Loading locally mined Talc, Baltasound Harbour, Unst Shetland Isles, Scotland. SCO 7488
The raw material for the Minelco Talc products is quarried in Shetland; an island at the top of the British Isles. This magnesitic talc lump is milled in the UK to produce carefully controlled particle sized products. Minelco talc products are ‘off white’ and therefore more suited for bulk application use where colour is not of importance. These applications include kiln furniture manufacture, ceramics, agriculture, roofing, some coating applications and plastics. In agricultural applications Minelco talc’s anti-caking properties and lubricity make it effective for free flow carrier uses. Used in fertiliser talc can be used as an anti-blocking agent which enables the feed cake to be broken up easily. Using Minelco talc as an anti-caking agent in animal feed improves fluidity especially in mixes where molasses are used. As Minelco talc is inert it is the preferred choice for animal feed; it also prevents the growth of bacteria in feedstock. Minelco talc is used in ceramics because of its high fusion point used as a secondary flux in bodies and glazes. The low level of shrinkage talc imparts helps to improve craze resistance in ceramics. Within the surface coatings industry Minelco talc is used in a variety of industrial coating applications including primers and undercoats. Talc is used as a filler / extender where it imparts corrosion resistance and increases paint stability. Minelco talc can be used in solvent and waterborne paint applications. Minelco have developed a talc product specifically for the coatings industry. Minelco Talc S20 is suitable for use in anticorrosive and marine coatings. This 40% magnesitic talc will provide a barrier effect thereby reducing oxygen and water transmission to the substrate. The S20 talc product improves weathering resistance and reinforces the coating making it a viable alternative to other talc products.
Size: 5660px × 4013px
Location: Baltasound Harbour, Unst, Shetland. Scotland.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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