Calcium oxide (quicklime) and calcium carbonate (limestone) products are used in fiberglass manufacturing applications.  Calcium materials, silica sand, and soda ash are the primary ingredients.  Fiberglass can be divided into two major groups based on their physical properties:  Continuous fibers and short fibers (wool).

Mississippi Lime’s Pulverized Quicklime products allow improved performance when compared to uncalcined materials.  The benefits include improvements in:

• Energy utilization
• Effective capacity
• Material quality and consistency
• Furnace operations

In addition to Pulverized Quicklime, Mississippi Lime offers a flow treated version, Pulverized Quicklime-FloTreat.  Both of these products emphasize quality, consistency and safety with:

• Engineered particle sizing
• High calcium content
• Low impurity levels
• Consistent material properties

Mississippi Lime’s CalCarb^® R2 calcium carbonate is a high quality, low iron material with a homogeneous particle size used in many glass manufacturing applications.  These attributes make it the preferred choice for both continuous and wool fiberglass manufacturing operations.