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Through its Vacuumbreton and Bretonstone plants for the manufacturing of compound stone, Breton has been applying the vacuum and structural resin technology to the stone field since 1963.

Programming slab cutting cycles by coupling different slabs and matching their veins is now a reality, thanks to the new Breton Vein Matching software.

The natural stone manufacturing technology – marble and granite – has made strides over the last years thanks to 5-axis working centers, allowing to obtain complex architectural products that were not conceivable until a few years ago. Thanks to its vertical travel of 700/1200 mm, Breton CONTOURFIVE is the ideal machine for architectural and funerary art as well as for ...

Robotic solutions for slab cutting, contouring and polishing have recently entered stone shops claiming to be the new future. But after careful analysis, the Breton Combicut, the most appreciated wheel-waterject combi cutting machine on the market, still turns out to be the most economic and safe option.

The stock available in slab warehouses is often known only vaguely and this makes it difficult to schedule production, thereby generating wasted time, unneeded or unused stock and therefore also wasted money. Moreover, improper handling by your operators places their safety at risk and causes broken slabs, increasing real and potential costs.

5-axis monobloc cutting and milling center with a rotating head and a suction cup system for moving pieces and optimizing the working area. Ideal for slabs of natural stone, quartz and ceramic

Celebrating its 29th anniversary, the 2019 Natural Stone Show will showcase stone from around the world, as well as present the latest fixing, sealing and maintenance technology. Architects, designers and specifiers will find the best of British stone displayed alongside some of the finest international palettes. Stonemasons will improve workshop productivity with the l...

Breton XpressTop is the single most advanced management software designed specifically around improving the kitchen top production cycle. XpressTop increases your productivity, while reducing costs to give your fabshop the competitive edge it needs. This intuitive solution is defined by a modular approach, leading you through each stage of production: from sales, to des...

This technology is centred around use of the gauging system with the patented MC/8 spindles, and the special SG/8 and SG/6 polishing heads, and all of this combined with the reliability and ease of use and maintenance that is typical of Breton's machines. For more information, please click on the link here below.

Breton will showcase its best CNC cutting centers, contouring machines, bridge saws and the special "Digital Fabshop Area" where new software for our machines will be presented [...]

Margraf was able to create this small work of art thanks to Shapemill's unique technical characteristics, such as: Birotary head for interpolated 5-axis machining. ± 200° rotation around its own vertical axis and the second element ("A" axis) rotating from 0° to +115° and housing the high-frequency spindle; Carousel tool magazine with 27 cells; Superior quality comp...

Step-by-step, the video describes how a twisted column was made from a block of Bretonstone (engineered stone) using a Breton SHAPEMILL machining centre with 5 interpolated axes and ends with finishing the work on the lathe.

The Breton Contourfive NC700 and NC1200 are both machining centres with 5 interpolated axes designed for fabricators that make large size architectural components and funerary art with complex 3D shapes.

For plunge-cutting granite and marble slabs, the line consists of two machines positioned in sequence, the MULTIBRETON TC longitudinal saw and the MULTIBRETON TD cross-cutting saw, which work simultaneously thus guaranteeing high productions.

The Breton Paragon range of multiwire saws for cutting granite blocks has been extended to include a 2100 mm cutting width version that can be configured with up to 78 wires. In order from the smallest machine, the Paragon range also includes the 600, 800, 1000 and 1600 models.

Erbi perfectly embodies the characteristics of the material it processes. Quartz and, more generally, compound surfaces are innovative, prestigious and resistant materials.

The drilling unit is composed of a spindle for drill bits of up to 25mm in diameter to drill through holes in the block into which to insert the diamond wire to make closed profile cuts. The spindle is mounted to the guide wheel slideways (left hand side when observing the machine). The block is perforated using drill bits of increasing length, in accordance with the bl...

Odone Angelo has been a point of reference in the creation of marble and granite products since 1950. The company's fabshop in Vercelli produces a succession of authentic artworks in natural stone thanks to their strategy of combining the unparalleled technology of the machines with the craftsmanship and machine programming skills of their expert workforce.

A pioneer in technology applied to natural stone since its incorporation in 2006, the Saigon-based Vietnamese company places prestige, class and quality at the very core of its operations. Importing meticulously selected stone from Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt and Brazil, PADO Natural Stone has consolidated its presence on the Vietnamese market for products of high aesthe...

Levibreton ONE Reloaded is a single-head polishing machine for marble and granite with an automatic head changer. The machine is derived from the popular Levibreton One

The MIRAGE head is equipped with 6 inclined axis tapered diamond tools offering exceptionally high removal rates. The head rotates at low speed (240 rpm), while the diamond discs spin at 2,800 rpm, allowing the tools to reach a peripheral velocity of 30 m/s: the optimal speed for granite machining.

Curing the treated slab in vertical hot-air ovens, in induction ovens, or on an infra-red tunnel oven... Mesh application, aesthetic resin treatment, structural resin treatment... Resin curing in hot-air vertical ovens or in line microwave ovens, or using BRETON DUOTECH technology combined with microwaves and IR radiation...

did you know we were the first company to design and market a bridge saw for combined disc/waterjet cutting, the COMBICUT? That was back in 2005! Last year we presented the 5-Axis version of COMBICUT, gathering the unanimous approval of our customers. The head incorporates five interpolated axes including the waterjet.

If you're looking for a 5-axes machining center with its own lathe to produce columns, capitels, vases, sculpture and architectural pieces for restauration work? You've come to the right place!The Breton Contourfive is a machining centre with 5 interpolated axes specifically designed for workshops producing pieces made from natural and engineered stone. It is ideal for ...

The Fuego has two opposite "carriages" that move vertically independently on guides that have ball screws (protected by bellows).

Marbres&Design core business is the production of marble, granite, slate and engineered stone for interiors. Aiming specifically to improve its performance, some months ago, the transalpine enterprise integrated its machines with a Breton Combicut bridge-saw, which combines diamond disc and Waterjet cutting. The group’s gem is its kitchen worktop production range. The...

diamond gangsaw for sawing blocks of marble or other limestones, with a system that lifts the block as it’s sawn. Entirely made and assembled in Italy with european parts and first-rate international components. THE FAMOUS BM GANGSAW, CUSTOM-BUILT FOR BRETON: A tried and tested BM gangsaw, custom built by BM to meet Breton’s own specifications.

Master stonemasons in working with granite and marble, as clearly evident from a look at this fine work or any other of their famous creations, the company sent me a series of photos showing the cutting sequence employed to create a marble sarcophagus.

You've come to the right place! The Breton ShapeMill is a machining centre with 5 interpolated axes specifically designed for workshops producing pieces made from natural and engineered stone. It is ideal for restauration work.

Thanks to its vertical travel of 700mm, Contourfive NC 700 is the ideal machine for architectural and funerary art as well as for those processing which require a deep dishing out; it therefore offers the users the possibility of performing different and complex machining operations which would otherwise require several machines.

The time has come to show you the Contourbreton NC 300, Breton profiling CNC stone centre, designed to produce kitchen worktops. 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...

With almost 30 years of experience in the usage of numerical controls, Breton was the only company in the world with the ability to put such experience at the customers'' disposal through the design of a ground-breaking, high-performance multi-axis wire machine.

Paragon''s key features Isosceles triangular wire geometry with just five transmission (drums/pulleys), the minimum number compatible with the necessary presence of the wire driving drums.

COMBICUT combines and alternates the cutting with disk and Waterjet according to preset programs and/or at will: this allows to optimize cuts thus ensuring waste minimization (there is no need to move the slab or the workpieces).

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.

The cutting unit consists of a spindle prearranged to hold a diamond disk and a Waterjet head, it rotates around its axis (4th axis) and is provided with motorized in-clination from 0 to 55° (optional 5th axis). Combicut combines and alternates the cutting with disk and Waterjet according to preset programs and/or at will: this al-lows to optimize cuts thus ensuring was...