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D Zambelis has started colour coding its blades to indicate their use. They are (left to right): Stellar, for natural quartzites and engineered quartz; Sapphire, for clean, single pass cutting of granite on saws with motors under 12hp the motor life; Platinum, an everyday blade for granite and engineered stone on saws above 12hp; Emerald, for marble and limestone; Rosso, for all synthetic sintered stones (Dekton, Lapitec, Neolith and the rest) and Porcelain.
A new website for trade in used machinery.
Alan Hamilton and his son-in-law, Adam Main, in the company’s offices, where detailed stone cutting schedules are drawn up from clients’ designs using Alphacam CAD/CAM software.
For more information about the Stone Federation Interiors & Surface Materials Group, email [email protected].
West Dean College has made some changes to its Conservation & Repair of Masonry Ruins course, run in association with Historic England, to emphasise sustainable and environmentally sensitive approaches.
SAPs for Stone Fixing and Facade Preservation.
Rayner Guidoni, Rafael Guidoni and Jose Antonio Guidoni at the opening of their second quartz plant in Europe.
John Krause at the finishing line of the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam Triathlon, the third triathlon he has successfully completed.
Yazmin Impson, who works at Albion Stone on Portland, talks about her experience in the predominantly male environment of the stone industry.
The cut is essentially achieved thanks to the exposed diamonds on the edge of the blade slicing through the stone.
The interior of Williamstrip Chapel won a Craftsmanship Award in the Natural Stone Awards last year.
This is the Andritz Powerlase Vulcan 500c back of a van laser cleaning system. Is this the future of stone cleaning?
Robert Merry is looking forward to visiting Battersea Power Station. You can read about the visit in the next issue of Natural Stone Specialist magazine.
Sintered Lapitec, in all its uses, is now available for use with BIM software.
Famous for its stone, now there is also TAB quartz.