Method for pressing ceramic slabs
AssigneeSystem Ceramics S.P.A.
InventorsFranco Stefani, Franco Gozzi, Ivan Ghirelli
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Abstract
A pressing method for pressing ceramic slabs, comprising the following steps: spreading a layer (1) of granular or powdered material onto a pressing plane (2), wherein the layer (1) comprises at least a first zone (11), with a prefixed area and border, made of a granular or powdered primary material, and at least a second zone (12), with a prefixed area and border, made of a granular or powdered secondary material different from the primary material; pressing the layer (1) using a press (P); separating at least a main portion (10) of the first zone (11) from the second zone (12).
Claims18
A pressing method for pressing ceramic slabs or tiles, wherein the pressing takes place through a press structured to press a maximum format comprising following steps:
- spreading a layer of granular or powdered material on a continuous pressing plane, wherein the layer comprises at least a first zone, made of a granular or powdered primary material, which has a smaller area and border than the maximum format, and at least a second zone, made of a granular or powdered secondary material, different from the primary material, which has an area and border conformed so that the total border and area of the layer correspond to the maximum format;
- pressing the layer using a press;
- separating at least a main portion of the first zone from the second zone,
- wherein the primary material of the main portion of the first zone is separated from all of the secondary material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.