Production
Natural Stone Production
Production is the sequence that turns a block into pieces that fit a drawing. It runs in the same order every time, and each step limits what the next one can deliver.
Overview
Raw material becomes project-ready stone in five stages: sourcing, cutting and sizing, finishing, sorting and inspection. Nothing is packed before the batch has been through all five.
The order of the stages is not flexible. A format chosen after cutting cannot be recovered by finishing, and a finish chosen late changes the thickness the piece has left. This page describes what each stage does and where a decision has to sit.
Five stages
What happens to the stone, in order
Specific equipment, capacity and daily output are not published here, because none has been supplied. What follows is the sequence and the decisions inside it.
- 01
Sourcing
Stone is selected at the source against what the order needs: the tone range, the format the block has to yield, and the quantity. Selection is where a project either stays inside its specification or starts drifting from it.
- 02
Cutting and sizing
The block is cut to the modules in the order. Cutting sets the maximum thickness the piece can hold and the straightness of its edges, so the format is decided before this step rather than adjusted after it.
- 03
Finishing
The visible face is finished to the agreed surface. Finishing is also where the piece loses or keeps its thickness, so the finish and the format are quoted together.
- 04
Sorting
Finished pieces are sorted by appearance and by size so a batch arrives consistent within the range that was agreed. Sorting does not remove natural variation; it controls how that variation is distributed.
- 05
Quality inspection
The sorted batch is measured and inspected against the order, and anything outside the agreed standard is set aside rather than shipped with a note attached to it.
Quality inspection
Inspection is part of production, not a separate service
The batch is inspected before it is packed, which is the last moment a change is cheap. Inspection covers dimensions, thickness, faces, sorting and conformity with the order.
Third-party inspection and laboratory testing are not claimed, because none has been confirmed. If a specification requires either, say so in the enquiry and we will answer for that requirement.
Production enquiry
Send the drawing, not the stone name
A format, a thickness and a finish are enough to tell you whether the order can be produced as specified, and what would have to change if it cannot.