Overview
Located in the outskirts of Ras Al Khaimah, the production facility of RAK Porcelain spans an impressive 100,000 square meters and includes state-of-the-art machinery capable of producing 36 million pieces annually. Using the latest technologies such as Isostatic Presses and fast firing roller kilns, this facility turns raw materials specicially imported from Europe to ensure the highest quality standards into the worlds finest hotel and home ware. These products are marketed and shipped to over 165+ countries globally. Porcelain manufacturing involves three ordinary steps: Production, Processing and Final finishing, but precise methodology, passion and sound technical know-how are inevitably the key to create something extra-ordinary. Owing to the expertise, relentless hardwork, attention to detail and the vast experience of our 850 employees, every single RAK Porcelain product is produced and designed to surpass the HORECA industries highest standards. Get an insight into the detailed process.
Body & Glaze Preparation
RAK Porcelain is among the rare manufacturers creating our own unique body and glaze recipes. Our skilled experts create a secret formula, consisting of four major components like Feldspar, Quartz, Kaolin and Free Alumina, which are milled to a specific consistency and blended. This mixture is subjected to a magnetic process that extracts free iron particles. It is then separated into 3 variations for different applications. Dry granules for Iso pressing; wet clay rolls for jiggering of cups and mugs; and liquid slurry for high-pressure and manual casting.
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Glazing of Fired Biscuits
The green production from the Iso press, jiggering and casting gets dried to zero moisture and undergoes a preliminary firing at low temperatures of 950 degrees celsius to get the products biscuit fired which ensures their strength to withstand the glaze application. Glazing : The majority of the cup and mug glazing is done by state of the art dipping systems, however, depending on the hollowware, some specific colour glazes are also applied by manual dipping and manual spray glazing. All regular round flatware and bowls are glazed in the Triplex Glazing machines. The non-round plates get spray glazed in mechanized spray glazing lines.
Glost Firing
Upon completion of the glaze application, all glazed products are sent through the glost firing kiln which fires them at very high temperature of 1250 degrees celsius. This final firing at extreme temperatures helps to achieve vitrification, mechanical strength and glossy finish. It is during this process that the product completes solidification and becomes zero percent porous. At this final stage that the glaze melts and the specified colours, textures and finishes become visible.
Decorations and Decals
Our In house design department offers a host of custom and regular decorations, created by renowned artists from both the UAE as well as from around the world. Decals are screen printed in our custom printing section. Around one fourth of all the standard production items get decorated with On-glaze or In-glaze decals. The On-glazed decorations get fired between 800 to 850 degrees celsius and the in-glazed decorations are fired at 1200 degrees celsius. This final firing ensures that the decorations are properly set onto the porcelain. Aside from the precious metals like Gold and Platinum, all our decorations are dishwasher safe and micro oven proof.
Packaging, Warehouse & Storage
The packaging is done with utmost care to ensure that your most prized tabletop gems are delivered in-tact. With so many variations and products in our range, RAK Porcelain has a huge dedicated warehouse area, which stores up to 13 Million pieces. This facility is equipped with the most modern and efficient storage and racking systems to ensure that maximum storage is utilized and loading is swift yet delicate. All of this means that we have reduced our turnaround time to just 2 – 4 weeks.
