Slabs & Surfaces
Manufacturer Center in GMBYSTONE
Slab Manufacturing
At GMBY Surfaces we know manufacturing a luxury product requires using a high-end process; therefore, we have invested heavily in our South Chinese facility’s technology to ensure appearances and colors range from those that look like natural products to ones specially designed according to the requirements of architects and interior designers.
SOUTH CHINESE FACILITY
In keeping with GMBYStone Surfaces ongoing commitment to environmentally friendly production, the 80,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility in Gaoming utilizes the most advanced, environmentally responsible manufacturing process. Located in Gaoming, Foshan City, the facility solidifies GMBYStone’s presence in South China as one of the leading producers of fine quartz surfaces – via its GMBYStone Quartz product line.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
At GMBYStone Surfaces, our team follows rigorous quality assurance procedures throughout the entire research, development and manufacturing process. Our process begins with a rigorous inspection of all incoming raw materials – color, grade and composition. These are blended at a ratio of up to 93% natural quartz aggregates with pigments and polymer resins. We have quality assurance checks throughout the process and we perform final inspection of slabs before they leave the plant. The result – the delivery of an unequalled quality product consistent in color, texture and size.
PROCESS & TECHNOLOGY
The manufacturing facility is equipped with the most advanced Jinxing™ Technology, resulting in the production of the most sophisticated looks or designs of natural quartz, in an array of colors; further distancing itself from its competitors.
The artificial compound stone produced using Jinxing’s patented plant and technology system has a high concentration of stone aggregates, which is manufactured under vacuum and is perfectly homogeneous in the entire mass. It is composed of stone materials of different nature bonded with organic structural resins.
The unique Jinxing manufacturing technology allows the combination of outstanding physical and mechanical characteristics with excellent aesthetic appeal. At the time of manufacture, quartz crystals are combined with silica and resin in a vat. The resulting mixture has the look and feel of moist sand. It is dumped into a form, where it is molded into the shape of a thick slab in preparation for entering a vibro-compactor.
It is here the elements of vibration and pressure combine to turn the mixture into a compact slab. The Jinxing compaction process begins as the loosely molded mixture is conveyed into the unit, which lowers itself onto the slab and begins vibrating and compacting the mixture.
The result is an engineered stone slab that lacks bonding strength. To add that bonding strength it must enter a heat press, which activates and subsequently cures the resin binder. After leaving the press, the slab is stacked vertically on a rack to finish its cure cycle before undergoing the sanding and finishing process.
The polishing line uses consecutively coarser grits of diamond abrasive that pass back and forth over the engineered stone slab as it moves down the line. The polishers are enclosed in large tubs flooded with water to keep the diamond abrasives cool and to flush off sludge. At the end of the polishing line the slabs are inspected for defects and color consistency before being loaded onto A-frame racks for shipment.
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