Limestone Stone

Breton Easycut FE 600 Evolution Bridge Saw

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone

Machinery Function Features:

EASYCUT FE 600 EVOLUTION - SIMPLE, PRECISE AND STURDY BRIDGE SAW Simple, precise and sturdy bridge saw, ideal for the most frequent processing. Do you want to know everything about the new bridge saw EASYCUT FE 600 EVOLUTION? Equipped with ø 625mm circular blade, manually inclinable in any position from 0° to 90°, with possibility of step-cutting, even inclined. - Mobile button panel with 7" colour touch-screen, that can be transferred inside the working area for the alignment of the beam with t

Pedrini M220 Roller benches for strips

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Handling, Loading Machines › Connecting Roller Conveyors

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Onyx, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

Roller benches for the conveyance of marble and granite strips and elements. The roller benches are manufactured with various lengths and different distances between the rollers according to strips sizes. Steel work structure, rollers manufactured in thermoplastic material and stainless steel shafts. The rollers can be idle or motorized and are driven through chains

5 Axis Natural Stone-Artificial Stone CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

$16,000 - $18,000

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 18 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Onyx, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

1. Stone edge cutting, Deskton, Sintered stone , porcelain tile cutting 2. Mitre 45 degree edge chamfer cutting. 3. Round, Arc, Oval and so on shape cutting 4. Sink hole cutting 5. Can read AutoCAD drawing for complex shape cutting 6. "L" shape, island Arc shape countertop slab cutting

Ausavina Collapsible Dumpster (Tilt Dumpster)

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Factory Cleaning Equipments › Collapsible Dumpster

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Artificial Stone

Machinery Function Features:

A must for every workshop or warehouse! Collapsible Dumpster (Tilt Dumpster) is always a handy way to keep your workshop floor clean and safe. The Dumpster is constructed with heavy gauge sheets, angles, and channel steel. Collapsible Dumpster (Tilt Dumpster) Features: - Handy lever-action assures safe dumping. - Reinforced steel makes the Dumpster last longer. - Heavy-duty channel forklift pocket and safety pin add stability and safety when unloading. - Compact design with two (2) heavy-duty sw

Dynamic Edge Polishing Machine

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › Edge Profiling, Polishing Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone

Machinery Function Features:

DYNAMIC FLOTTER HIGH PRODUCTIVITY, LOW COST The new automatic edge-polisher Dynamic Flotter is designed to get high production and excellent polishing quality. A robust machine that allows different types of automatic simultaneous processing such as calibration, polishing, beveling and grooving with various tilting degrees. Other technical features that distinguish it: the positioning system of abrasives in the middle of the working slabs; anti-corrosion treatment with painting application the p

Voorden Portick Saws-HP 3

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Tile Cutting Machines › Mitre Saw, Edge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Artificial Stone

Machinery Function Features:

The Halfporticks are suitable for cutting marble, granite or similar material. Peripheral speed can be adjusted using inverters Fixed bridge on one side supported

Kodiak 84 Evolution multiwire machine for granite blocks

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Block Cutting Machines › Multi Wire Saw Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Onyx, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

The multiwire machine of BM, the KODIAK EVOLUTION, is suitable for cutting granite blocks into slabs of various thickness. It is made in different size models, in order to install from 20 up to 84 diamond wires. The machine is exclusively constructed on 4 columns, guaranteeing the best stability and cutting precision. The machine can install diamond wires of diameter 7,3 mm, 6,3 mm and 5,3 mm. The tensioning of the wires is by a BM’s patented system, which guarantee the homogeneous independent t

Diamond Wire Saw Cutter Model: 003

Type: Stone Quarry Machines › Quarry Wire Saw Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

Diamond Wire Saw cutter Model: 003 The design of our Cable Cutter cut revolutionized the quarries of our country, were still the most popular in the market. Its main assets are the great functionality and operability as it is not necessary to place tracks on the ground for perfect operation. In addition to this advantage, our machine has a quick coupling plate for attachment bracket, which makes it suitable for transportation with great security and speed.

KCB 350 M Professional High Pressure Floor Cleaners Hot Water

Type: Stone Maintenance Machines › Floor Cleaning Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone

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PROFESSIONAL HIGH PRESSURE CLEANERS HOT WATER

Special offer: Musa 7+4 Conveyor Belt Edge polishing, beveling machine

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › Edge Profiling, Polishing Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

Edgepolisher model MUSA 7+4, working direction : from RIGHT to left. Equipped with: -Nr 7 spindles to polish the edge -Nr 4 spindles to polish the bevels (2 upper and 2 lower) -Nr 1 Cutting unit, manual rise and descent, manually tilting at 45° -Manual support bar and infeed / outfeed roller tables Machine ready from stock.

Manual grinder and polisher machine, Arm Polishing Machine

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Surface Processing Machines › Arm Polishing Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

This machine is suitable for smooth grinding marble and stone. It can polishes boards. It is wall fixed, and manual.

QUOTA 4200 Stone multifunctional CNC working center with 3 digital interpolated axes

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › CNC Working Center

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Onyx, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

QUOTA Stone is a multifunctional CNC working center with 3 digital interpolated axes (4 axes opt). It features a powerful kW 10,2 (S6) air-cooled electrospindle specifically designed for outstanding lifetime. All axes motion is powered by brushless motors with accuracy ensured by prismatic steel guideways with 4 revolving balls pads protected by bellows. QUOTA Stone, thanks to its advanced ergonomics, features top class working area/machine footprint ratio allowing machining of mm. 3250 x 1550 s

MB 13 La Genovese-Standard Floor Grinding And Polishing Machines

Type: Stone Maintenance Machines › Floor Grinding, Polishing Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

MB 13 - A very strong three-phase "Genovese" Reliable, robust and durable, it is one of the best-selling traditional grinding machines ever. The different combinations of power and size of the plate offer a great variety of models. Reliable and robust three-phase grinding machine, it is available in a large variety of models thanks to the different combinations of engine power and plate size. The plate can mount prismatic, frankfurt, munchen stones, or thibaut. You can replace the plate with an

Aspirio K Pocket Filter with Adjustable Hood or Articulated Suction Arm

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Factory Cleaning Equipments › Air Dust Collector

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

ASPIRIO K Pocket filter with adjustable hood or articulated suction arm. Immediate operation and easy movement within the working environment thanks to the presence of the wheels. Ideal for small work environments. https://sites.google.com/biogeria.com/biogeria-ing/home

EmmeDue Astra 5 Axis Automatic bridge saw with 5 interpolated axis

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

Automatic bridge saw with 5 interpolated axis. Machine frame and work table made of hot galvanized dipped electro-welded steel that guarantees high water resistance. The blade motor has 18Hp - 13.2 kW (S6) power, can reach a maximum speed of 3000 Rpm (Optional tools 6000 Rpm) and it can cut thicknesses up to 145mm. with disc max Ø 500 mm. Digital brushless type axis drives, coupled with high precision gear motors, linear guides with recirculating balls protected by bellows, allow to do cuts extr

MEM Molduradora CNC Wire Saw Profiling, Blocks Dressing, Slab Cutting

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Block Cutting Machines › CNC Diamond Wire Shaping Machine

Warranty: 3 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

The MEM Profiling machine from GRANI ROC is designed for a high precision dressing of blocks, slabbing and profiling production from stone blocks. The machine is mobile and all the movements are controlled by a CNC panel board. The friendly automation and control of all the systems of the machine along with the characteristic of being mobile, make the machine being very versatile and time saving in loading and unloading operations as well as changing the thickness and shapes to be cut. · The mov

Gpw-220l Wet Air Polisher (3600rpm)

Type: Stone Hand Held Machines › Stone Air Polisher, Grinder

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Artificial Stone

Machinery Function Features:

With Larger Cylinder & Stronger Gear than GPW-218L Low vibrate and noise with excellent performance. Gravity casting housing carries long duration of tool. A regulator under safety lever enables user to adjust frequency of air. Centre water feed function reduces dust, and improves environment protection. Water shroud prevents users wet their hands in cold weather. Water valve can be adjusted for variable water-flow. Includes a reversible side handle, exhaust muffler, air hose adapter and water v

Frango Spico Mosaic Chipping Unit

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › Mosaic Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Artificial Stone

Machinery Function Features:

FRANGO SPICO chipping unit allows the chipping of the upper corners of marble tiles, ceramic terracotta and fine porcelain stoneware by using particular tools. It is possible to obtain different final aesthetic results, each one of which is characterized by deep ageing effects, which can be further adjusted by additional operations such as tumbling, satin-finishing or others. The single machine or the complete line are characterized by simple maintenance and absence of noises during the working

BRIDGE CUTTING MACHINE MODEL HTO-B

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Artificial Stone

Machinery Function Features:

Par excellence bridge cutter. It allows carrying out any kind of cut with one or more different material sheets. Its accurate design provides the machine with precision, agility, strength and long lifesspan. It allows adding technical features and special cut programs in order to adapt the machine to the maximal degree to the specific needs of any workshop (copying device, kitchen programs, cut programs to 0o and 90o…) Examples of application: It cuts bath and kitchen counters, floor tiles, skir

IDRODOS – Dust suction wall for efficient dust suction

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Factory Cleaning Equipments › Air Dust Collector

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

IDRODOS is our suction wall with water depuration system for the stone/masonry dust extraction How does it work? A strong aspiration, localized all over the frontal grating and by one or two (optional) articulated suction arms, sucks the dust inside the Idrodos where it amalgamates with sprayed water particles. The air stream forces the wet dust along a path where the centrifugal forces trap it into the water tank. From there, the air flow continues its way to the pvc drop separators, which reta

SMERALDA GLX 250 PROFESSIONAL 2-AXES CUTTING MACHINE

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Sandstone

Machinery Function Features:

Sawing machine especially suitable for small/medium-sized marble worshops. Side supports and working head based on spheroidal graphite iron to avoid any vibrations. The machine's bridge is fixed and the head can be tilted for cuts at a 45° angle, manual depth adjustment (motorized on request). Moreover, the working unit feed is motorized (adjustable speed) and slides on linear guides with rolls, the transmission is achieved by means of an endless screw. The machine is equipped with marine wood w

Diamond Coating Machine-Coating Metal Powder on Diamond Tools

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Handling, Loading Machines › Stone Tools Machinery

Warranty: 6 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

Diamond Coating Machine-Coating metal powder on diamond tools

Portable Cutting Machine for Marble and Tiles

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Tile Cutting Machines › Mitre Saw, Edge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Artificial Stone

Machinery Function Features:

Portable cutting machine for marble and tiles. Available in various types with angle up to 45° single phase or triple phase current

GRANITE STYLOBATE CUTTING MACHINE

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › Column, Balustrade Lathe Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Sandstone, Travertine

GIANT Semi-automatic Cutting Machine

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › Infrared Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

Semi-automatic machine to cut both length ways (X axis) and cross ways (Y axis). The cutting head is driven by means of an electronic program card and the cutting head speed is driven by inverter. Turning and inclination of the head is manual, from 0 to 90 degree by means of a handwheel. The machine is equipped with marine ply wooden cutting bench, step cutting facility, control panel with push buttons to drive the cutting head movement and display visualizing the cutting speed.

Flyer-Automatic Flying Slab Loader/Unloader for Marble, Granite and Artificial Stones Working Lines

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Handling, Loading Machines › Automatic Loader, Unloader for Slabs

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

FLYER is a loading/unloading flying robot designed to handle stone slabs (marble, granite, or stone material). It can realize the “book match” process, reassembling them as they where before loading, without using rotating roller conveyor. By using this robot on resin lines it is possible the direct loading of the slabs onto the trays. This option is extremely important in case of fragile or fractured material. FLYER can be supplied with GRAB system which allows, in cooperation with suction cups

TD 25 Diamond wire saw for block dressing

Type: Stone Quarry Machines › Quarry Wire Saw Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

TD 25 Diamond wire saw for block dressing and small cuts in the quarry. This is the smallest and most manageable machine. The 18 kW GB 6-pole main motor drives a 60 cm flywheel and can be rotated mechanically over 360° for cuts at any angle. OPTIONAL: inverter on a mobile control panel for variable wire speed (0-30 m/s)

Perfora Dominator 200VH Hydraulic Quarry drilling machine

Type: Stone Quarry Machines › Quarry Drilling Machine › Hydraulic Drill Machine

Warranty: 6 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

Dominator 200VH is one more hydraulic drilling unit. The main difference of this unit with Dominator concerns the horizontal track inclination. Hydraulic drilling unit, equipped with two drifters, suitable for vertical drilling on any inclined, totally independent, able to increase production and work quality and allows an energetic save and an higher working safety. The main difference of this unit with Dominator concerns the horizontal track inclination. With the following characteristics: 2 c

FX RS - Calibrating machine equipped with C.8 heads

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › Calibrating Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

As a consequence of a request to increase the production capacity, SIMEC has developed completely new spindles and calibrating heads. This is how the FX series was born, calibrating machines with 688 mm diameter operating heads, with 8 diamond rollers.

Breton ResinDrone Robot-Automatic Resin Treatment of Slabs

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Resin Line Machines › Robotic Unit for Resin Treatment

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone

Machinery Function Features:

BRETON RESINDRONE: ROBOT FOR AUTOMATIC RESIN TREATMENT OF SLABS SIMPLICITY FIRST: This was our watchword as we developed our robot for automatic resin treatment of slabs. We have designed it by taking a 5-axis interpolated machine as a model, a technology now well-established and widespread, and by inventing a new application. SIMPLICITY as reliability: the mechanics of a 5-axis milling machine can withstand stronger strains than a small mass-produced humanoid machine. ​SIMPLICITY as precision:

Breton Vacuum resin-treating plant

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Resin Line Machines › Vacuum Resin-Treating Plants

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone

Machinery Function Features:

Thanks to the vacuum, air goes out from the narrow crack lines of stone where resin penetrates more easily and deeply thus causing the slabs to be better restored.Vacuum resin-treated slabs get a better polishing since each single crack line, even the narrowest, is filled up with resin. Furthermore, cracks saturated with resin prevent any seepage of humidity entering from the floor.Breton patented and realised the plants for the vacuum resin-treating by spreading the resin on the surface of marb

Automatic Marble Calibrating and Polising Machine

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Surface Processing Machines › Slab Polishing Line Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Sandstone

Quarry Chainsaw Machine HZK 8200

Type: Stone Quarry Machines › Stone Chain Saw Machines › Bank Chain Saw Machines

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Marble, Limestone, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

Electrical Motor Total Power:66KW Chain Rotation Speed: 0-900 mm/s Useful Cutting Depth:7000 mm (@70°) Cutting Speed: 0,5-4 (m/hr) (changes according to stone ) Arm Rotation: 360° Oil Tank Capacity: 320lt Grease Tank: 25lt + 180lt big oil tank Width of Cut: 38mm Total Weight:11000 kg Rail Weight: 1700 kg Width: 2300mm Length:10500mm Height:2220mm

Breton Waterjet Classica 5 Axis CNC Carving, Engraving machine

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › Waterjet Machines

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

Waterjet Classica Numerical control, 3-axes water jet saw to cut marble, granite and compound stone. Waterjet Corporation is the well-known Italian company that has been producing for many years waterjet cutting machines used in the stone and metal machining fields, the latter being a sector which requires top performances and precision. In order to complete its range of machines for natural and compound stone processing fabshops, Breton entered into a cooperation agreement with Waterjet Corpora

CNC Working Centres with 5 Interpolated Axis

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Finishing, Profiling Machines › CNC Working Center

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Onyx, Artificial Stone

Machinery Function Features:

It's Breton's ContourFive NC 700, that was specially developed to machine workpieces featuring a complex 3D shape. ContourFive 700 is a CNC shaping, contouring, cutting and turning centre with five inter-polated axes and a fixed worktable, that offers the users the possibility of performing mul-tiple and complex machining operations which would otherwise require several machines: - sawing of slabs and small blocks into workpieces utilising the saw blade - shaping of either large or small blocks

Smart-Cut S/NC 800 OPTIMA - CNC Bridge Saw

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 24 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Onyx, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

Smart-Cut S/NC 800 OPTIMA - Bridge saw with a pick-up unit with suction cups The ideal bridge saw for producers of kitchen tops. Smart-Cut 800 Optima is a numerical control bridge saw cutting centre with interpolated axes, rotating head, specially engineered to cut in either the plunge-cut or step-cut mode, and shape, items of granite, marble, engineered stone and suchlike. The machine is equipped with a pick-up unit with suction cups used to lift and space out the pieces for cut optimization, a

EASYWIRE - Mono-wire Machine Used to Square Blocks

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Block Cutting Machines › Single Wire Block Squaring Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

EASYWIRE - mono-wire machine used to square blocks and cut slabs Machine used to square blocks and cut slabs (even thick slabs) of granite by means of a diamond wire. Machine structure and mechanisms Handy-designed and functional structure made of heat treated, arc-welded steel, ensuring the required stiffness of the system and cutting precision of the machine.Two opposite carts containing the components for the wire motion, slide vertically along the machine columns by means of screw/nut screw

Smart-Cut S/NC 550 -CNC Bridge Saw for Marble Granite and Stone with rotating head

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Slab Cutting Machines › CNC Bridge Cutting Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Artificial Stone, Basalt, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

Smart-Cut S/NC 550 - cnc bridge saw for marble granite and stone with rotating head SMART-CUT S/NC 550 is a cnc bridge saw cutting centre with interpolated axes, equipped with rotating head and fixed work bench, designed to perform multiple machining operations which would otherwise require several machines, such as: cutting of slabs, shaping and dishing out of small blocks of marble, granite and stone, engraving of inscriptions, drilling, etc. using either the diamond disc or the drills. On req

Model Speedycut FK/NC 1400 Bridge Saw for Saw Blade 1400 mm

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Block Cutting Machines › Giant Disc Bridge Saw Machine

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Quartzite

Machinery Function Features:

Bridge saw for saw blade 1400 mm in diameter in excellent condition Model Speedycut FK/NC 1400, 45 kW motor, double worktable.

MultiCut 350/550 - Programmable Multi-spindle Auto Cutting Machine

Type: Stone Factory Machines › Stone Tile Cutting Machines › Multi-Blade Cross-Cutter,Trimming

Warranty: 12 Months

Usage: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Basalt, Quartzite, Sandstone, Travertine

Machinery Function Features:

MultiCut 350/550 - Programmable multi-spindle automatic saw with revolving table Breton Multicut is a programmable multi-spindle automatic saw with a revolving worktable and is designed for cutting both natural and engineered stone slabs to any required size. Breton Multicut is designed and developed to offer high-production and cutting performance combined with improved operational flexibility and a sophisticated and advanced slab optimisation system. The work cycle - longitudinal cuts, work-ta