Customer, Market, Region and Country has its own peculiar needs. Solar Turbines is capable to understand each specific requirement and to develop the right solution to support a more efficient, economic and environmental friendly business.

Solar Turbines is present at all the main Ceramic Exhibitions, Presentations and Summits to promote cogeneration opportunities all around the world. During 2017 Solar Turbines will participate with a booth in the main

Ceramic Exhibitions in USA, Brazil, Indonesia, China and Thailand. Thanks to these events Solar Turbines keeps active communication with Customers, End Users and market operators enabling the possibility to offer the best products and services on the market.

热电联产的燃气涡轮机被广 泛认为是瓷砖市场提高效率 的最好方式。如何把热电联 产应用到瓷砖生产中去呢？ 答案很清楚：涡轮机排放的 燃气直接进入喷雾器，电力 可用在工厂或者输送至国家 电网。燃气涡轮机为干燥过 程带去大量热气，从而显著 提高整个生产效率。热电联 产的燃气涡轮机为瓷砖市场 带来了几大好处： •通过减少整体燃气消耗和 电力成本节约成本 •通过使用非常稳定的热 源 提 高 生 产 力（ 速 度 和 质 量） •带来巨大的环保效益 •提高效益，从27-32% 提高 至 75-90% •增加可靠度和可用性 在几种应用中，额外的收益

来自把能源销售给电网以及

益，包括通过给客户提供最

申请证书和碳信用额。

佳解决方案为客户提供金融

把燃气涡轮机排气设备融入

支持、减少回款期和最大限

到喷雾干燥机的干燥过程在

度地发挥价值。这些都超越

技术上是可行的，也是广

了产品和服务的概念，并很

为人知的。Solar

Turbines

自然地成为一种先进的全方

（太阳能涡轮机）是无与伦

位服务方法，以合理的成本

比的，其有超过100台设备

确保电力和能源都被用在需

与几个瓷砖生产基地的喷雾

要的地方。

器连接在一起使用。工业4.0

Solar Turbines为瓷砖市场创

概念是智能工厂管理的新阵

造了独一无二以及成功的体

地。我们先进的监控系统

验，并全面加入到了全球各

都归在InSight System™这

地新的发展机遇之中。

一商标下，旨在与这种技术

每个客户、市场、地区和

整合，能通过消除不定期的

国家都有自己特定的需

停机，并尽可能降低设备维

求。Solar

修的时间来优化涡轮机的运

每一种特定需求，并开发出

作。

适宜的方案为更有效、更经

Solar

Turbines是美国领先

Turbines能适应

济、更环保的商业模式提供

的制造商，生产中档的工业

支持。

用燃气涡轮机，拥有超过60

Solar Turbines将参加全球各

年的生产经验，现有超过

大瓷砖展会，以便为全球的

15,000台设备在各个行业中

热电联产带去机遇。

使用，包括制造业、工业、

在2017年，Solar Turbines

石油和天然气行业。Solar

将参加美国、巴西、印度

Turbines隶属于Caterpillar

尼西亚、中国和泰国的主

公司，Caterpillar公司是

要瓷砖展会。得益于这些活

在采矿业、建筑设备、牵引

动，Solar

发电机和发电机领域的佼佼

户、终端用户以及市场的销

者。因此，Solar Turbines能

售者保持积极的沟通，使他

在全球范围内从公司提供的

们能够为市场提供最好的产

所有协同配合以及服务中受

品和服务。

Turbines将与客

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Latest technologies LB To monitor the data flow managed in the LB plants and interpret them in real time, LB has developed an innovative software compliant with the production systems Industry 4.0. It dialogues directly with machines and plants exchanging key information on the same equipment that allow to control them and intervene in advance, with direct access. This new software consists of a “monitoring and control cockpit” to control and interpret the data from remote giving indications concerning: • Production efficiency • “Health status” of the plant • Consumption control.

The criteria of Industry 4.0 – real time collection, integration and sharing of the “big data” between the machines – are satisfied thanks to the implementation of the following advanced functionalities of the LB plants.

Production reporting system: The managing software allows recording and visualizing (through reports) the consumption of the materials used in production. The generation of the reports can be made using different visualization filters configurable by the user; it is possible to verify the consumption according to the time, to the product recipe lot or through codification of each single material.

Within each lot or each period,

the consumption of the used materials is shown.

The reports can be referred to in the control software interface or can be saved in electronic format or shared directly in the cockpit or on multimedia platforms.

System of analysis and warning of maintenance interventions on machines: The managing software elaborates various information from site. It warns the user about which machines are in need of maintenance or check. These information are exchanged in real time with the control cock-pit, allowing LB to know in real time the “health status” of the plant in order to be able to schedule and plan the preventive maintenance interventions. The maintenance interventions performed on the plant are saved by means of a reporting system within the software in order to create a history of the lifetime of the plant and its machines.

System of analysis and warning of the plant efficiency status: The managing software elaborates the operation data of the plant in real time, comparing them with the optimal working configuration. The output of these elaborations generates some warning to the user and corrective actions to be performed to maintain the efficiency of the plant within the ranges set by the project.

Interface software 4.0: The software platform includes an interface through which it is possible to exchange or store information and process data with any external information system of third parties. It is possible to consult from remote both the process information and the statistics data, to remote the control interface, and to collect data from more than one plants unifying them in just one analysis and control supervisor. Furthermore, it is possible to make any warning through e-mail or telephone messages.

These ones are only few examples of some functionalities that can be tailor sized according to the client’s needs. With the installation of the interface software 4.0, all the relevant functions can be integrated also at a later stage compared to the initial project of the plant, in order to satisfy the various technical and managing needs that can arise within the plant lifetime.

为了监测从LB设备收集的 数据流，并对其进行实时解 读，LB开发了一款符合工业 4.0生产系统的创新软件。它 能直接与设备和装置进行对 话，在同一台设备上交换关 键信息，通过直接访问实现 控制和提前干预。这款新型 可以远程控制和解读数据， 并发出相关指示： • 生产效率 • 设备的“健康状况” • 消耗控制 LB设备凭借以下先进功能， 满足了工业4.0标准——设 备之间“大数据”的实时采 集、整合和共享。 生产报告系统：管理软件能 够记录应用于生产中的材料 消耗，通过使用用户配置的 可视化过滤器可生成可视化

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品配方批次，或通过对每种 材料的整理，核实材料的消 耗情况。在各批次和各时间 段内，使用材料的消耗情况 都能得到显示。报告能够显 示 在 控 制 软 件 界 面上，或 保 存为电子格式，或直接在控 制舱或多媒体平台上进行共 享。 设备维护分析和故障预警系 统：管理系统详尽解读现场 获得的各种数据，提醒用户 哪台设备需要进行维护或检 修。通过与控制室进行信息 实时交换，LB能够及时获 得设备的“健康状况”，从 而计划和安排预防性维护 措施。设备的维护干预实施 通过管理软件的报告系统进 行，这是记录工厂及其设备 的使用寿命。 工厂生产效率分析和预警系 统：管理软件及时详尽地解 读工厂的运行数据，并与最 佳工作配置进行比较。这些

软件包括一个“监控舱”，

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报告。还可以根据时间、产

详细数据的输出，会对用户 发出一些警告，并自动生成 必要的纠正措施，从而在项 目设定的范围内维持工厂的 生产效率。 界面软件4.0：软件平台包括 一个可以与任何第三方外来信 息系统进行信息交换或储存， 并处理数据的界面。软件也允 许远程查阅生产信息和统计数 据，并操控界面从多个工厂收 集数据进行统一处理。此外， 还可以通过电子邮件和电话信 息向相关人员进行提醒。以上 所说的功能只是极小一部分例 子，这些功能都是可以根据客 户的需求进行量身定制。通过 安装4.0界面软件，所有相关 功能不仅能在工厂建设初期 进行设置，也可以在后期整合 完成，满足了工厂生命周期中 可能出现的各种技术和管理需 求。

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Latest technologies Hito Technical Industries Hito Technical Industries is a company specialized in the manufacture and distribution of alumina balls for milling, with extensive specialist experience in the industry for over 30 years, and presence in more than 40 countries. Hito is nowadays a renowned company with products that enjoy an excellent recognition all over the world. The company has its headquarters in Barcelona (Spain). Based on the company philosophy, the main focus has been a continued development and a constant improvement of the quality of its grinding media products. For that reason, Hito’s R&D department is always reaching the way to achieve a better efficiency with the lowest wear rates. From the beginning of the manufacturing process, the company grants the best selections and treatment of all raw materials, as well as all quality controls in each production phase, till the sintering. Its technicians are mainly focused to get the lowest wear rates and longest life both

for balls and bricks for mill linings, using, of course, the most updated and latest technology, as well as the ultimate equipment available in the ceramics industry. As pioneer of BTC balls (bauxite balls) development, Hito has become sales leader in many Countries where both ceramic producers and minerals companies have improved their milling efficiency by using Hito’s BTC products and following the company’s technical recommendations.

Another example of the continuous focus and effort on developing new products is highlighted by the great success in the market of the Alumina Nanobeads ZH, which were launched around 3 years ago, at the Cevisama fair (Valencia, Spain). They were developed not only to replace the Zirconium (both Ytrium and Cerium) micro-spheres with fully comparable results, but also to reduce the grinding process cost, mainly for the ink producers for the digital printing machines. These new Nanobeads ZH have been very

well received by many ink producers due to their unbeatable quality-price ratio. Their characteristics allow them to be used in any high-energy mill, such as vertical and horizontal high speed mills where a high degree of fineness is required, that are commonly used in the paint, advanced ceramics, mining, cosmetic, pharmacy and even at oil prospection industries.

Hito has established a professional network of agents and distributors who maintain constant communication with customers.

A highly qualified team of technicians install alumina linings in any kind of mill (such as batch mills, continuous mills, and for wet and dry milling conditions), and they are ready to travel to any Country. Hito is highly regarded in the world of grinding media due to its primary focus on quality, service, technical advice, skills and expertise, qualities that it intends to continue improving.

术和陶瓷行业中最顶尖的设 备。作为BTC球（铝土球） 研发的先驱，Hito在很多国 家的销售中都占据了领先地 位，陶瓷生产商和矿业公司 通过使用Hito的BTC产品并 遵循该公司的技术建议，提 高了研磨效率。 另一个标志公司一直关注 和努力开发新产品的例子 是Alumina

Nanobeads

ZH（ZH铝纳米粒子）在市场 上取得的巨大成功，该产品 于三年前在西班牙瓦伦西亚 陶瓷卫浴展（Cevisama） 上正式亮相。这款产品不仅 取代了锆（钇和铈）微粒的 使用，并取得完全相同的效 果，而且能够针对墨水生产 商和数码喷墨机降低研磨工 艺的成本。这些新推出ZH 纳米粒子凭借其无与伦比的 性价比得到了众多墨水生产 商的一致好评。这款产品的 特性使他们能够用于任何高

Hito科技工业公司是一家专 业生产和销售研磨用氧化 铝球的公司，在行业中拥有 30多年丰富专业经验，业 务范围涉及40多个国家。 如今，Hito是一家产品在全 世界享有盛誉的知名公司， 公司总部位于西班牙巴塞罗 那。基于公司的理念，Hito 公司一直关注研磨介质产品

效能研磨机，例如需要极高 精细度的垂直和水平高速研 磨机，这些球磨机通常用于 油漆、特种陶瓷、矿业、化 妆品、制药甚至石油勘察行 业。Hito建立了一个专业代 理商和分销商网络，保持与 客户持续沟通。此外，Hito 公司还有一个高水平的技术 团队，负责在各种类型的研

质量的可持续发展和提高。

磨机中安装铝衬（如：间歇

因此，Hito研发部门一直不

操作式研磨机、连续式研磨

断努力，以求用最低的磨损

机，以及在干湿条件下进行

率达到更高的效率。从准备

研磨的研磨机），这个团队

阶段到开始生产，公司对每

随时待命，能够前往任何国

个生产环节的所有原材料都

家进行安装工作。由于将主

进行了最优筛选和处理，直

要精力集中于提升质量、服

到烧结成型。公司技术人员

务、技术咨询、技能和专业

主要致力于使球磨机内球

知识等技能，并致力于不断

状和块状的衬砖能够获得

提高产品质量，Hito公司在

最低的磨损率和最长的使用

全球研磨介质领域被高度推

寿命，使用的是最先进的技

崇。

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Manfredini & Schianchi Manfredini & Schianchi has developed FGT Fusion Granulation Technology with the specific aim of achieving excellent characteristics of homogenisation, flowability and density of the final granulate, thereby offering a real alternative to the existing spray drying technique in the production of ceramic products.

After being treated with Manfredini & Schianchi dry milling technology, the fine particles undergo calibrated mechanical compression in the FGT system so as to activate their underlying molecular covalent and electromagnetic forces.

The outcome of this process guarantees excellent intermingling of all the raw materials in the formulation and outstanding stability in the downstream stages of pressing, drying and firing.

FGT is the perfect solution to the need for sustainable development in the ceramic tile production process as it is totally free of CO2 emissions.

Manfredini & Schianchi开发出 了FGT熔融造粒技术，目的是为 了让颗粒最后呈现出合适的均匀 度、流动性和密度，从而为瓷砖 生产既有的喷雾干燥技术提供一 个可替代方案。 通过使用Manfredini

&

Schianchi的干磨技术，细颗粒

将经过FGT系统的校准机械压

性。由于FGT系统不会排放二氧

实，从而激活颗粒潜在的分子共

化碳，因此它是瓷砖生产过程实

价以及电磁力。该过程的结果可

现可持续发展的完美解决方案。

确保配方里的 所有原材料充 分混合，并能 在压制、干燥 以及烧制这些 后续工序中保 持良好的稳定

Setec “The Big One” is the name of the new automatic line for casting onepiece WCs proposed by Setec Group and presented at Tecnargilla 2016.

This new system guarantees high productivity together with a high level of automation in the casting of one-piece WCs, thereby reducing production costs and improving quality.

The modular line can comprise up to 10 modules, each equipped with 2 plaster moulds for casting the one-piece bowl and 2 plaster moulds for the respective rims.

Various models and designs of one-piece WCs can be installed

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and cast on the same line.

The configuration of the largest plant consists of 20 installed moulds capable of casting up to 6 times a day using the capillary mould system. The maximum daily productivity is therefore 120 one-piece WCs or 240 close-coupled WCs. The machine performs all the operations automatically. All parts of the mould are automatically repositioned by the machine ready for the next casting operation. Synchronisation is achieved by means of a control panel equipped with PLC and touchscreen allowing for supervision of the entire production cycle. This

integrated system minimises the operator’s presence during the cycle. All of this ensures lower labour costs and at the same time a big increase in quality and productivity.

该模块化生产线由10个模 块组成，每个模块都配备2 个石膏模具用于连体马桶底 座的铸造成型，以及2个石 膏模具用于铸造连体马桶座 圈。多款连体马桶的模具和 设计都能在同一条生产线上

“The Big One”是Setec 集团所推出的铸造连体式马 桶的新型自动化生产线，该 生产线曾亮相于2016年意 大利里米尼国际陶瓷技术展 （Tecnargilla）。 该新型系统大大提高了连体 式马桶铸造的生产能力以及 自动化水平，降低了生产成 本，并提高了产品质量。

进行安装和铸造。 最大型的生产工厂由20个安 装模具组成，通过毛细管模 具系统每天能够完成高达6 次的铸造成型的操作，工厂 的最高日产量能够达到铸造 120件连体马桶或者240件 分体马桶。 所有设备都是全自动化操 作。全部模具都能通过设

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备进行自动定位输送，为下

Logic

Controller，简

成系统能够最大限度地减少

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版面进行同步操作，整个生

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辑控制器(Programmable

产周期得到有效监控。该集

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Capaccioli The Italian company Capaccioli is among the world leaders in the design and construction of complete plants for brick and tile industry. The company presents now its new ultra-rapid CondorTM dryer, which is revolutionizing the manufacturing process. The new dryer is a further step towards innovation, thanks to the drastic reduction of time and drying costs while improving quality, a trait that distinguishes Capaccioli over 60 years.

CondorTM is a continuous dryer with an interrupted drying process. This fact, together with the uniformity of the temperature and humidity of the air, which influence the pieces to be dried, ensures that the drying process happens quickly and without breakage. The air inside the dryer envelops the pieces in an uniform way, being able to wedge in even the smallest holes, to ensure the uniformity and steadiness of the process during the drying cycle.

In this way, the pieces to be dried throughout the overall drying process have perfectly uniform conditions of temperature and humidity. CondorTM dryer can be used to dry clays with a shrinkage during drying process up to 6%. It is particularly suitable to dry most of the Chinese clays such as coal gangue and other Chinese typical clays; it is also ideal for the production of thermo-blocks with thin septum.

CondorTM dryer is a valid alternative to dryers with movable or fixed metal decks with large cars: these are very expensive, bulky, inflexible systems, difficult to manage and with very high energy consumption, at least three times the CondorTM dryer. The energy consumption of these dryers with large cars is 25/30 kwh/ton with at least 28/35 hours drying cycles, depending on the clay and the brick formats to be produced.

CondorTM dryer specific consumption, instead, is 8-10 kwh/ton only

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and the drying cycle can vary from 45 mins to 3 hours.

The CondorTM rapid drying process can also be used in typical and traditional Chinese furnaces, where coal is mixed with clay in order to obtain firing without the use of external burners on the kiln. The use of CondorTM dryer in these conditions allows to produce, with low investment cost, thermal blocks with thin septum, which generally cannot be loaded wet over the kiln cars. CondorTM dryer has one or more tunnels where the cars pass by carrying the pieces to be dried. The extruded pieces are cutted, grouped all spaced out and transferred by a robot over the CondorTM cars. To perform this operation, the robot uses special high sensitive grippers (our Patent) in order to avoid any deformation to the extruded pieces, that according to the production needs may contain 2025% of water.

At the entrance of the dryer the wet pieces get in, while, in the same area, the humid air comes out, expelled by high efficiency centrifugal fans. Here, there is a chamber with double automatic door, which avoids any kind of air infiltration during the entrance phase. At the opposite side, the dried pieces come out while the process hot air gets in. Hot air is introduced into the dryer by high efficiency centrifugal fans and it is taken from a mixing chamber, where the kiln’s cooling hot air and the generator’s air mix up. The air coming out from the generator provides the needed quantity of heat required during the drying process. The hot air that integrates the air coming from the kiln (kiln heat recovery) can be produced by: 1. Coal burners 2. BTZ heavy fuel oil burners 3. Gas direct burners.

The complete drying process is controlled and regulated by an

automatic management system that detects multiple parameters and operates on multiple elements in order to automatically act on the following process: 1. Generation of hot air produced by the burner.

2. Mixing of burner hot air with the kiln’s cooling air and with the room air before it gets into the dryer.

3. Adjustment of the inlet fans air speed and pressure inside the dryer.

4. Adjustment of the outlet fans humid air speed and pressure and of the discharge exhausted air.

5. Activation of dynamic actuators and directional flaps to implement and optimize the dryer process.

This advanced technology is the result of Capaccioli’s long experience in rapid drying systems with continuous process. Ultra-Rapid Condortm Dryer is covered by international patent.

Application of research, studies, technical solutions adopted, cars and gallery design (the most compact in the sector of dryers for brick industry) have allowed to achieve extraordinary results: ultra-rapid drying cycle, high quality products, very low specific electricity consumption of the ventilation process (8-9kwh/ton).

In 2016, Capaccioli has successfully completed the construction of five CondorTM dryers (each one with a production capacity of 750 ton/day) for the drying of hollow blocks and load bearing blocks.

Another one is under construction.

是干燥设备领域的进一步创 新，在提升质量的同时，大 大缩短了干燥时间，降低了 干燥环节的成本，是60多年 来，Capaccioli公司为行业 树立的全新里程碑。 CondorTM 是配有中断干燥 程序的连续式干燥机。这一 特性，连同影响产品干燥 的温度均匀度和空气湿度， 共同确保了干燥过程耗时降 低，而且产品不破裂。进入 干燥机的空气把每一片产品 均匀包裹，甚至渗透到最细 小的孔里，确保在干燥周期 中流程的稳定一致。由此， 每一片产品在经历了整个干 燥流程后，都能具有完全均 匀的温度和湿度。 Condor TM 干燥机能够用于 干燥黏土，并在干燥过程中 使其缩水率高达6%。这款干 燥机特别适合用于干燥中国 大部分黏土，如煤矸石等其 他中国典型黏土，它同样适 合用于干燥具有隔膜板的加 热块。 Condor TM 干燥机能够有效 地替代配有可移动或固定 金属甲板的大型干燥机。这 些干燥机不但价格昂贵，体 积大，系统不灵活，难以 操控，而且能量消耗非常 大，至少是Condor TM 干燥 机的三倍。这些干燥机的能 量耗损是25-30千瓦时/吨， 干燥周期至少28-35小时左 右，而且还需根据黏土和生 产砖块形状而定。而相对来 说，Condor TM 干燥机的具 体能耗只有8-10千瓦时/吨，

Capaccioli是砖瓦行业设

干燥周期在45分钟到3小时

计和建造完整生产线的意大

之间不等。

利公司。该公司推出新型

C o n d o r TM干 燥 机 的 快 速

CondorTM 高速干燥机，对

干燥流程能够用于传统常

砖瓦行业的生产过程产生巨

见的中国式锅炉，煤炭与

大影响。这款新型干燥机

黏土混合进行燃烧，而无

Latest technologies

需在窑炉里使用外部燃

被排出。这里有一个带双自

烧器。Condor

1 收集从燃烧器中产生的热

干燥机

动门的空间，用于湿坯进入 干燥机阶段防止任何其他气

2. 混 合进入干燥机的气体，

干燥机）等方面的努力，使

用低投资成本生产出薄膜

体渗透进去。在另外一端，

包括燃烧炉的热气，窑炉

得Condor TM 干燥机具有了

板热块，这种热块通常不

干坯从干燥机出来，同时热

的冷却空气以及常温下空

突出优势：干燥周期大大缩

能在潮湿状态下被装入窑

空气在这一阶段进入。窑炉

气

短，产品品质大大提升，并

车。Condor TM 干燥机有一

冷却的热空气和从发动机内

个或多个通道，能够让小车

排出的空气进行混合，经过

运载坯体到指定地点进行

高效离心式引风机被引入干

4. 调 节鼓风机湿气的速度和

2016年，Capaccioli公司

干燥。挤压成型后的坯体

燥机内。从发动机内排出的

压力，以及废气的排出

已经成功完成5台Condor TM

被进行切割，成组输出，

空气为整个干燥流程提供了

量。

干燥机的安装（每一台的产

并由机器人在Condor

所需的热量。

TM

干

气

方案选择、机体和装饰设计

在这些条件下使用，能够

TM

（制砖行业中结构最紧凑的

3. 调 节干燥机内引风机空气 的速度和压力。

在通风过程中只用消耗极低 的电力（8-9千瓦时/吨）。

5. 激 活动力传动装置和定向

能为750吨/天），分别用于

翼执行和优化干燥流程。

空心砖和承重砖制造。还有

燥机上进行运输。为了完

从窑炉内（窑热回收）收集

成这项操作，机器人使用

的热空气是由此产生的：

这一先进的技术得益于

的是特殊的高敏感机械手

1. 煤炭燃烧器

Capaccioli公司对快速干燥

（Capaccioli公司专利），

2. 重油燃烧器

系统长期不断的研究积累。

以避免成型坯体遭受变形损

3. 天然气直接燃烧器

高速Condor TM 干燥机已获

坏，根据生产需要，这些坯

整个干燥流程由一个自动管

得国际专利。

体含水量是需要达到20-25%

理系统控制和调节，这个系

Capaccioli

的。湿坯从干燥机的入口进

统需要检测多个参数，操控

公司经过在产

入的同时，在同一个区域，

多个组成部分，以便自动操

品 应 用 调 查

湿气通过高效离心式引风机

作以下流程：

研 究 、 技 术

一台干燥机正在安装中。

ULTRA-RAPID CONDORTM DRYER FEATURES N° Dryer Tunnels

From 1 to 4 tunnels - With from 4 up to 6 metres

Specific Consumption

8-10 kwh/ton

Loading wet

Robot

Unloading

Robot / Traditional

Return line and handling

Automatic

Transmission system

Automatic

Heat exchange system

Upstream with high speed air

Drying circle

From 45’ to 3h

Product

From 300 to 1200 ton/day

Products for drying

All types of product with more than 30% holes

Fuel types

Liquid, Solid, Gas

THE NEW ULTRA-RAPID CONDORTM DRYER COMPARED TO OTHER CONVENTIONAL DRYERS, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BLOCKS AND HOLLOW BRICKS. Dryers

Products

Consumption

Drying time

Static dryers

all

40-70 kwh/t

up to 72h

Semi-continuous and continuous dryers

all

30-45 kwh/t

up to 60h

Rapid dryers

hollow, maximum density 1000 ton/mc

15-22 kwh/t

from 3h to 6h

Ultra-rapid CondorTM dryer

hollow, maximum density 1000 ton/mc

8-10 kwh/t

from 45min to 3h

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Latest technologies Ebi - Ceramicure® A growing number of countries now recognize the negative effects to the environment of CO2 and greenhouse gas output by various industries, including the sanitary ware industry worldwide. As a result, governments have put measures, requirements and incentives into place to encourage the reduction of CO2 and greenhouse gas output, often rewarding those companies who are able to successfully reduce their output and financially penalizing those companies who are not.

CeramiCure® LCA™ and SCA™ products have a positive effect on the reduction of CO2 in production facilities. Facilities utilizing the CeramiCure® LCA™ material reduce the need for refire, resulting in savings of additional energy consumption required by refiring a repaired piece. Facilities utilizing the CeramiCure® SCA™ material to repair pieces from the scrap pile are eliminating wasted resources and expenses and turning unusable pieces into fully functioning, profitable sale pieces. A company utilizing Cerami-

Cure® LCA™ and SCA™ repair materials increases profits while cutting costs and reducing CO2 and greenhouse gas output, creating a win-win situation for all.

Utilizing one or both of the CeramiCure® repair systems allows companies to reduce their CO2 output and could assist in increasing the number of carbon credits available for trade or sale on the carbon markets.

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LCA™ and

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二氧化碳。使用CeramiCure

®

氧化碳的排放量，并有助于增加

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现在越来越多的国家认识到各个 产业，包括全球卫生洁具行业， 它们排放的二氧化碳和温室气体 会对环境产生负面影响。因此， 政府采取措施，推出硬性要求或 者激励政策，鼓励减少二氧化碳 和温室气体的排放，并对于成功

Syneco It is well known that Sacmi did not use to propose any brand of hydraulic oil to its clients, but only to indicate in the user’s manual the technical parameter of the oil needed for the machine. Nevertheless, with the quantity of Sacmi machines increasing and the uneven quality of the oil brands appearing in the market, many clients use unsuitable oil for Sacmi machines.

Some of them even use imitated oil with poor quality which causes many problems to the components, such as valves, pumps and logical valves and eventually could lead the clients to misunderstand the high level of quali-

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ty of Sacmi equipments. In order to maintain the trust on Sacmi brand, save on maintenance costs and ensure the best performance of the presses, now Sacmi Machinery (Foshan Nanhai) Co., Ltd. is proud to propose to its clients the Syneco Press C2888 hydraulic oil specially developed for ceramic presses based on the cooperation between Sacmi and Syneco, which can increase the reliability of Sacmi machine and reach and excellent performance.

压油，甚至有些客户使用了假 冒伪劣的液压油，从而给萨克 米设备上的诸如阀、泵和逻辑 阀这些部件带来很多由油品质 量引起的问题，最终还可能引 起客户对萨克米设备品质的误 会。为了维护萨克米品牌的信 誉，使客户节省维护成本并建 立对萨克米设备的信心，同时

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您的聪明工厂在这里 HERE 用于互动式工程的人类专业经验

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H.E.R.E.(这里)是萨克米开发的一套用于聪明工厂的新的软件解决方案，充分利用工业4.0优势。 H.E.R.E. is a set of new software solutions developed by Sacmi for the Smart Factory, making the most of industry 4.0 advantages.

工厂总览 - 监视和诊断 - 报告显示在移动装置上 - 生产管理 - ERP数据交换 - 在世界上数据随处可用 • overall view of the plant • monitoring and diagnostics • reports on mobile devices • production management • data exchange with ERP • data available anywhere in the world

H.E.R.E.控制控制系统和机器之间的生产数据交换与分析。利用现代工艺的支持，改善生产流 程管理和性能，在世界任何地方所需要的任何东西……在H.E.R.E.( 这里)。 H.E.R.E. controls production data exchange and analysis between the control system and the machine. Everything needed to improve process management and performance, with the support of modern technology, anywhere in the world... is H.E.R.E.