Our marble powders are some of the purest and brightest on the market.
Not only are our marble powders some of the purest and brightest on the market, but all products in the Fordacal range are also made using 100% recycled material, meeting ISO 14021.
Portfolio of calcium carbonate fillers
The Fordacal range is available in six particle sizes ranging from 8 to 150 microns:
Product grade
50% Passing Microns
99% Passing Microns
Fordacal 8
8
32
Fordacal 12
12
45
Fordacal 22
22
128
Fordacal 50
50
425
Fordacal 150
150
425
Stock and logistics
All products are available to collect from our Somerset mill in:
bulk loads
1,000 kg big bags
25 kg sacks
We transport the raw material to our mill at Gurney Slade in Somerset, one of the largest of its type in Europe. Here we mill large quantities to very fine tolerances using state-of-the-art air classification systems. The site has over 6,000 tonnes of raw material storage plus 1,000 tonnes of finished product storage in 10 bulk silos.
Fordacal benefits
You can use our mineral extenders as a commercially interesting alternative to polymer in several thermoplastic resins. The calcium carbonate content offers a range of benefits:
helping to decrease surface energy
improving opacity
reduce energy
improving surface gloss
increase output
improving thermal conductivity
Applications for marble offcuts
Our portfolio of very white marble powders provides functional fillers for use in compound formulations where purity and brightness are essential, including:
Not only are our marble chips some of the purest and brightest in the market, but an audit also confirmed that all products in the Fordacal range are made using 100% recycled material, meeting ISO14021.
Independent auditing concluded that:
Our product range is made using
100% recycled materials
that would otherwise go unused and be wasted
No virgin marble
is ever quarried to help produce our marble powder range
We source all marble in the range of the Carrara region of Northern Italy
Every week we produce large volumes of marble offcuts as part of this cutting process
Offcuts are taken to a processing site in Italy, where they are:
washed
sorted
crushed
At all times, we
monitor and check
the marble to prevent any contamination
At our Gurney Slade site, we
milled the marble chips
in our specialist facilities
Mineral information
Physical Properties
Fordacal toxicology
The marble off-cuts are non-toxic natural minerals. For further information, please download the Safety Data Sheets from the documentation tab.
Specific Gravity
Hardness Mohs Scale
Moisture
Brightness (CIE)
2.72 kg/L
3
0.3% Max.
90 Min
Marble offcuts of Italian origin
The raw material we use for our product range comes from the waste flow from the off-cuts of dimension stone quarried in Carrara, Italy. This country is home to one of the world’s whitest and purest marble deposits, rarely found in commercial quantities. As well as its exceptional whiteness, the Fordacal range provides a cost-effective solution and, thanks to its use of 100% recycled materials meeting ISO 14021.
