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2011年8月23日星期二

Difference Between Artificial Stones and Natural Stones

Stones are important for home constructing. Stones plays important role for both exterior and interior designing of the home. Stones are used for various purposes at home construction. From building beautiful walls of the house to decoration pieces, stones are used. The only thing that differs is the type of stone to be used. Stones differ into artificial and natural stones. Though both are used respectively for construction of house.
Natural stones are creation of nature's greatness or nature's products. They are created naturally. Their color texture shines size and shape all are the nature's gift. To compare the beauty of natural stone it is awesome. On the other hand artificial stone is just a cement based product that is molded to represent a stone surface and then sprayed, dyed or coated like stucco with a stone like color. They are used like thin pieces are stuck onto a wall or structural surface, like tiles. Then to fill the gap between the stones other piece of stones are installed. Artificial stone is made by crushing and grinding natural stone and then re-constituting it, in a mould, with cement mortar. Sandstones, marbles and limestone are well suited to the re-constitution process.
The artificial stones include Modena, Verona rose, tankard, shale white, old brick, hand brick red. These were some of the artificial stones which are used for home construction. Artificial stones are generally used for exterior of the house like walls, pavements, and top roof flooring. Though some artificial stones which are processed well are used as decorative pieces of marble. It is due to their shine. Even Sand stone wall decorative ornaments are hand made from fine sand mixed with cement.
Whereas natural stones provides aesthetic value to the house. Whether it is luxuriant granite beige limestone lustrous marble rustic grey slate or exotic brown sandstone all natural stones create serene beauty to home. Beautiful marble flooring with Granite counter tops and silver beige marbles for bathrooms attracts thousands of people. Natural stones are naturally good. Their shine and lustier for long cannot be faded. While there is possibility that artificial stones lose its color. For they are not made good. For some time it is good but not for long.
After all artificial stones are actually not real stones. Natural stones are the actual stones. So it is obvious that natural stones will last more. Whatever stones are used at home it is important to find out the real stones and accordingly it should be placed. Whether it is granite marble slate sandstones all can be found both as natural and artificial stones. Though artificial stones can appear smooth and more beautiful due to polish but it is actually natural stones whose beauty last forever.
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2011年6月29日星期三

China Artificial stone material status

China handicraft and Artificial Stones market concentration in the south, the guangdong with Artificial stone is given priority to, fujian to handicraft give priority to, followed by zhejiang, Shanghai, jiangsu, etc. Sporadic market in some areas of the distribution and Beijing, heilongjiang, shandong, sichuan, etc. The two kinds of products of the resin total demand for ten thousand tons in more than 30, including import resin to 70000 tons.

Resin handicraft classification, stone products and process

The traditional Christmas gifts and family decoration kind of handicraft. The manufacturers concentrated in quanzhou, shenzhen, dongguan, etc. Such handicraft to silica gel for mould, resin added limestone mix the pouring shape, then through alkaline cleaning, coloured drawing or pattern that is production. After

Miniascape garden of arts and crafts. This kind of handicraft decoration for the outdoors, such as character statue, Artificial fountain, rock, etc. The silicon mold with plaster or glass fiber reinforced plastic enhanced. Such handicraft is big, production process and mixed with glass fiber reinforced cement, and do the skeleton. Large products need to decompose into parts, to make the assembly.

Imitation nephrite copy of agate handicrafts. This kind of handicraft in dongguan, shenzhen, zhejiang production, a month dosage in around 500 tons. Products with silicon mold, aluminum hydroxide filler agate level. According to the natural jade and agate color adjusted respectively all the shades of green, red wait for color, after pouring shape, after drying products cuases on the surface of a light oil.

Resin waist line handicraft. Such products used packing is limestone and small stones, the product the breadth and thickness difference is bigger, operation not when prone to deformation; Demanding products pass baking, finalize the design, producing area concentrated in foshan.

Lamp craftwork. Lamp craftwork including chimney and lamp holder, chimney is generally pervious to light stone, lamp holder to silica gel for internal model, cement, glass fiber used at the same time, with reinforced support inside. Because of the shape of the complex product requirements, division after pouring shape and become, producing area assembly concentrated in zhongshan.

Billiards handicraft. The production process is will resin and packing mixed evenly into the mold, completely fine polishing after curing. Such products on resin with estimated 400 tons, dosage of concentrated in jiangmen.

Furniture of casting parts. In furniture fittings are divided into two parts, one is small furniture fittings, copy wood carving decorative pattern, direct pouring into copy woodcarving flowers. 2 it is bigger copy wood desks and chairs, similar to the garden of the production methods of arts and crafts bonsai, producing area concentrated in dongguan, Buddha mountain.

Artificial sandstone and friezes of arts and crafts. Product sizes have difference, packing, mostly for different kinds of color sand, the product more for wall carved three-dimensional sculpture. The mural of large area is often domestic art colleges design, species diversity, leading technology. Guangdong, jiangxi, jiangsu, fujian, on the sea, and hubei, and all have factory production.

Crystal resin handicraft. This is a kind of using crystal resin, don't add a transparent packing pouring arts and crafts. Some manufacturer one-time pouring more than 200 kilograms of products, inside permeability and there are red, green transparent paste, this kind of product also called copy coloured glaze handicraft.
Artificial stone classification, production and process

Artificial stone industry mainly concentrated in guangdong, fujian, Shanghai, jiangsu, etc, due to natural ore source produce less and less, and limit blind, from this Artificial stone mining increase in demand. Guangdong, fujian xiamen zhang springs area Artificial stone market is very big. Nearly two years of the two market after a survey found that Artificial stone products on the market types have the following kinds:

1. The dongguan, shenzhen nearby with artificial stone resin do on the back of Mosaic desktop enhancement, the product is overall export. 2. Zhongshan near stone, the stone's light and some transparent chimney. 3. Heshan, foshan and zhongshan, near Artificial stone kitchen and bath. 4. The HuaXun, rich, stone, Europe clique, the Athens, Artificial stone plate enterprise, the resin of guangdong market Artificial stone of the resin content above 70%. Guangdong area do such Artificial stone plate is very much, the manufacturer of the product quality is also the manufacturer is uneven, standard board (2440 mm x 760 mm x 12.7 mm) of the lower price is difficult to believe with aluminum hydroxide powder as raw material. Some low calcium powder to plank, packing, products appear out of shape, craze, resistance to water resistance and obvious defects. 5. Shanghai, fujian, guangdong area of Artificial stone and artificial comprised hillock. Artificial stone also called project hillock stone, the popular stone, is a gang of two or more natural marble after smashing infiltrates the resin and pigments, and then using vacuum oscillation pressure cast wool (the material synthesis), to cut, and set the thick, grinding and polishing. If use general type resin, the material will be cracking phenomenon, a piece of the material cost about 12000 yuan. Some enterprise specially developed for low viscosity and high strength of stone, pressure molding resin hillock of artificial hillock stone has high hardness, strength, luster, bibulous rate is low, such as wear-resisting characteristics, can satisfy enterprise export demand. Yunfu derived directly ShiSha Anna open the market later, appear in short supply situation. Three short years, yunfu district derived directly by the original stone production line article number increased to several dozen. Shanghai, hangzhou, Beijing new decorate each big market ground decorates material has been derived directly by stone. Artificial stone hillock at present have not reached the same household names like ceramic tile, but a potential market.

Artificial and Artificial stone production comprised hillock, technology is more similar different is the use of packing is high wear resistance of quartz sand and quartz powder, packing content reaches as high as 90% or so. In addition to the hardness as much as 7 resistance of performance and its resistance to scratch unclean, water resistant, the function such as fire prevention decided it is Artificial stone plate of the development of a direction. This years, domestic production line of artificial horse comprised surge, use smoke vacuum pouring production enterprise with dozens of comprised, but the difference is bigger, quality equipment is differ. Some products more: although higher hardness bubbles, but as wall ground material easily, excellent comprised cost $6 million to production line more than 1000 dollars, with the vacuum pressure, its craft synthesis shock at the baked tower curing, product contains quantity of cement is low, dense texture, a few good quality without porosity products has been close to the Italian artificial comprised standards.

Foreign brand and the market situation

Foreign brands are comprised the li shi, kay SaShi, xi shi lung, employing things is connected, sanofi-aventis's stone, Mr M plus, PKL, bao guang long, TeCai, kang, parker, etc. The world of professional production manufacturer comprised only 16 home, have the beautiful stone article 20 production line, 90% of the products for the European market, accounting for 70% of the American market, but is still far from meet the demand of the market. South Korea production factory exports comprised the European and American market every year reached 130 million us dollars. Abroad application has been very extensive, comprised mainly have the kitchen mesa, toilet mesa, bar table, the ground and wall, etc. The international market have more mature in Australia, Europe and the United States and other countries and regions. A year of Australia comprised of global consumption of about a third, followed by the United States and Canada. The Middle East and southeast Asia market growth comprised significant. Abroad application scope comprised in the constantly changing, ambry industry is a new determination of the stones alternative products, the ground stone decoration scale also expanded significantly.

At present the two industry is the development trend of: arts and crafts, species diversity from the traditional family decoration class, Christmas gifts to the garden of miniascape, character sculpture, crystal, imitation jade, sandstone products change; From the simple to all development at home and abroad and export. Artificial stone and artificial hillock comprised will become a new window, domestic some do before ceramic tile, micro SPAR and natural stone manufacturers have started to enter Artificial stone industry. Some of the enterprise to develop low viscosity and high strength artificial stone resin, and in the resin, fillers, additives and molding process several aspects the technology application design packages ". Crafts, Artificial stone industry in our country has just begun, is a huge market potential.

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