General Information Relating to the Tiling industry water jet cutting

[pendleh]

Hi There

I was wondering, has anyone got information relating to the tile industry - new developments etc. I recently thought about pattern imprinted concrete and hit a good website which gave a lot of useful information about the process and the industry. Would like the same for the tiling industry. Also interested in water jet cutting services and wondered what is the main use for tiling. Do many tilers use such a service?

Many thanks

Unfortunately I cant afford the Tile and Stone Show this year but will meet up with some of the guys next year. Dan this site is remarkable thank you.

[whitebeam]

Done the pattern imprinted concrete when it first came over to this country and it's bloody hard work, We used aliminum moulds then the mats came in. Needs plenty of controlled joints, What they do now is streets ahead and can look the dogs

Originally Posted by pendleh

Hi There

I was wondering, has anyone got information relating to the tile industry - new developments etc. I recently thought about pattern imprinted concrete and hit a good website which gave a lot of useful information about the process and the industry. Would like the same for the tiling industry. Also interested in water jet cutting services and wondered what is the main use for tiling. Do many tilers use such a service?

Many thanks










Unfortunately I cant afford the Tile and Stone Show this year but will meet up with some of the guys next year. Dan this site is remarkable thank you.

a mate of mine runs a waterjet cutting business

http://www.ceramix-ltd.com/waterjet.htm

[whitebeam]

That looks supurb, That machine cost a pretty penny I bet

Originally Posted by whitebeam

That looks supurb, That machine cost a pretty penny I bet

he did tell me but ive forgotten
its an age thing

[whitebeam]

Catching up fast pj memory like a seive

Originally Posted by whitebeam

Catching up fast pj memory like a seive

aye
the one thing i have noticed the cutter never stops so there must be a good market for it somewhere

[TilingLogistics]

My next purchase

Kev

[Pawelzik]

Originally Posted by pendleh

...Do many tilers use such a service?....

Yes pendleh, they do. Just take a look at this pic what can be done.
http://www.baas-wasserstrahltechnik.de/
In general it is more the bigger tiler companies who use this service as their clients have the big projects where this is layed.

Typical are better hotels, bigger car shops, yachts, cruiser ships wanting the logo or a complex compass rose or just curved tiles e.g. for a round dance foor.

Common is that the water jet company has a CAD drawing, acc. to that they cut the tiles, number each tile and mark the position on the drawing what is the laying plan.

[crash]

water jet cuts tiles like butter, you can come up with patterns that before would be impossable and it can repeat it again and again with total accuraticy