Xinxiang Ceramic Mug Manufacturer, Ceramic coffee mugs are a kind of daily drinking utensils. Ceramic coffee mugs can be divided into many types according to raw materials, glaze, flower paper, firing, capacity, shape and colour. So, what factors should we consider when we want to customise a ceramic coffee mug? If you want to find a more suitable ceramic coffee mug for yourself, then you should understand the difference between the various factors of ceramic coffee mugs. For example, the raw materials of ceramic mugs: stoneware, ceramic, bone china and rough pottery. The flower paper and firing of the ceramic mug: low, medium and high temperature. It also affects whether this ceramic mug is dishwasher and microwave safe.

1. Raw material of ceramic mugs

The raw material for ceramic mugs is china clay. The composition of china clay is mainly kaolin, and contains feldspar, quartzite and mullite components. Knead the clay into a ceramic mug - billet.

2. Ceramic mug glaze

Glaze is attached to the surface of the ceramic blank a continuous vitreous layer, or a mixture of vitreous and crystalline layer. Modern ceramic mug production glaze is divided into lime glaze and long ancient glaze. Lime glaze is used to glaze fruit (similar to porcelain stone of a natural mineral raw materials) and grey glaze (the main ingredient of calcium oxide) formulated, feldspar glaze is mainly composed of quartz, feldspar, marble, kaolin and so on. In the lime glaze and feldspar glaze to add metal oxides, or infiltration of other chemical ingredients, it will become a variety of glaze colours.
The general thickness of the glaze is only 1-3% of the thickness of the blank, but after kiln firing, it is tightly adhered to the porcelain tyre, so that the porcelain densification, soft luster and impermeable to water and gas, giving a person the feeling of bright as a mirror. At the same time can improve the use of strength, to prevent pollution, easy to clean and so on.
There are many kinds of ceramic glaze, according to the billet class points, there are porcelain glaze, pottery glaze and flintware glaze; according to the firing temperature points, 1100 ° C below the glaze is known as low-temperature glaze, 1100 ° C-1250 ° C between the glaze fired into the glaze for the medium-temperature glaze, 1250 ° C above the glaze fired into the glaze for high-temperature glaze; glaze features classified by white glaze is probably out of the love of the silverware, the colour of the glaze is colourful with its colourful by the people! Welcome, crystalline glaze pattern variation beautiful and moving, kiln-variable pattern glaze dazzling, beautiful, crackle glaze clear and simple, elegant and chic. In addition to the above, there are no light glaze, milky glaze, salt glaze and so on.

3. Ceramic mug flower paper

Ceramic flower paper is the carrier of ceramic ink, divided into ceramic glaze decal paper and ceramic glaze under the glaze decal paper, flower paper types due to the composition of the difference.
Water shift decal paper the most basic material is a small film backing paper, it is a particularly strong water absorption, the surface is coated with a water-soluble adhesive film paper, printed flower paper soaked in water, the paper absorbs water, dissolve the surface of the water-soluble adhesive, you can make the pattern of the oil agent by the surface of the paper sliding separation, the separation of the pattern is also with a small amount of water-soluble adhesive, you can stick it on the porcelain pieces, as the name suggests, known as the water shift decal.
High-temperature paper firing temperature, generally controlled at 600 ℃ - 1000 ℃. According to the position of the glaze where the flower paper, set a different firing temperature. This firing temperature is much higher than the low temperature flower paper. Therefore, ceramic coffee mugs with high temperature floral paper are not afraid of high temperature. The firing temperature of low-temperature flower paper is around 150℃. Therefore, it can be seen that the ceramic coffee mug with low temperature flower paper is not adaptable to high temperature. If it is put into the microwave oven and heated at a high temperature, the colour of its pattern will fade or even disappear. The evaporation of the ink of the flower paper is not good for the health of our body.

4. Ceramic mug firing

Ceramic mugs can actually be divided into three kinds in the firing process. One is a single firing. That is, from the blank mud to our commonly used ceramic coffee mugs, only through the kiln calcination once on the shape. The second type is secondary firing. As the name suggests, ceramic mug blanks need to enter the kiln twice for calcination. The first is unglazed firing, usually become ‘plain firing’, the purpose is to increase the mechanical strength of the blank, not easy to damage. Often larger or thinner bone china mugs are often fired twice. After the first firing, a glaze is applied (for information on glazes, please refer to previous issues of our factory), and then a second firing is carried out. Depending on the type of mug, the material and the glaze, the temperatures of the two firings before and after are different. The third type is the triple firing, which requires three trips into the kiln. It is often required for more complex ceramic pieces. The first time is a plain firing, the second time is a glaze firing, and the third time is a decal or hand-painting followed by a firing.

5. Ceramic mug capacity

According to the different needs of use, the capacity of ceramic mugs is also different, the common capacity of 12oz, 14oz, 16oz and so on. The capacity of espresso cups is 2oz, 3oz, 4oz; the capacity of coffee cups and saucers is 6oz, 8oz; the capacity of mugs is 11oz, 12oz, 14oz; the capacity of soup cups is 20oz, 30oz.

6. Ceramic mug shape

Ceramic mugs come in a variety of shapes, the most common are cylindrical straight mugs, drum coffee mugs, tulip coffee mugs, wide-mouth coffee mugs and a variety of special shapes of coffee mugs.

7. Ceramic mug colour

Colour glaze: in the glaze with some kind of oxidation metal, after baking, it will show some kind of inherent colour, so called ‘colour glaze’. Glaze material to add different metal oxides as a colouring agent, in a certain temperature and air temperature in the firing, will show a different colour of the glaze, become a colour glaze. Traditional colour glazes include: blue glaze with iron as the colouring agent; red glaze with copper as the colouring agent; and blue glaze with cobalt as the colouring agent. Historically, there are outstanding masterpieces of colour glazes in many eras, such as the green glaze and jun red in the Song Dynasty, the ji red in the Ming Dynasty, and the Lang kiln red, wu jin glaze, and tea leaf powder glaze in the Qing Dynasty. The difference between colour glaze and ordinary colour glaze lies in the special firing process and formula of colour glaze. Colour glaze glaze, must be calcined at a high temperature of more than 1250 degrees Celsius, in order to show its light as oil, colour as rainbow haze, texture as the unique charm of the waterfall clouds.

8. Ceramic mug packaging

Ceramic mug packaging is divided into two kinds: one is a gift box packaging, more colourful boxes; the other is a security package. Gift box can not choose, however, safety packaging is a must. Because the ceramic mug from the ceramic factory production, need to be transported to the port or airport, for long-distance transport. Safety packaging is used to ensure the safety of ceramic mugs. The outer packaging is an effective way to protect ceramic mugs from damage. Usually requires the outer packaging of ceramic mugs should have a certain compressive strength and resistance to breakage strength. It can protect the whole box of ceramic mugs in the process of transport and storage, without damage.
A small amount of ceramic mugs in the packaging, and a large number of ceramic mugs packaging is not the same. A small amount of ceramic cups are mostly sample packaging. Because the samples are mostly courier channels, in the packaging of ceramic mugs, the use of high-foam polyethylene and corrugated cardboard. First of all, with high-foam polyethylene (bubble wrap) wrapped ceramic mugs, fixed with tape. The thickness of the bubble bag is required to be not less than 1 CM. multiple ceramic mugs packaging is completed, into the corrugated cardboard box.

In summary, after understanding the basics of the various factors of ceramic coffee mugs, we can determine the characteristics of custom ceramic mugs more precisely according to our needs. So that in the custom ceramic coffee mug, the more accurate and detailed information to the ceramic factory (for example: Xinxiang ceramic factory), to facilitate the two sides with a shorter time, lower cost, to solve your custom needs.