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| Granite slab production starts here in the mountains near our factory in Pingdu. Above you can see piles of stones excavated from the mountain in the background. Each of these is about as tall as a full-grown man. | |
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Next, the
granite boulders are hauled to the factory, and, one at a time, placed
on a block underneath a large circular saw, as shown above. The circular saw is around 4 feet in diameter and has 1 cm wide industrial diamands at the end of each sawtooth. Those diamonds are very rough, so they are able to slowly scrape cuts through the large block of granite. The cutting is a very slow process, with less than a cm cin depth cut with each run of the saw, which takes about two minutes. You can see the final product above. In this case, we are making 3cm slabs. The process causes a lot of friction, so water runs down the saw as it makes contact with the granite. It is a very water-intensive process, although the same water is used over again after it cools down. |
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After the boulder
is cut down into smaller slabs, those slabs are brought to a different
part of the factory for further processing. It is at this time the granite is either sanded or gas-blasted depending whether a rough or smooth texture is desired. A smaller saw, similiarly equipped and attached to a table that is not unlike a standard wooden tablesaw, then cuts those slabs further down into useful pieces. |
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| In case a special shape is desired, the machine above, which is operated by a computer (not shown), cuts each piece into a standard and exact size. | |
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After production is completed, the finished granite slabs are packed in standard export packing and shipped. Please contact us for more details about price and ordering. |
