Development of a new ceramic product for paving footways and public areas

Abstract Mobility and security issues are increasingly discussed in the major urban centers and initiatives in this universe should provide practical and economical solutions that generate benefits for citizens. The pavement, one of the factors for urban quality, is the essential to ensuring access to the right to come and go. Among these solutions, the interlocking pavement stands out as being one of the most recommended products on the paving of sidewalks and public areas. In some countries in Europe and Latin America ceramics interlocking paving systems are widely used, but this practice is still little found Brazil in by the absence of this product in the Brazilian market. Thus the purpose of this work was to develop ceramics interlocking paving for use on sidewalks and public areas. Also it was added to the new product developed burned waste coming from the manufacturing process, which are called chamotte aimed at reducing the material to be discarded into the environment. After the positive results for characterizing the products, new designs for this type of products were created, which were produced in laboratory scale.