The binder additives transform the material into a green product having a control size, shape, surface and particular density and microstructure. These additives are categorized by their functions and are added in a small amount and most of them are eliminated in a later stage of batch processing.

Cerabind is applied in ceramic products for the following purposes:

The use of Ceramic-molding binder provides green molding with formability and handling properties during the formation of smaller green moldings of more complex shape, and also provides ceramic products of good quality, higher yields, and fewer ceramic cracks when obtained by sintering such green moldings. Binders are Bio-Polymer molecules having an ability to swell in presence of water increase the viscosity of water and bind the ceramic particles present in water and keeping them in suspended form as well. It is a high molecular weight polysaccharide product thickener having long three - dimensional polymer chain exhibiting sticking, tackifying and binding properties.

Those binders are used to impart workability must have several key properties including: uniform mixing with ceramic composition, providing green strength to allow processing, not decomposing during processing of the green body and complete burn-out during sintering thus leaving minimal residual ash in sintered body. Due to strong binding power and lubricity of binder polymer, the wet blend of ceramic powder with an aqueous solution of the binder has good workability in shaping and wet shaped body has good shape retain ability. The shaped body after drying also has excellent mechanical strength to facilitate handling.