Mass mill
In a mass mill (also known as mass mill ), slip is produced as a mass suitable for porcelain production. For this, the raw materials kaolin , quartz and feldspar are mixed and ground. This mineral mixture forms a homogeneous mass of different viscosities with water .
The first mass mills arose in Germany with the invention of European porcelain by Johann Friedrich Böttger and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus at the beginning of the 18th century. They were powered by water power from nearby rivers or streams and worked on the principle of the water mill . In many places, the designation mass mill was traditionally retained for successor facilities at former locations of mass mills, e.g. B.
- Mass mill in the Lauchagrund near Tabarz
- Mass mill in Elgersburg
- Mass mill near Stützerbach
- Mass mill near Hohenberg on the Eger
- Mass mill in Ebersdorf (Neustadt near Coburg)
- Mass mill between Katzhütte and Masserberg in the Massetal.
Mass mills still exist today as technical monuments , for example in the Thuringian Forest and other former centers of porcelain production. Among other things:
- the Elgersburg mill (technical monument)
- the Kahla weir system (technical monument)
- in the porcelain factory Nymphenburg