Modern materials allow you to perform a variety of decorative tasks embody interesting design ideas . The use of artificial stone used for painting and decorating, to create a landscape design, sculpture products. There are different ways of producing such material, and depending on how you distinguish the agglomerate, the artificial stone on a concrete basis, and ceramic granite (granite).
The structure consists of granite mineral supplements, silica sand, several varieties of clay. Color to the material yield pigments. Production of granite mass is pressing under high pressure. Then blanks fired at temperatures up to 1300 degrees. The material is different ecological purity and excellent performance characteristics – strength, resistance to environmental influences, high and low temperatures. The properties of granite is more like pottery. Most often such an artificial stone used for the production floor or wall tiles.
Agglomerates (industrial marble, cast stone and other) are made with polyester resin. The composition of the material consists of particles of natural stone. Can add pieces of marble, granite, quartz sand. Such artificial decorative stone can be in its texture similar to marble, shale, malachite. This material is used not only for foreign and interior decoration, to create pieces of furniture, decoration of interior design. Countertops, bathtubs, sinks a stone decorate the house. Specifics of conglomerates has enriched their particular strength, resistance to wear.
The technology of manufacturing artificial stone on the basis of concrete increases with the popularity of the material. It is durable, environmentally friendly, light weight and has no aggravating a finished design. Element of such a product has a flat surface for stacking, and the embossed with the imitation of real stone. Manufactured artificial stone or block-making, or vibrocasting. The first method allows to obtain products of high density and used in the manufacture of paving slabs. When vibrocasting is more dense top layer.
Artificial decorative stone is very similar in appearance to the natural and the cost it more accessible. Therefore, production of such material is constantly expanding.
