Marble Stone Fabrication Process

1. What is Marble Stone and how is it formed? - Marble stone is formed due to metamorphism of sedimentary carbonate rocks, most commonly known as dolomite rocks or limestone. Marble stone are recrystallization of carbonate minerals. Today technology is growing very rapidly and its being very useful to marble, making it more beautiful and has increased availability across the world. People have their anxiety to know what are marble stones and how they process into beautiful stones. Marble fabrication is the process which explains all the steps in marble processing. 2. Extraction - Marble are natural stones and they are extracted from various part of the globe and they are transported in big cubes. There is risk of damage & cracks during transportation and handling, to avoid this fabricator have a procedure called Wire Sawing, this process helps in separating marble without damages. Wide holes are drilled into the marble directly perpendicular to it. Marbles slabs are connected with the drilled holes and the looping of firm wire embedded with diamonds through the holes which helps to cut the marble smoothly. Marble are cut into fine pieces and then transported to the respective location. Even though marble are cut into fine pieces but still extra care is taken during loading and unloading as the Marble Stone are still fragile and the risk of damage still persist. All important inspection of vehicle, transportation route & location is done so that any major deviation can be avoided. 3. Gang Sawing - After the transportation of marble to their respective location, they are taken to Fabrication area where marble are cut into more fine pieces. The fabrication area is a big warehouse where the slabs of marble are cut with steel blades with the help of hydraulic lifts. In this process marble slabs are place on a assembly line which are lifted by hydraulic pressured jacks and marble slabs are cut by giant sets of saw or Gang saws which are just above the assembly, this saw's are connected to crankshaft and pistons which are connected to engines moves this crankshaft, resulting the saw's to move horizontally at a rapid speed. Marbles slabs on assembly line are pushed by the hydraulic pressure and the saw cuts the marble slabs. Then the marble small pieces are to taken carefully to the finishing and polishing room for further processing 4. Polishing and Sealing - Polishing and sealing is the main procedure in marble fabrication as it defines the true value of marble. The slabs of marble are placed on a platform where machine with artificial diamonds smoothens the surface of the marble until partial reflection are visible on the marble. This process is repeated on both sides and then cleaned properly so that dust particles are removed. Polished marbles are then taken for a uniform spray of epoxy sealer on the surface of the stone and dried under heat lamps for 48 hours. Finished Marble are send to the retailers and sellers to their respective location for further procedure and selling. 5. Waterjet Cutting and Wet Sawing - Retailer's sell the marble stone to their customer as per their requirement, which includes the design, quantity, and most important the size of marble stones. Customer demands different sizes of stone which can fit there in their kitchen, bathroom, countertops, floors etc. hence for this retailer themselves shape the size of the marble, to do this they use wet sawing or waterjet cutting. In wet sawing the marble stone is being cut by the saws and water is kept flowing over the marble to reduced heat from friction. Waterjet cutting is a new and unique method. In this process water with powdered minerals are pressurized at 60000 psi and shot on the marble for clean and better cut. This is very common today and almost all fabricator use waterjet cutting.