Smalticeram In the space of just a few years, digital printing has become the standard decoration system in the ceramic industry, an innovation that has had a significant influence on the sector’s technical and aesthetic trends worldwide. The precision of modern inkjet machines and the constant evolution of increasingly high-performance and effective printing units has produced astonishing results. Research into raw materials for special effects has evolved in parallel with this. As a result, Smalticeram has further expanded its SJ-SD Smaltink range, a complete system that starts out from the four-colour process and evolves constantly to provide effective and reliable support for tile producers. Reagent complexes, microlustres, devitrifying mineral bases, white inks with differentiated coverage, matting micropigments, adhesives for dry applications and tracers for surface engraving are just a few of the unique products developed by Smalticeram specially for this technology. The possibility of applying large quantities of materials digitally is paving the way to the future challenge of “digital glazing”. More compact and synchronised production lines which can be controlled from remote stations and platforms that can be transferred to any production unit are scenar-
ios that we are likely to see in the very near future. Smalticeram is already helping achieve these future goals by developing micro-milled preparation bases with very high colour intensity and differentiated surface protective coverings, both of which are an integral part of the total digital process. The ever more widespread use of plants for large panel and slab production results in a need for high-precision application systems. More than ever before, the sector has to be able to provide end users with increasingly elegant, refined products with sophisticated finishes and above all high levels of performance and reliability. Customers are becoming ever more demanding and competition increasingly fierce, resulting in a need for extremely high quality standards. Smalticeram is looking to the future and responding to these needs through the combined digital application of colour and material.
ed efficaci, consentono di ottenere risultati incredibili. Di pari passo si evolve la ricerca sulle materie per effetti speciali. In questo ambito, Smalticeram ha arricchito il suo sistema SJ-SD Smaltink, un sistema completo che, partendo dalla quadricromia, si evolve continuamente per fornire ai produttori di piastrelle un supporto efficace e affidabile. Complessi reagenti, microlustri, basi minerali devetrificanti, bianchi a coprenza differenziata, micro pigmenti opacizzati, adesivi per applicazioni a secco e traccianti per incisioni superficiali, sono solo alcuni dei prodotti speciali che Smalticeram ha sviluppato per questa tecnologia. La possibilità di applicare digitalmente materiali in quantità indica la strada verso la prossima sfida, la “smaltatura digitale”. Linee produttive più compatte, sincronizzate e comandate da postazioni remote, piattaforme trasferibili in qualunque unità produttiva: sono
questi gli scenari che si possono ipotizzare in un futuro molto prossimo, di cui Smalticeram è già parte, grazie allo sviluppo di fondi di preparazione micromacinati ad altissima resa cromatica e di coperture protettive a superficie differenziata, parte integrante del processo digitale totale. La sempre maggiore diffusione di impianti per la produzione di grandi lastre richiede sistemi applicativi ad alta precisione. La tendenza del settore, che diventa a questo punto una necessità, è più che mai quella di fornire all’utilizzatore finale materiali sempre più eleganti, ricercati nelle finiture, ma soprattutto performanti e affidabili. Una clientela sempre più esigente e una concorrenza sempre più agguerrita, impongono standard qualitativi elevatissimi ed è a questi requisiti che risponde l’applicazione digitale combinata di colore e materia proposta da Smalticeram.
tial, it has designed the perfect blade for each material in terms of durability, cutting speed and type of finish. The Poker line consists of the GresCut, Lapicut, Dekcut and FortyFive blades, which are already being used for cutting large ceramic panels and slabs such as Dekton, Lapitec, Laminam,
Techlam, Neolith, Maxfine, etc. The blades in this product line have a modern graphic design that allows for the insertion of a D-CODE, a kind of QR CODE that can be read using a smartphone to obtain a downloadable PDF containing guidelines for achieving the best cutting results with the purchased tool.
■ ■ La stampa digitale in pochi anni è diventata il sistema di decorazione standard nell’industria ceramica, un’innovazione che ha influenzato in maniera notevole le tendenze tecnico/estetiche del settore a livello globale. La precisione delle moderne macchine Inkjet e la continua evoluzione delle unità di stampa, sempre più performanti
Diatex For more than twenty years Diatex S.p.A. has been a leading producer of diamond tools for ceramics, stone and glass. As a cutting specialist, Diatex has always guaranteed its customers durable, high-quality products, and the advent of sandwich technology has ena-
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bled it to attain even higher levels of finishing and cutting capacity. Ever attentive to market trends and innovations, Diatex has designed and developed a line of diamond blades for cutting large ceramic slabs and panels. Rather than creating a single product with medium poten-