More than 1500 different designs to produce sophisticated hermetic plates
Property owners, municipalities and architects place continuously higher demands on floor and wall coverings for both indoor and outdoor use for their respective projects. High-quality concrete slabs are increasingly being chosen as an inexpensive alternative to ceramic products and natural stone.
The structural surface profile of the concrete slab is determined by specially configured matrices within the profiled plate inset into the mold. These steel plates with a vulcanized rubber layer are manufactured by our experienced specialists in Regensburg and represent the negative profile of the final concrete paver surface.
The team working with the head of this department, Stefan Kaiser, satisfies the worldwide customer demand with a selection of more than 1500 different designs for matrices up to the format 1200 mm x 1200 mm. This capability makes SR Schindler the global market leader in this important and steadily growing market segment. Of course, we also produce design drafts for customer-specific matrices.
In addition to the surface structure, we can also use the matrices to create chamfers or curves, which clearly sets apart the finished concrete slab from the usual bulk goods and gives our customers the opportunity to better serve new market openings with differentiating high-quality and innovative products. Picture 3 shows our craftsman creating a customized matrix to satisfy a customer request.
In addition to the customized design of the matrices in our manufactory in Regensburg / Germany, advising customers on the innovative development of new matrix designs is a core competency of our specialists. The final design is always reconciled to the critical physical process considerations.
In addition to the flowability and abrasiveness of the face mix concrete, the force characteristics of the press must also be considered to expertly select a suitable matrix design and rubber compound. The State-of-the-Art controls of our vulcanizing press confirms a high standard of process stability; and, as a result, a consistently high product quality utilizing our matrices is assured.