Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire saw excavation apparatus that is installed on a plurality of entry holes, where the plurality of entry holes are drilled according to a cutting section of a target surface of rock to be excavated so that the target surface is excavated by using wire saws. The wire saw excavation apparatus mounts N number of pulleys on one entry arm to cut the rock in N number of directions all at once.

Abstract: A waterjet cutting method is provided which includes directing a waterjet onto a surface of a workpiece that is exposed to the surrounding atmosphere, the interaction of the waterjet with the exposed surface defining a cutting location, and simultaneously directing a gas stream onto the exposed surface of the workpiece at or adjacent the cutting location to maintain a cutting environment at the cutting location that is, apart from the waterjet, substantially devoid of fluid or particulate matter. The method may further include moving a source of the waterjet relative to the workpiece to cut the workpiece along a desired path while continuously directing the gas stream onto the exposed surface of the workpiece at or adjacent the cutting location.

Abstract: A new type of railway sleeper is composed of fiber-stabilized stoneware. By using a plurality of fiber-layered stone plates bonded to one another in such a way that prestress is generated in the stoneware, a permanently high-performance-capable sleeper is obtained, which is made of natural materials such as granite or basalt which occur almost everywhere on the earth in unlimited quantities and have a substantially longer service life and are substantially more resistant to influences of the weather and the environment than previous solutions. In addition, the sleeper or the intermediate spaces thereof are equipped with photovoltaic modules which together form a power unit when they are coupled together and connected electrically to the rails. Such sleepers can also be partially hollow as a light weight design variant. Lightweight variants with a hollow profile can be filled entirely or partially with track ballast from the side during the laying process.

Abstract: Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions.

Abstract: A cartridge for tunnel blasting is provided a cartridge for tunnel blasting, which easily breaks a rock, by inserting a cartridge containing water into a bore hole formed in a rock by using a boring device, and injecting liquid nitrogen into the inserted cartridge, so as to induce cracks of the rock by using the characteristic of the water that expands when it is frozen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of manufacturing silicon seed rod in which two silicon seeds are joined into one long silicon seed rod by mechanical coupling. A mechanical seed coupler is a body in having an outer wall, an upper surface with an upper aperture, a lower surface with a lower aperture, and an inner wall surrounding an inner space. The mechanical seed couple can be of a shape including a cylinder shape, an elliptical tube shape, a rectangular tube shape and a square tube shape. Furthermore the mechanical seed coupler can be of unitary construction, made from one solid piece of material, or it can be composed of subparts.

Abstract: A device for processing a slab of stone or stone-like material, includes a support table, adapted for receiving the slab, and a fixed guide rail running in a first direction along a side of the support table. The device further includes an arm, extending in a cantilevered manner, in a second direction from the guide rail and across at least a portion of the support table. The arm is displaceable relative the guide rail in a third direction. A method for processing a slab of stone or stone-like material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tool suitable for holding a ruling tile (622) for using in making a cutting line on a cutting tile (628). The tool (600) comprises a tile receiving means and a support means (624) for the tile receiving means. The tile receiving means is adapted to space the ruling tile at a desired distance from a boundary (636) of an area (630) to be tiled. The ruling tile overlies the cutting tile. Optionally a laid tile (634) is provided beneath the cutting tile. A method of marking and cutting a tile using such a tool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of designing, previewing a natural stone veneer project in its entirety before a single stone is cut; cutting and finishing the edges of a natural veneer stone to form interconnecting finished natural stone veneer components having a weathered appearance, each component having a perimeter of a pre-determined contour and a finished edge.

Abstract: A material cutting guide system for cutting predetermined widths of a material. The system includes a frame fixed in location and a pair of spaced apart parallel tracks. At least one horizontal member is movably affixed to the frame and has a distal end extending outwardly therefrom, the distal end being affixed to the tracks. The system includes a motive device adapted to move the tracks in a generally lateral direction to a new location toward the fixed frame in predetermined increments to change the location of the tracks.

Abstract: A method for cutting and/or punching material in which abrasive particles are present within and/or on the surface of a substrate is provided. The material cut or punched is useful as a ceramic separator for electrochemical applications including capacitors, supercapacitors, batteries, lithium ion batteries and lithium metal batteries.

Abstract: The sawing machine comprises a guide pulley composed of a plurality of wheels of the same diameter, coaxial and mutually juxtaposed side by side in a pack on a corresponding shaft or the like According to the invention, in said wheel pack of the guide pulley (P2) a wheel (P21) presenting at least an external circumferential groove (P21?) and a wheel (P22) presenting a plurality of external circumferential grooves (P22?) are alternated in a repetitive sequence. Said wheels (P21, P22) comprise a radially internal part (P21.1, P22.1), at which they are mutually juxtaposed in a pack. Each wheel (P21) presenting at least a groove (P21?) comprises a radially external part (P21.2) having an external annular rim (P21.3) of lesser width than the thickness of said internal part (P21.1) thereof, while each wheel (P22) presenting a plurality of grooves (P22?) comprises a radially external part (P22.2) having an external annular rim (P22.3) of a width greater than the thickness of said internal part (P22.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of designing, previewing a stone veneer project in its entirety before a single stone is cut; cutting and finishing the edges of a stone to form interconnecting natural stone veneer components, each having a perimeter of a pre-determined contour and a finished edge, the method comprising: drawing or otherwise importing a design plan comprising overall dimensions and shape of a finished stone veneer project; drawing or otherwise importing a pattern of shape and placement of the stone veneer components within the design plan; programming, scanning or otherwise inputting a plurality of cutting patterns, wherein the cutting patterns are the same or different, each cutting pattern designed to form the stone veneer component having a perimeter of a pre-determined contour; converting the pattern into a machine-readable program to produce a cutting path on an abrasive waterjet machine; loading a cutting path file for the stone veneer component into the abrasive water jet mach

Abstract: In a method of producing silicon blocks by cutting a silicon ingot by the use of a silicon ingot cutting slurry containing abrasive grains and an alkaline substance so as to provide the silicon blocks that can be produced into silicon wafers each having a thin thickness with reduced substrate damage at the time of producing a solar battery, the content of said alkaline substance is at least 3.5 mass % with respect to the mass of the entire liquid components of said slurry, and said slurry contains an organic amine of from 0.5 to 5.0 by a mass ratio with respect to water in the liquid components of said slurry. Said slurry is used at a pH of 12 or more and at a temperature of from 65 to 95 degrees C.

Abstract: A cover plate system for making custom natural stone cover plates for electrical outlets, wall switches and other outlets and openings over which it is desired to place a natural stone cover plate. The natural stone cover plates are made from quarried stone, cultured stone, and natural rock materials such as terrazzo, marble, and granite preferably supplied by the homeowner, or end user, to a central factory, then manufactured, then shipped back to the end user to match other such material being used in the end user's building.

Abstract: A method of fashioning a heater from a rock. A first step involves providing a rock having an exterior surface. A second step involves cutting the rock into at least two segments that are capable of being reassembled to reform the rock and maintained in the reassembled condition by force of gravity. A third step involves forming a interior cavity in at least one of the segments. The cavity is spaced inwardly from the exterior surface of the rock and is adapted to conceal a heat source, such as a candle, when the segments are reassembled. A fourth step involves reassembling the segments to reform the rock.

Abstract: A baseplate for a tool having a support member with a passage way therein which has an inlet for receiving fluid and at least one outlet for directing fluid underneath the support member and rotating means attached to the bottom of the support member. The invention increases the ease of movement of the tool and reduces the chances of scratching the surface of the substrate upon which work is being performed.

Abstract: A casted concrete block surface-roughing machine having an in-line conveyor displaceable over a stationary horizontal support surface for slidingly supporting a lower surface of concrete blocks displaced thereon by the conveyor. At least two pairs of spaced-apart vertically supported conveyor belts are disposed to engage opposed side faces of the concrete blocks to displace them along the stationary horizontal support surface. One of the pairs of the conveyor belts engages the opposed side faces in a lower surface section thereof to expose an upper surface section thereof to be abraded by respective surface abrading devices. The other of the pairs of conveyor belts engage the opposed side faces in the upper surface section of the concrete block to expose the lower surface section thereof to be abraded by further respective surfaces abrading devices.

Abstract: A diamond wire (1) is disclosed for cutting stone material comprising a support cable (2) with around it a plurality of cutting bushes (3) and a plurality of elastic means (5). The cuttting bushes (3) comprise: an hollow cylindric support (10); at least one diamond cutting sector (12) connected to an external surface of the support (10); and at least one non-diamond support/cutting sector (14) connected to the external surface of the support (10) and laterally connected to the cutting sector (12).

Abstract: Base seat of a pneumatic grinder, including an air way and a water way disposed in the base seat to respectively communicate with an air chamber and a water chamber formed in the base seat. Several water outlets and a predetermined number of air rooms are disposed on a bottom face of the base seat. The water outlets communicate with the water chamber, while the air rooms communicate with the air chamber. Multiple ball bodies are respectively rollably disposed in the air rooms, the bottom edge of the ball bodies protrude from the bottom face of the base seat. When high pressure air and water are conducted into the air way and water way, the air is conducted by the air way to flow into the air chamber and to blow to the ball bodies in the air rooms making the ball bodies rolling easily. The water flows through the water way into the water chamber and then flows through the water outlets out of the bottom face of the base seat to reduce frictional force against the bottom face of the base seat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting block for a sawing machine for sawing stone blocks into slabs which has a pair of opposed yokes for tensioning a plurality of blades by means of tie-bars with spurs, wherein the tie-bars which hold the blades have a single spur between two blades placed side by side.

Abstract: A method is described for repairing and consolidating a natural stone block (1), with internal fractures and structural discontinuities, in which around the block (1) a coating (2, 3, 4) is applied that wraps the block (1) below and along a vertical perimeter thereof and is higher than the block (1); the coating (2, 3, 4) is spaced from the block (1) and forms the liquid- and gas-tight housing and allows the resin to flow against the block (1). The containment of hydrostatic resin pressures and the control of resin consumptions are performed by an external formwork composed of the coating (2, 3, 4) and of structures (5) to a platform (11) for supporting and transporting the block (1).

Abstract: An automated stone burning apparatus, which precisely adjusts the burning operation and improves the throughput. The apparatus consists of a torch assembly that is mounted in proximity to a stone slab lying upon a roller bed. The torch assembly is movable both transversely and laterally (i.e., in orthogonal directions with respect to the stone slab). An electrical control system adjusts the speed and location of the torch during the burn process.

Abstract: A method of forming a stone inlay in an abrasion-sensitive substrate, such as wood, by forming a depression in the substrate, mounting stone on a damping material capable of absorbing the abrasive energy applied to the stone in reducing the dimensions of the stone to fit the depression, cutting the inlay to size and inserting it into the substrate. The cut inlay/damping material composite may be sold separately as an article of manufacture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surface treated mineral material and a process for producing the same by means of laser treatment and water proofing. A preferred planned use of the invention relates to the surface and wall coverings, made of natural and artificial stones for indoor and outdoor areas, optimized, in particular with respect to wear resistance, stain resistance and slip resistance.

Abstract: A process id disclosed for structurally repairing and aesthetically filling, and mutually coupling slabs (1) and layers (2-4) into a block (5), comprising the steps of: heating, drying and impregnating the slabs (1) with resin; penetrating the resin through atmospheric pressure; inserting positive pressures; applying a liquid- or gas-tight sealing coating (6, 7, 8) around the block (5) to allow resin to flow around and inside the block (5), containing hydrostatic resin pressures and checking resin consumptions through a formwork; directly supporting through the block (5) the thrusts generated by pressure differentials; when preparing the block (5), assembling the stone slabs (1) independently from mutual thickness and distance between centers with other stone slabs (1).

Abstract: A method for the production of a trim part for decorative purposes, especially for the forming of interior and/or exterior trim parts for motor vehicles, having a thin ornamental layer made from an inorganic and/or crystalline material that is fragile in thin-layer form, especially natural stone, includes the following method steps: first, a flexible, at least partially transparent stabilizing material is applied to the surface of a block of inorganic and/or crystalline material and is separated together with a thin ornamental layer from the block of inorganic and/or crystalline material; then the laminate of ornamental layer and stabilizing material is placed in a casting mold for the trim part; the casting mold is closed by moving an upper mold and a lower mold relative to one another, and the ornamental layer is thereby shaped into a desired three-dimensional form determined by the casting mold; then the casting mold is filled with at least approximately transparent material and the ornamental layer is the

Abstract: A film material is used to create a concrete control joint. A thin plastic film creates a plane of weakness in the concrete to control or induce cracking at desirable locations and directions. A tool for installing the film inserts the film material into fresh concrete.

Abstract: A stone slab with fasteners has two chambers respectively defined at two sides thereof. Two fasteners are respectively secured in the chambers. The fasteners each have a central portion. A first wing is formed at a first end of the central portion, and perpendicular to the central portion. The first wing has a hole defined therethrough. A second wing is formed at a second end of the central portion, perpendicular to the central portion, and extending oppositely to the first wing. The second wing has two straight edges respectively formed at a top and a bottom thereof, and two arcuate hooks respectively extending inwards from the straight edges. The second wings of the fasteners are received in the respective chambers. Whereby, a plurality of stone slabs can be installed on a frame on a wall by screws inserted through the holes.

Abstract: An article for manufacture of marble asphalt with use of a specific marble rock unique to certain geographic regions, and process for which rock is removed and thus eliminates stress on rock composition, providing a asphalt blend or as an additive.

Abstract: A method is described for repairing and consolidating a natural stone block (1), with internal fractures and structural discontinuities, in which around the block (1) a coating (2, 3, 4) is applied that wraps the block (1) below and along a vertical perimeter thereof and is higher than the block (1); the coating (2, 3, 4) is spaced from the block (1) and forms the liquid- and gas-tight housing and allows the resin to flow against the block (1). The containment of hydrostatic resin pressures and the control of resin consumptions are performed by an external formwork composed of the coating (2, 3, 4) and of structures (5) to a platform (11) for supporting and transporting the block (1).

Abstract: A method of forming a stone inlay in an abrasion-sensitive substrate, such as wood, by forming a depression in the substrate, mounting stone on a damping material capable of absorbing the abrasive energy applied to the stone in reducing the dimensions of the stone to fit the depression, cutting the inlay to size and inserting it into the substrate. The cut inlay/damping material composite may be sold separately as an article of manufacture.

Abstract: A method of forming a stone inlay in an abrasion-sensitive substrate, such as wood, by forming a depression in the substrate, mounting stone on a damping material capable of absorbing the abrasive energy applied to the stone in reducing the dimensions of the stone to fit the depression, cutting the inlay to size and inserting it into the substrate. The cut inlay/damping material composite may be sold separately as an article of manufacture.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a surface restoration composition including an organic acid, a metal oxide and a plasticizer. Optionally, dispersants, thickeners and water can be included in the composition. The inventive composition is applied to a stone surface and buffed to dryness to achieve the desired level of gloss.

Abstract: In a trim part for decorative purposes, especially in the interior, and in this case preferably for the interior trim of the passenger compartments of vehicles, a cover layer of natural stone is applied to the visible side of a base part. For this purpose, the negative shape of the base part is machined from a natural stone block and the two are combined permanently to form a sandwich. Then the surface is machined on the visible side, and finally clear lacquer is applied.

Abstract: A baseplate for a masonry tool having a support member with a passageway therein which has an inlet for receiving fluid and at least one outlet for directing fluid underneath the support member and rotating means attached to the bottom of the support member. The invention reduces the chances of scratching the surface of the substrate upon which work is being performed while allowing easy movement of the tool under all circumstances.

Abstract: By preventing warping of chips when detaching individual chips from a dicing sheet, improvement in quality without cracks and in productivity is realized. A collet (115) used in a step of detaching chips (110) discretely divided as bonded to a dicing sheet (109) from the dicing sheet has a flat attraction surface made of a porous material of a size equal to or larger than the chip size. Alternatively, the collet may have a chip attraction groove containing poles, balls or hemispheres, for example, to prevent warping of chips. In the step of detaching each chip from the dicing sheet, a means for reducing the bonding force of the dicing sheet, such as heating device or cooling device, may be provided. Thus, warping or cracking can be prevented in a process of thinned semiconductor substrate. Additionally, since the means for reducing the bonding force of the dicing sheet is provided in a semiconductor manufacturing equipment, breakage or cracking of chips can be prevented more reliably.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel template which allows an installer to easily and quickly form accurate markings on a concrete brick so that the brick can be cut in a precise manner to be used in a driveway pattern, a sidewalk pattern, or the like. The template includes a frame and a planar plate. The plate has a plurality of slots formed therethrough. The template is positioned on a brick such that the plate sits on the top of the brick and the frame abuts against the sides of the brick. The installer then uses a marking tool to mark the desired cut or cuts by running the tool along the length of one slot or the slots. The template is then removed and the brick is cut accordingly.

Abstract: A guide rail for an apparatus for processing concrete and rock, especially for concrete saws or for core drilling equipment, including supporting and guiding surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction, for the apparatus housing, and a profile extending parallel to the supporting and guiding surfaces and having contacting edges disposed at regular intervals from one another and extending transversely to the longitudinal direction, for an advancing mechanism provided at the processing apparatus, with the guide rail being formed of a sheet metal profile by bending an elongate, bent part, punched out of sheet metal, with the supporting and guiding surfaces and the profile for the advancing mechanism being integrated as one piece in the sheet metal profile.

Abstract: A method of ageing stones having top and bottom faces and side faces is disclosed. The top faces and bottom faces are defined by peripheral edges. The side faces are defined by edges extending substantially perpendicular to the peripheral edges. An array of stones are provided. The stones are maintained in the array. The stones are beat whilst being maintained in the array by subjecting the stones in the array to a vibratory movement. The stones of the array are permitted to have the freedom to move relatively to one another during the vibratory movement. The freedom of movement causes the peripheral edges of the stones to impact against one another. The vibratory movement causes distressing of the peripheral edges of the stones without breaking the side faces and edges defining the side faces of the stones.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing accurate straight cuts in a slab of stone, concrete, or the like. A carriage conveys the cutter along two parallel rails that lie directly upon the upper surface of the slab to be cut. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, neither rail is connected to anything else, and a sheet of resilient material is bonded to the underside of each rail. A calibration instrument is disclosed, which is used to facilitate spacing the rails specific distances on either side of the desired cut line. Because the rails can be moved one at a time in the preferred embodiment, the apparatus is highly portable. In an alternative embodiment in which portability is not an important consideration, the rails may be permanently connected by rigid lateral members.

Abstract: A concrete cutting saw and the process of using the concrete cutting saw for making a 45° chamfer cut at an edge of a 90° cut through a concrete wall. The process includes the steps of cutting a 90° cut through a concrete wall with a 90° saw mounted on a trolley riding along a track affixed to the concrete adjacent the cut. The 90° blade is lifted so that it is above the wall surface and a chamfer saw assembly is affixed to the frame. Next, the chamfer saw motor is started and the saw is lowered into a cutting position and the trolley is once again moved along the track, thereby forming a 45° chamfer along the edge of the cut. The apparatus utilizes a chamfer saw frame affixed to the trolley frame after the 90° saw blade has been lifted. The chamfer saw frame is mounted so that it is directly in the position which the 90° saw occupies when the 90° saw blade 16 is in a cutting position.

Abstract: Non-slip floor covering and method of producing a non-slip floor covering. The non-slip floor covering includes a plurality of depressions that are regularly or randomly distributed over a floor covering surface such that the depressions provide a suction effect. The method includes directing pulsed laser beams onto a surface of the floor covering, forming micro-craters having suction effect with the directed pulsed laser beams, and distributing the formed micro-craters over the surface of the floor covering.

Abstract: A fluid jet cutting system structured to make desired quality cuts in a solid material such as stone, granite, steel and/or marble, the system having a positioning assembly which positions the solid material in a cuttable orientation over a fluid reservoir and at least one fluid jet generator which directs a concentrated, high pressure stream of fluid through a nozzle at the solid material such that the solid material is cut by the high pressure stream of fluid. The fluid jet generator further includes a guidance system which passes the nozzle over the solid material in a predetermined cutting path and at a predetermined movement rate such that the high pressure stream of fluid engages and cuts through the solid material in accordance with the cutting path.

Abstract: A method of treating stone that produces dramatic natural changes by the use of heat only, the dramatic changes being, deeper more brilliant colors, smoother texture, richer luster, and easier workability. This method first includes; Providing stone material, then with or without a sand bath, placing the stone material in a heat treating environment, increasing the temperature in specific increments until the effective heat treating temperature is reached, keeping the stone at that temperature until all the desired changes have occured, the temperature is then decreased in specific increments until the material is at room temperature. Once the stone is treated and cooled, it is ready to be shaped, and or polished. Flaked into a desired shape.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coloring pieces of rock, namely marble, by means of the application of a laser beam (2) in order to color-mark or totally color the piece of rock. According to the invention, the laser beam interacts with the piece of rock (5), to which an appropriate coloring is subsequently applied. Diffusion of the pigment in the piece of rock changes its color in the area affected by the laser. The piece of rock takes on the color as intensely as desired. The invention enables marble of a lower value to be made more valuable and increases the value of other rocks and allows them to be colored. This application is mainly intended for the treatment of ornamental rocks.

Abstract: A ceramic tile cutter is provided with at least one auxiliary base which is fastened pivotally with one longitudinal side of a base of the ceramic tile cutter such that the upper surface of the auxiliary base is lower than the crest of a ridged portion of the base. The auxiliary base can be swiveled to give an added width to the base so as to facilitate the locating of an oversize ceramic tile on the base of the ceramic tile cutter.

Abstract: A multi-wire saw device for slicing a semiconductor ingot and method therefore provides a plurality of spaced wires for cutting the ingot which is held by two sets of clip boards therebetween. The sets of clip boards form a holding means which may ascend and descend in order to engage the cutting wires. The multi wire saw device includes a cassette having chambers partioned by wires extending between opposite cassette ends and into which individual wafers fall. The cassette is formed with teflon resin for easy entry of the wafers.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing slabs of stone material such as marble or granite, reinforced with reinforcing elements in particular made of steel and fixed to a rear surface of the slabs by a bonding resin of the hardening type. The resin is used to impregnate non-twisted strands of glass, preferably in the form of matting, in a percentage weight ratio of glass strands to resin of at least 50:50, with a preference for a quantity by weight of glass strands greater than 50%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stone product in sheet form suitable for use both outdoors and indoors, e.g. as a facade cladding or a fitting, etc. The stone product in question has undergone impregnation treatment with a view to causing its strength and flexibility to be increased through the presence of an impregnating agent in existing pores, cracks and other cavities in the stone sheet in question. A method for producing said stone product and means for its manufacture are also included in the invention.