Breton CONTOURFIVE machining centre for marble and granite with bas-relief

Hello everyone,
Today let me show you a bas-relief produced by CONTOURFIVE, the machining centre with 5 interpolated axes made in Breton.

Breton CONTOURFIVE machining centre proves to be the ideal machine for those who produce architectural components, make restoration works and work marble and granite in the funerary art field.

Should you be interested in CONTOURFIVE, write to mail@breton.it for INFO and prices: we’ll get back to you promptly.

Well, that’s all for today, thanks for your attention.
Bye-bye
Sergio Prior

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Breton Contourfive - CNC stone working machine with complex column

Hello everyone, 

SHAPEMILL little brother, Breton CONTOURFIVE 5-axis machining centre is also capable of producing complex pieces starting from a squared marble block such as this column that was turned inside until obtaining a ball!

What do you think about it?
Write to mail@breton.it asking for more INFO about CONTOURFIVE: we’ll get back to you promptly. 
That’s all for now.
Bye-Bye
Sergio Prior

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Modern objects realized with Breton Shapemill, 5 axis CNC stone working centre.

Odone Angelo, - our customer from Vercelli (Italy) - produced some modern objects that were designed by Claudio Larcher, Filippo Protasoni and Simone Simonelli and exhibited last spring at Milano Design Week 2014: they can be seen on clique-editions.com.

Here under you may view some production phases of two marble components that were processed using Breton SHAPEMILL machining centre with 5 interpolated axes.

HEATTY by Claudio Larcher - marble fan heater

ECHO by Claudio Larcher - marble bookcase with a Bluetooth speaker.

Video of the pieces in the works:

As you can see, our CNC Shapemill machining centre is ideal for processing tiny pieces as well.

Should you be interested in Shapemill, write to mail@breton.it for INFO and prices: we’ll get back to you promptly.
Well, that’s all for today, thanks for your attention.

Bye.bye
Sergio Prior

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5 axis stone working centre Breton SHAPEMILL while is realizing David head

Hello everybody, 
today I’d like to show you a photo sequence of Shapemill while is realizing David head.
Photos are low quality

Please let us know what you think about it.
For info e price write to mail@breton.it
Bye-bye
Sergio Prior

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Carrara marble, Italian sculptors, Breton technology

Hello everybody,

Today I’d like to show you the video we displayed at the MARMOTEC exhibition  in Carrara where, besides showing the Breton machining centres “Shapemill” and “Contourfive” (two 5-axis machines you already know), we wanted to celebrate the MADE IN ITALY under the artistic and technological aspect.

Isn’t it appealing?
Please let us know what you think about it.

Bye-bye
Sergio Prior

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Breton at COVERINGS - Atlanta

Dear Valued Stone Industry Friend,
On behalf of our North American Sales and Support staff, we would like to cordially invite you to our stand at COVERINGS 2013.
We will be honored for your presence and hope as usual you will bring us your operation’s challenges, ideas, and projects and that you will take the time with us to hear about our most recent advancements.

See the NEW ContourBreton NC300 at COVERINGS - Atlanta, April 29 - May 2 – Breton Both #5857.

If you are in attendance this year, we truly look forward to your visit! 

Please visit our NEW web site www.bretonusa.com

Kind Regards

Gerry Van Der Bas
National Sales Manager

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New stone router Contourbreton NC 300.

Hello,
The time has come to show you the new Contourbreton NC 300, Breton BRAND NEW profiling CNC stone centre, that replaces the well-known Contourbreton NC 260.

Contourbreton NC 300 is totally designed, engineered and manufactured in Italy, using top quality components.

Contourbreton NC 300 K has useful working travels of 3.800 mm in “X”.
The useful travel in “Y” depends on the model:
2.300 mm on the NC 300K26 4.000 mm on the NC 300K40.

The structure is machined on latest generation machining centres by the factories of Breton group.
Heavy-duty and featuring an arc welded structure, the machine meets any production requirements.

Machine driven by rack and pinion systems and Siemens brushless motors, whose top precision is ensured by recirculating roller linear guides. 

The large and easily accessible work bench is made of aluminium slats. 

Is available a continuous worktop made of Metalquartz®, a special patented quartz-based composite material with a polymeric matrix, specially engineered to ensure the same high rigidity and expansion coefficient of steel(optional).

High-performance vacuum pump with liquid ring, featuring high-performance and budget-friendly maintenance costs.

The tool magazine is stationary and accommodates 17+17 tools (NC 300K26) or 31+31 (NC 300K40).

Powerful spindle manufactured by Breton, with closed circuit liquid cooling, three ceramic bearings with large diameter, featuring high-performance (30 Nm with 14.500 rpm), specially designed and built for working natural stone, engineered stone and stoneware.

Contourbreton NC 300 also stands out thanks to its distinctive features
- Spindle vertical travel of 300 mm, with a distance of 520 mm between spindle nose and work bench, to enable dish-out machining on small blocks.
- The spindle is mounted on a very rigid cast iron structure to minimize flexion even under heavy milling loads or when making embossing operations.
- Digitally controlled motors.
- Aluminium work bench provided with grooves for the mechanical fastening of vacuum cups, so that workpieces are tightly locked in place even during heavy working stress (a smooth work bench and double-acting vacuum cups can be supplied on request).
- Vacuum system with frontal, external controls, conveniently located for the operator.
- “Rapid” displacements, up to 50 meters per minute.
- “In line” tool magazine, installed on the two inner sides of the machine.
- HSK-B80 type tool holder to ensure rigidity and precision of the tool/spindle assembly.

User-friendly CNC control unit
Contourbreton NC 300 is equipped with a latest generation Siemens Sinumerik 840D SL computer numerical control (CNC), with digital control on PC architecture and a Personal Computer with Intel processor and Windows XP operating system.
The control board is swivelling and provided with a keyboard, colour graphic touch-screen and USB port. 

A portable button panel, cable linked to the console, duplicates the main controls (axes + handwheel control, emergency stop etc.), thus enabling the operator to check the correct execution of some delicate machining operations while standing close to the piece to be machined.

Breton & Siemens: a winning partnership and a by-word for quality that lasts over time.


A C C E S S O R I E S

Kit for milling sink drainers.

Kit for machining a sink hole with 90° sharp corner and polished inside edge.

Cutting unit with vertical disc for straight cuts.

Cutting unit with disc inclined by 45°

Device for measuring the material thickness in order to machine the piece with the polished face upwards: an interesting accessory for processing edge and surface without turning the piece upside down.

Finally, an outstanding precision:
- Linear axis positioning accuracy: ± 0.006 in/40in
- Linear axis repeatability: ± 0.004 in/40in
- Rotating axis positioning accuracy: ± 0.05°
- Rotating axis repeatability: ± 0.025° 

However, Contourbreton NC 300 can easily machine also thicker workpieces such as bathtubs, sinks, shower trays, fountains and a variety of components for funerary art and interior decoration.
Well, that’s all for today.
Write NOW to mail@breton.it to get additional information and purchase the Contourbreton NC 300.
By-by
Sergio Prior

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