Creative Edge Master Shop - Waterjet

NEW DIMENSIONS IN STONE-CUTTING TECHNOLOGY

Dimensional Stone, Oct. 1988

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World Marble Designs (former name of Creative Edge Corporation) of Fairfield, Iowa, is cutting a new dimension in the world of stone with a revolutionary new cutting technology. Using a high-powered, computer-operated abrasive waterjet system, the company is employing the technology in many new applications that the stone industry has only been able to dream about until today.

The new process is faster than more traditional methods because automated machinery performs the intricate stone-cutting details. The stone-cutting designs, controlled by a computer, can be reproduced precisely an unlimited number of times. Some of the economic advantages are that clients save on international shipping charges and costly time delays and wasted effort.

The most important advantage of the new technology, however, is its wide range of cutting capabilities. With the traditional hand cutting methods of cutting stone, only certain stones could be cut and only certain sizes and styles of design were economical and possible to create. But using the waterjet system, World Marble Design has found it possible to create:

  • An intricate corporate logo cut perfectly out of granite or marble up to 5" thick and inlaid into the side of a high-rise building.
  • The same company logo carried out in detail throughout the corporate offices in the high-rise building on inlaid table surfaces, marble and

granite floor tile, baseboard tile, or even bathroom counter tops with a precision of 1/32 of an inch;

  • The same design cut on large cornerstones to be placed at corporate branch offices around the world;
  • Exclusive custom lines to meet the requirements of virtually any distributor or retailer;
  • A fast redesign of the logo and mass production of the entire original order, should company officials decide to change the logo pattern;
  • A wide range of custom murals with no size restrictions;
  • All types of custom signage out of a wide range of materials, including stone, metals and glass;

  • Any style or size of negative or positive raised lettering styles, easily achieved in different types of stone.

Ken Allen, World Marble Design (former name of Creative Edge Corporation) president (former), predicts that the marble and granite industry will follow the same trends that the ceramic industry followed. That is, at first most of that market was in very plain and simple tiles, such as quarry tile; now it is possible to find ceramic tile in any color, size or design.

With the new waterjet technology, stone fabricators, for instance, can have all the details of fabrication -cutting precision, accurate design specification, mass production, etc. - taken care of at a single American location. At the same time, architects and designers will have a new freedom to fulfill the exterior or interior stonework dreams desired by their clients.

Because of the mass-production capabilities of the waterjet system, con tractors should receive a quicker turnaround time on materials, which will ease the crunch of tight construction schedules. Design changes can be adapted to with ease and the economic advantages of the new technology will make for more cost-effective bids and less construction completion delays. And installers, often faced with material shortages or last-minute installation problems, will find these situations no longer a crisis to deal with: The waterjet system can cut additional materials at a fast rate and adapt to installation changes easily.

New Dimensions In Stone-Cutting Technology - continued

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