Basin openings, overflow holes and faucet holes cut in stone and ceramic sanitaryware, with vision-assisted alignment on shaped parts.
Sanitaryware parts are curved and rarely symmetrical, which is exactly where programmed cutting has an advantage. A basin, a counter with an under-mounted bowl, a shaped ceramic piece — the outline that has to be followed is not a rectangle, and the opening has to sit in the right place relative to edges that were moulded or polished before the part reached the machine.
On a manual setup every part is a new decision. On a programmed machine the relationship between the part and the cut is established once and then repeated, which is what makes a run of shaped pieces repeatable.
Thickness figures are not quoted on this page. Sanitaryware is cut to the section of the part in front of the machine, so the parameters are confirmed against the material and the finish you need rather than assumed from a nominal size.
Coordinate calibration and a WYSIWYG workflow, so the cut is aligned to the part that is actually on the table.
0–65° of head swing for shaped components that combine an opening with an angled edge.
Straight openings and 2D outlines where the cut stays vertical and the part is already flat.
On a symmetrical part the machine can start from a nominal outline. On a shaped basin or a curved counter it cannot: the part is where it is, and the opening has to be positioned against the geometry that is actually there.
Intelligent Vision establishes the coordinate relationship between the material and the machine — the part is captured, the position is calibrated, and the program is placed on the real part rather than on a drawing coordinate. The same workflow is presented as a WYSIWYG layout, so the alignment is confirmed before the cut starts instead of being measured after it.
Send us the part, the opening and the material. We will confirm the configuration and the alignment method for your work.
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