Production of decorative stone

Samara gypsum plant offers a new solution for manufacturers of artificial stone, allowing craftsmen to effortlessly make artificial stone for interior decoration.

recently, the popularity of such decorative material as artificial stone has been growing. Tiles, cast in special forms, skillfully imitate the texture of different types of natural stone, as well as brick, wood and other traditional finishing materials.

Special mix for the manufacture of decorative artificial stone based on high-strength gypsum plaster and white cement, mineral fillers, and chemical additives.

Main advantages of the mix for decorative artificial stone:

• Contains all the necessary additives, thus reducing the labor and time costs of the craftsman related to auxiliary operations.
• Long setting time that allows to fill a large volume of molds without compromising the mobility of the mixture.
• Increased strength characteristics of the product compared to gypsum stone.
• Possibility of mounting products cast from this mixture in wet rooms.

Ready-made dry mix for the production of decorative facade stone

Scope of application:

Ready-made mix packaged in paper bags. It is used for casting decorative elements imitating the texture of natural stone, bas-reliefs, and small-scale architectural structures (SAS). The scope of application of these decorative elements is mainly outdoor decoration.

Advantages:

• High productivity – demolding after 1 hour
• Cost-effectiveness – reduced mold stock
• High strength properties (40 MPa) allow to reduce the thickness of the stone and the consumption of the mixture
• Perfect casting without the use of a vibrating table
• Eliminates the task of purchasing individual components

The use of a special dry mix for the production of decorative artificial stone, prepared at the factory, significantly expands the scope of finished products and optimizes the production process in the stone workshop.

By using the mix produced by “Samarskiy Gipsoviy Kombinat”, CJSC, the craftsman eliminates the need to perform number of auxiliary operations, such as weighing and introducing additional additives into the binder — plasticizers, defoamers, etc. Thus, labor costs and time expenditures are reduced, as well as losses associated with overspending of expensive additives. In addition, factory mixing guarantees the high quality of the molded product.

Ready-made molds for the production of the decorative artificial stone may be purchased via the following websites: Zikkamitt, Flagstone, Fitstone or here.