The ongoing concerns about respirable crystalline silica in the industry have been making headlines again recently with the engineered stone ban in Australia and the introduction of several low-silica or silica-free products.
This video produced by the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting workers from the variety of harmful effects respirable crystalline silica can cause.
Park Industries, an American manufacturer of stone fabrication machinery including a wide variety of industrial-grade cutting and edging machines, unveiled the next generation of CNC Sawjet for a live audience of more than 125 fabricators at ParkFest on October 4th, 2023.
The company describes its most recent addition as the smallest footprint with the largest work envelope. The high-production processing speeds allow for high-precision accuracy for custom work and a rigid arm excels at mitering with easy-to-access tables. This machine is highly configurable to meet the needs of any shop layout.
This video is from Caesarstone’s Master of Stone education series which the company makes available to hard surface fabricators for free in an effort to promote safety. The company’s online “Training Center” is a learning platform, dedicated to making information and working guidelines accessible to fabricators worldwide.
This video is about 20 minutes long and gives a solid overview of the various processes involved in working professionally with porcelain. It includes segments on prefabrication preparations, including inspections; machine cutting guidelines and properly planning the cutting; manual cutting guidelines; the transportation of fabricated slabs; proper installation; overhangs and islands; and post-installation considerations.
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Park Industries, an American manufacturer of stone fabrication machinery including a wide variety of industrial-grade cutting and edging machines, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The company has served more than 5,000 stone fabricators with more than 18,000 American-made machines over the past seven decades. In this video Park shares its gratitude for the relationships built over the years with the customers.
In this step by step video Countertops 101 demonstrates the proper steps to ensure the adhesive cartridge is loaded and ready to go so that there aren’t any issues when gluing up countertops.
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Water Treatment Solutions (WTS) presents this video case study of Artisan Stoneworks. Mitchell Gusman, vice president of estimating and sales at Artisan Stoneworks talks about their 100 percent closed loop water treatment system and the benefits the company has experienced. Additional case studies and information on Water Treatment Solutions can be … Read more
This video from Park Industries showcases the FASTBACK® II Edge Polisher.
With its nine spindles, easy operation, and single-pass, high speed polishing capabilities (65+ inches per minute), the FASTBACK® II Edge Polisher can polish 70 ft. of backsplash in a fraction of the time of hand polishing.