OBJECT STONE
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Material
Surface – Slip resistance – Cleaning – Maintenance
Product spezial features
Technical characteristic
The Material
OBJECT STONE stands for most modern composite quartz engineered stone. We create a high-tech product of highest quality based on selected and extremely high-quality raw materials, such as Oberpfalz quartzite; hard granulate grains from granite quarries from around the globe, and additives such as inorganic colour pigments: a stone, mechanically extremely robust, chemically high-resistant and slip resistant from the production line. Additions of noble glass, natural mother-of-pearl, and hard silicon-metal and valuable semi-precious stones broaden the normally graciously natural, but also lively-strong colour spectrum. Creative design accent is possible with about 60 standard colours in numerous surface finishes, from high gloss to matt, from hammered to structured, as well as customer specific demands.
Up-to-date, computer-controlled production procedures mix the raw materials. High pressure, an artificially produced vacuum, vibration and heat shortens the process of the becoming a stone to only a few minutes. Recovery of raw materials systems optimizes this process in an ecological respect. In this way slabs are made in 1.0 to 3.0 cm thickness and in dimensions of up to 300 x 136 cm which is ideal for all types of stone applications. With our lightweight sandwich panel construction that has a 4 cm thickness, edge profiles can be realised up to 10.0 cm.
The further processing of the raw-slabs occurs with computer and robot-supported Production machines. In the first step the slabs are calibrated. The high measurement exactness and thick to very thin material thickness dependent upon demand provides diverse possibilities for applications: The applications extend from massive stair treads, window sills or work tops, thin stone application for access flooring panels, to flooring systems for the industrial and private interior installations, as well as for ship building.
The next step involves the desired surface finish, produced with specifically developed diamond studded tools, honing and polishing-segments. Creativity has almost no borders: high gloss finish, silk-matt honing, structured and faltered optics support both design conceptions and the requests of current European slip resistance norms.
The formatting of the surface finished stone slabs is the next production step: A slitting and cross-cutting production line with several, variable processing saw supports capable of cutting precisely within a tenth of millimetre exactness, both small and large dimension standard tiles and also rectangular work pieces of different dimensions according to individual requirements.
The CNC-supported flexible processing centre facilitates an almost boundless two and three- dimensional stone processing: radial floor elements, stairs treads, borders, inlays, logos, skirting, free-flow counter installations, kitchen work tops with and without drain-slopes, vanity tops and bar tops are constructed according to specification and technically finished.
Whether used as a high-quality floor covering, Kitchen or other type of work top, covering for sale, reception or bar counter, OBJECT STONE can be excellently integrated into a modern or classical setting and lends the room a permanent high-quality and noble character: airports, railway stations, shopping centres, exhibitions and showrooms, retail shops, POS-retail, banks, administration offices, insurances, hotels, wellness, gastronomy, clinics, sanatoriums, kitchens, toilets and baths, all profit by the creativity and the exceptional technical properties of the material.
We provide advice and consultation gladly. Contact us and visit our showroom at the location of the production plant in Kassel. You can also contact one of our external project consultants. The STONE.De-Team looks forward to hearing from you!
Surface – Slip resistance – Cleaning – Maintenance
OBJECT STONE materials are available in six surface finishes, which differ in optic, soiling behaviour and degree of slip resistance.
Polished and silk matt honed surface are easily cleaned and provide a regular and homogeneous appearance in indirect light reflection.
Fine hammered matt surfaces require a more intense cleaning and especially dark colours give an irregular and heterogeneous appearance in indirect light reflections. Sand-blasted surfaces require a higher effort in cleaning. A lasting soiling (aging) should be accepted.
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Type of Surface |
Slip resistance |
Optic |
Soiling behaviour |
| Polished | – | high-gloss | very low |
| Velvet matt honed | R9 | silk matt gloss | low |
| Fine hammered | R9 | matt fine grain | middle |
| Honed | R10 | matt | middle |
| Structured | R11 | matt structured | middle |
| Sandblasted | R12 | coarse | very high |
The working place directive and accident prevention regulations demand, that floors are even, slip resistant and easy to clean. Exceptional protective measures against slipping are necessary if contact with water, oil, sludge, fat or waste create the hazard of slip and fall. The obligatory rating groups for slip endangered working areas are listed in the following tables.
Further information is found in the pertinent brochure BGB 181 of the Workers Trade Association.
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Rating Group |
Angle of inclination |
Industrial area |
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| R9 | 6–10° |  |
Commercial work areas for general use such as entrance areas, lounges, sales rooms, customer areas, counter and cashier counters, guest rooms, cafeterias, medical practices, therapies, massage and OP rooms, chemist’s shops, hairdresser’s salons, schools, kindergartens, inside stairs etc. | |
| R10 | more than 10–19° |  |
Generally used commercial working spaces such as toilet, locker rooms and wash and shower rooms, service aisles, etc. | |
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R11 |
more than 19–27° more than 27–35° |
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Generally used commercial working areas such as hotel and restaurant kitchens, outer entrance and stair areas, production halls etc. | |
Für den Privatbereich liegen derzeit noch keine Regelwerke vor. Diverse Versicherungsträger fordern aber auch für diesen Bereich die Bewertungsgruppe R9.
OBJECT STONE Materialien erfüllen in geschliffenen und strukturierten Oberflächen die Anforderungen nach DIN 51097 Ausgabe 11/92 bezüglich der Rutschhemmung in nassbelasteten Barfußbereichen.
Product special features
The high quality and creative optical appearance of the STONE.De tiles and slabs are achieved through the use of industrial components such as polyester resins and colour pigments with consistent product qualities on the one hand, and on the other hand through the use of natural raw materials such as Quartzite, hard feldspatchic granulates, mother of pearl, glass chips and hewn stone fragments. Appearance changes caused by natural reasons that lead to deviations from the original sample are not reason for complaint but represent the living, creative and natural character of this stone.
Examples:
Solid colour products
The feldspar particles contained in the quartz material can become visible after surface treatment as black and/or white dots, small, formless areas created by clump building during the mixing process and occasionally appears on the surface.
Products with inlays
Colour differences can occur by materials with inlay deposits in the form of hard rock grain, mother-of-pearl, silica, etc. which is caused by variations in material quality.
Structured Products
The unique feature of the series Strukturit is found in its massive, vigorous optical appearance which is obtained through the irregularly structured, authentic surface. The production process is consciously so arranged, that wavy peaks and valleys, creases and indenture, as well as strong colour shadows are created. This unconventional texture is distributed over the entire surface of the produced sheets according to the coincidence principle and thereby gives each tile/sheet its own uniqueness. The additional mechanical surface processing unites positive hygiene and maintenance properties with a remarkably pleasant optical appearance and underlines the lively, natural character of this high-quality material.
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Technical characteristic
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Technical characteristic |
Standard |
Result |
| Density | EN 14617-1 | 2.565 kg/m3 |
| Water absorption | EN 14617-1 | 0.10 M-% |
| Breaking load | EN 14617-2 | 45.01–50.8 N/mm2 |
| Slip resistance slightly honed | EN 14617-3 | SRT 24/54 wet/dry |
| Slip resistance honed | EN 14617-3 | SRT 33/62 wet/dry |
| Abrasion resistance | EN 14617-4 | 17.4 mm |
| Freeze and thaw resistance | EN 14617-5 | 44.1 MPa |
| Thermal shock resistance | EN 14617-6 | no change |
| Resistance to fixing (dowel hole) | EN 14617-8 | N: 4715 lnxi: 8,451 |
| resistance | EN 14617-9 | L (J) 1,961 |
| Chemical resistance | EN 14617-10 | Class C4, resistant |
| Thermal expansion coefficient | EN 14617-11 | 20.3 x 10-6 °C-1 |
| Dimensional stability | EN 14617-12 | ≤ 0.3 mm |
| Electrical resistivity | EN 14617-13 | 2.7–4.1 x 109 Ω |
| Compressive strength | EN 14617-15 | 156 MPa |
| Dimensions, geometric, surface | EN 14617-16 | no mistakes |
| Flame spread | EN 13501-1 | A2fl-s1 |
| Drop behaviour | ÖN A 3800 1 | Tr 1 |
| Degree of slip resistance acc. to surface | DIN 51130 2004-6 BGR 181 |
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| polished | „ | – |
| satinmatthoned | „ | R 9 |
| honed | „ | R 10 |
| sandblasted | „ | R 12 |
| structured | „ | R 11 |
Available standard tile formats
30 x 30, 30 x 60, 40 x 40,
60 x 60, 30 x 120, 60 x 120,
120 x 120 cm.
Thickness: 1.0 cm, Edges chamfered or only cut.
Available standard slab formats 300 x 136 cm.
Thickness: 1.3, 2.0, 3.0 cm.
Special sizes and special detailing upon request.