The Achilli MBS 3000-ce, available from Braxton-Bragg of Knoxville, TN, has established a solid record of reliability in the industry. In 2007, Achilli of Italy celebrated its 56th year in business. Since the beginning, Achilli has strived to manufacture dependable equipment that meets or exceeds the customer’s needs, including the incorporation of new designs on the saws.
GranQuartz has released the first edition of a catalog exclusively covering safety products for the stone industry. This eight-page catalog, the “GranQuartz Complete Protection & Safety Equipment Catalog,” covers GranQuartz’s product offerings in each of eight key stone shop safety categories: Engineered Dust Control Systems, Material Handling, Traffic, Electrical, First Aid, Ergonomics, General Shop Safety and Personal Protective Equipment, including Hand, Respiratory, Eye, Head, Hearing and Foot Protection.
Park Industries’ most impressive single-pass, 13-spindle decorative line edger system has recently been enhanced. The Park Velocity smart spindle now has the capability of profiling edges with two radiuses. With just a touch of the screen, fabricators can profile seven different programmed edges while having the flexibility of adding additional profiles into the directory. In addition, the change over from edge to edge is done with servo camming programming versus the traditional physical stops. Each tool has its own individual pressure setting for each tool for ultimate control. And the enhanced spindle seals as well as the air-purge system keep the spindle components dry, while the precision slide bed under the main drive belt offers better reliability than standard roller systems.
The Marmo Meccanica LTV, available from Marmo Machinery USA, is a vertical edge-polishing machine for flat and round edges from 1 to 6 cm in thickness. High speed, size flexibility and ease of use are the hallmarks of this machine, reports the company.
Revere Sinks, known for offering high-quality, affordable stainless steel sinks, recently announced its three most popular Revere sink styles for 2007, which include the Double-Bowl Undermount Models: RCFU3120, RCFU3118 and RCFU3119.
DuPont™ StoneTech® Professional is putting its science to work by introducing two new professional grade water-based stone sealers and a new water-based heavy-duty coating stripper. DuPont™ StoneTech® High Gloss Finishing Sealer, Semi Gloss Finishing Sealer and Heavy Duty Coating Stripper are new products that are easy to apply and offer great performance, according to the company.
The Denver Skema Logic C-180 Saw, from VIC International, is a monolithic bridge saw with the ability to cut an entire kitchen automatically. It features a 15-horsepower motor and a CNC rotating head capable of cutting right-angle and diagonal cuts through any position from 0 to 180 degrees. It has a unitized body requiring a smaller footprint than a standard gantry saw, and it is more accurate, faster and easier to use than conventional saws. This saw also offers quicker set-up time, and it eliminates the need for a rotating table.
Waterjet Powered by Mitsubishi Electric offers advanced programming capabilities that are an ideal complement to saw cutting and routing, and they enable straight-line cutting for countertops with the added flexibility of radius, reports the manufacturer. Users can preserve accuracy, while achieving more complicated, intricate countertop inlay designs.