• General
• Quarrying
• Rough Blocks
• Primary Production
• Slabs
• Monuments
• Finished Monuments
• Packaging
• The Tile Plant
• Ecology

Production Techniques & Facilities

The Tile Plant

The Tile Saw In Action (1): First of all the tile saw cuts the granite into slabs 10 mm thick (3/8") of various length strips. The length of strip is determined by the block being cut. Later in the cutting process, the length is dimensioned to customer specification.

The Tile Saw In Action (2): As you can see from the image on the left, the tile saw is a very powerful machine and slicing through the granite's very hard structure is relatively easy for it since the saw tips are composed of industrial diamonds.

The Tile Saw In Action (3): Copious amounts of water are used during the cutting process to ensure that the diamond tipped blades are kept cool. Even the diamond tips can be damaged during the cutting process if care is not taken due to the extreme amount of heat that accumulates whilst cutting takes place.

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