With the healthy and environmentally-friendly home life being gradually valued by consumers, functional tiles have also appeared in the tile industry. In the past few years, during the review of industrial exhibitions and Tao Bo Games, many ceramic enterprises joined the camp of functional tiles.
Many consumers think that functional tiles are just a gimmick and question the performance of functional tiles. So what are functional tiles? What are the functional tiles? What are their principles?
What is a functional tile?
Ceramic tile itself has decorative function, which is called "special function" mainly in anti-slip, negative ion, anti-static and so on. Now the common functional tiles are heating tiles, anti-slip tiles, antibacterial tiles, breathing tiles, negative ion tiles and so on.
Some insiders said that it is mainly divided into two layers in technology. The first layer is early functional tiles, such as moisture-proof bricks and anti-static bricks. The technical requirements are not high and the technology is mature. The market demand has been relatively stable and the development space is relatively small. The second layer is the functional tiles to be developed, which have high technical requirements and are developed according to the specific needs of consumers on the basis of the original technology.
Functional tiles have been widely used in foreign families and engineering projects and are very popular in the market. In Japan, 75% of ceramic tiles have the functions of moisture-proof, sterilization and in addition to formaldehyde, and are widely used in hospitals, bathrooms, kindergartens and bedrooms.
What are the existing functional tiles?
① Negative ion ceramic tile
Negative ion ceramic tile is a kind of healthy ceramic tile that can generate negative ions and purify the air. Tourmaline is a silicate mineral, which has a ring structure of aluminum, sodium, iron, magnesium and lithium, and is characterized by containing boron. It can ionize air to produce negative ions. Tourmaline is ground into superfine powder, which is added into glaze or blank at the ratio of 5 ~ 15wt% to fire negative ion ceramics.
The main negative ions on the market can settle floating dust such as PM2.5 and purify the air; It can decompose formaldehyde and eliminate odor. In fact, negative ion materials have been widely used in other industries, and their principles and technologies are very mature. Usually, the bedroom is the place where people spend the longest time in a day, so using negative ion tiles will be more beneficial to health.
Domestic negative ion ceramic tile brands include Tezhi, Champion, Xie Jin and Todd.
② Heating tiles
The appearance of heating ceramic tile is the same as that of ordinary ceramic tile, and nano carbon ink heating layer is implanted in the middle of ceramic tile. Its remarkable feature is that the ceramic tile itself can continue to generate heat and release it into the indoor space like ordinary electric heating products after being electrified. Domestic red forest self-heating tile adopts carbon fiber heating material, which has long service life, safety and environmental protection.
Domestic brands of heating bricks mainly include Jingze, Tao Muran, Wen Yile and Gree.
③ Breathable brick
Breathable brick is a kind of ceramic product, and its production process is basically the same as other ceramic products, and it is also made by ball milling, spray drying, press molding, glazing and firing, but the raw materials are completely different from ordinary ceramic products. It is made of a large number of natural environmental protection materials such as natural clay rich in micropores, marine paleontological sedimentary minerals and so on, which are fired at high temperature in scientific proportion. There are a large number of fine holes in the brick body, and the siphon effect of the fine holes makes the breathable brick have the functions of intelligently adjusting air humidity and purifying indoor harmful gases and odors. Now there is a photocatalyst coating on the surface of the breathing brick, which increases the function of decomposing harmful gases.
The earliest manufacturer of breathable brick is Japanese Ai Yin Company. In China, on 20 13, Dong Peng launched the Health Treasure Breathing Brick.
④ Non-slip brick
In Israel, many countries, including Europe and America, have clear laws and regulations on the anti-slip coefficient of ceramic tiles.
Especially in wet spaces such as bathrooms and balconies, functional products with high anti-slip coefficient must be used.
Previously, the "wear-resistant and anti-slip ceramic floor tile" developed by Hongyu Group had a wear resistance of 2 100 rpm of Grade 4, a pollution resistance of Grade 5 and an anti-slip grade of Grade R 1 1. In addition, domestic ceramic brands such as Golden Lion King Ceramics, Irving Lai, Jianyi, Dong Peng, etc. There are also very high requirements for the anti-skid performance of ceramic tiles.
⑤ Antibacterial tiles
The so-called antibacterial series ceramic tiles use metallic elements such as silver, titanium and zinc added in the glaze to sterilize and prevent bacteria, and have certain inhibition and killing effects on common bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. There are two kinds of antibacterial ceramic tiles, one is axially doped antibacterial ceramics, and the other is photocatalytic antibacterial ceramics. Their functions are the same except for their different workmanship.
New Runcheng, Sunshine, Xie Jin and other domestic brands have launched antibacterial tiles.
⑥ Antistatic tiles
Anti-static ceramic tile is a new type of anti-static material, which overcomes the problems of aging, non-wear, easy pollution, poor durability and poor fire resistance of polymer materials such as epoxy, melamine, PVC anti-static coating, floor and anti-static rubber plate. Overcome that shortcomings of the antistatic material, is compatible with the advantages of ceramic wall and floor tiles, has the advantages of beauty, durability, fire prevention, skid resistance, compression resistance, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, antifouling, waterproof, impermeability, low radiation, environmental protection, sanitation and easy construction, and is a functional tile with permanent antistatic effect and high-grade artistic decoration effect.
The principle of anti-static ceramic tile is to add anti-static nano-materials in the firing process of ceramic tile. It can introduce the static electricity generated on the brick surface into the ground through connection, so that the charge can be dissipated to a certain extent, and the interference caused by static electricity can be reduced or even eliminated, thus reducing some unnecessary losses.
Mainly used in hospital operating room, energy, national defense, aerospace, aviation, electronics, petrochemical information and other civil life fields. It is the most ideal antistatic and decorative compatible material.
Domestic brands such as Uni-President and Diamond have launched anti-static tiles.