The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing artificial marble, which includes a granite soil storage unit configured to supply a granite soil by storing, drying, and heating it, a granite soil heating unit configured to heat the granite soil supplied from the granite soil storage unit, a resin storage unit configured to store a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) resin maintained in a solid phase at room temperature, a mixing-transporting unit configured to accommodate the TPU resin and the heated granite soil therein and then melting and mixing them to produce and simultaneously transport an artificial marble slurry, a material guide unit configured to guide the granite soil and the TPU resin into the mixing-transporting unit, a discharge unit configured to discharge the artificial marble slurry mixed in the mixing-transporting unit by a certain amount, a mold supply unit configured to continuously supply a mold for accommodating and molding the artificial marble slurry therein, a mold guide unit configured to guide the mold supplied from the mold supply unit downward of the discharge unit to accommodate the artificial marble slurry in the mold, a forming unit configured to form an artificial marble by applying vibration and pressure to the artificial marble slurry accommodated in the mold, an extraction unit configured to extract the mold accommodating the artificial marble, and a lamination unit configured to laminate and store the mold extracted by the extraction unit.

A dispensing system for dispensing a slurry or glaze for making or printing products of the ceramic industry comprises a plurality of reservoirs suitable for containing a respective fluid mixture or glaze and at least one dispenser associated with the reservoirs and equipped with at least one outlet for dispensing the fluid mixture. The system further comprises at least one mixer operatively interposed between the reservoirs and the dispenser, and configured to receive the fluid mixture from each reservoir and to send a mixed fluid to the dispenser, adjusting means operatively interposed between each reservoir and the mixer, and a control unit associated with the adjusting means and configured to drive them so as to adjust the mixing ratio between the flow rates of fluid mixtures into the mixer depending on a reference signal related to a predetermined hue of the mixed fluid.

This invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing paver blocks (K) having ornamented, especially veined tread surface. The apparatus comprising a starting table (51); a filling carriage (5) movable back and forth in a first direction (F1) above a molding template (6); and an open chamber (5a) for receiving a base material is provided in the interior space of the carriage (5); a metering trough (1, 2, 3) is connected to a dispensing device (41), and a batch box (4) is arranged movably over the starting table (51). The apparatus is provided with a second starting table (8) movable in a second direction (F2) above the molding template (6), and a second filling carriage (7) is arranged movably along a guide rail (32) over the molding template (6) in the second direction (F2), and a second batch box (9) is provided above the second filling carriage (7).

The present invention relates to an artificial marble including one or more stripe regions and a base region on a first surface of the artificial marble, in which the stripe regions extend into the artificial marble, in which the artificial marble includes a section where a surface of the section corresponding to the first surface of the artificial marble is the stripe region and an inside of the artificial marble in a vertical direction under the stripe region is the base region, and in which at least a part of the base region of the section is visible to a naked eye from the surface of the stripe region.

The present invention relates to an artificial marble having a total transmittance of 6 or greater and 20 or less when the total transmittance is measured using a turbidimeter (NDH 5000 available from Nippon Denshoku) for an artificial marble sample with a size of 7 cm in width, 7 cm in length, and 1.5 cm in thickness.

The present application relates to a pattern forming method for quartz surface and a pattern forming device for quartz surface. According to the pattern forming method for quartz surface of the present application, by comprising a step of forming a pattern and a step of forming a color, it is possible to freely express the color on the pattern simultaneously along with forming the pattern on the quartz surface. And, in addition to these steps, by optionally comprising a step of additionally forming a pattern, it is possible to freely form a desired pattern on the quartz surface, and, by adding long line type patterns on the quartz surface unlike existing conventional quartz surfaces, it is possible to produce the quartz surface showing patterns and textures which are more natural and close to natural stone.

Presented and described is a method for manufacturing concrete elements having at least one concrete layer, wherein concrete for at least one element is introduced into a mould, the concrete is compacted by vibration and/or by tamping and subsequently cures, wherein to the concrete layer, prior to compaction, at least one portion of a granular material is applied by means of an application device, where the concrete introduced into the mould has a water/binder (w/b) ratio of 0.30 to 0.50 prior to curing and where as granular material a material is used comprising (a) a scatter component having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 5 mm in an amount of 65 to 95 wt % and (b) binder in an amount of 5 to 35 wt %, based in each case on the overall composition of the granular material.

A plant for manufacturing ceramic articles comprising two feeding devices each of which is configured to contain a powder material of a respective type and feed this powder material to a conveyor assembly. The plant further comprises an operating device, which is configured to allow the powder material to exit selectively from zones of the feeding devicesarranged in succession crosswise to the movement direction moving vertically and independently from one another a plurality of transfer moving parts, each provided with a transit channel (through which the powder material moves to reach the conveyor assembly.

A method and a plant (i.e., system or assembly) for manufacturing ceramic products comprising the steps of feeding a mixture of ceramic powders so as to obtain a powder material strip; compacting the powder material strip so as to obtain a compacted powder layer; acquiring a surface image of the compacted powder layer that reproduces the respective surface chromatic effects; processing said surface image so as to obtain a graphic decoration to be applied on the surface of the compacted powder layer that is coordinated with the respective chromatic effects in the thickness; and printing the graphic decoration on the surface of the compacted powder layer.

This document describes systems and processes for forming synthetic molded slabs, which may be suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).