Breton SmartCut 550 bridge saw works just like a CNC profiling machine!

A bridge saw producing a shower tray as it was a CNC profiling machine was never seen before.

Hi everyone,

At the end of this post there’s something I’d like to show you: I know you haven’t much time and you prefer going to the heart of the matter right away, so no more chatting!
A long time ago, the first bridge saws consisted basically in a diamond disk cutting slabs of natural stone.

And then came the disk inclination,

motorized rotation of the work bench,

cut-tracing laser,

control panel mounted on a swivelling arm,

sliding front guards,
 

touch-screen panel,

milling of round pieces,

video graphics,

slab optimization,

mobile keyboard,

 

milling with 90 degree inclined disk,

twist head with fixed work bench,

strip pick-and-place system with vacuum cups, 

digital camera,

drill bit,

piece handling through the vacuum cups,

rodding, 

drill bit used in the automatic mode.

And what’s new now?

See with your own eyes here below! 

Something unbelievable for a bridge saw.

It is true that the shower tray is made of limestone, but I’ve never seen a bridge saw working just like a profiling machine before. 

This shower tray has been produced by a Breton Smart-Cut 550 bridge saw.

Write to mail@breton.it asking for INFO or quotations: 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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CONTOURFIVE machining centre producing a stone gargoyle

Breton CONTOURFIVE NC700 machining centre produces a marble gargoyle for the famous Kronborg castle (Denmark), currently being restored, where “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” was set by Shakespeare.

Kronborg castle

Good morning,

Today I will tell you something about gargoyles, something I didn’t know; fortunately, Wikipedia is always available to offer a helping hand.

In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.

Milan Chatedral gargoyle 

Gargoyles can be seen on many Christian churches and cathedrals and also on civil buildings (such as town halls) dating back to the Middle Ages.
Well, but what do we have to do with this? 
Let me explain you. 
About one month ago we were asked to produce a copy of a gargoyle belonging to the Kronborg Castle in Denmark (40 minutes from Copenhagen), presently under restoration.

Here is the machining sequence:

1 - rough-hewing with disk

2 - grinding with tool

3- finishing with tool

4 - the gargoyle is finished

A great job, isn’t it? 
You can see a short video showing the machining sequence here under.

Are you interested in our Contourfive NC 700?
Write to mail@breton.it asking for INFO and prices: we’ll get back to you promptly.
That’s all for now.
Have a nice weekend.

Bye-bye 

Sergio Prior

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