The use of talc
Talc is used in many industries such as paper making, plastic, paint and coatings, rubber, food, electric cable, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, ceramics, etc.
Talc is also used as food additive or in pharmaceutical products as a glidant.
Talc is widely used in the ceramics industry in both bodies and glazes.
Talc Mining, Talc Crusher and Talc Mill
Talc Mine or talc quarry uses drilling and blasting to extract talc ore from underground.
The ore is brought to the surface where it is crushed and milled to a sub 45 micron, 25 micron or 10 micron particle size using talc crushers and talc mills. The common talc crushers include Jaw crusher, as primary crusher, and Cone crusher, as secondary crusher if necessary. The talc mills are Ball mill and Raymond mill, which can grind the crushed ore into finer size.
The talc is then separated by product whiteness into various grades. The complete talc mining plant can produces some 7,000 tones per year of milled Industrial Grade Talc for local and export sales.