Dekton Process

​Raw Material Received
-  Around 10 – 15 trucks around a day
-  Raw materials are received as coarse powder

Hoppers
-  Raw material enter hoppers
-  Feed into the production line

Quality Control
-  Control labs allow material to be evaluated and kept at high standards

Grinding Mills
-  Raw material is ground and crushed to a fine powder
-  Technological systems determine the particles into the wet mix with constant movement for 3 hours, guaranteeing properly mixed minerals
-  Kept constantly moving not to allow particle separation

Atomizer
-  Mix is added to the atomizer to dry at around 600°c, turning the wet mix to powder

Silo
-  Each colour is stored in 4 different silos

Volumetric Decoration
-  The powder is distributed along a machine in continuous strips, containing a pattern imitating selected designs

​Compact
-  Pre-compacted and cut to 1600mm W by 3500mm L
-  Each slab is pressed with a 25,000 ton weight, equivalent to 2 ½ Eiffel Towers

Drying
-  Slabs are dried at 180°c

Decoration Phase
-  High definition printed design onto the slabs

Organising
-  Slabs are organised using an automated system, these are robots specially made for Cosentino from Italy for the next process
 
Sintering Process
-  Each slab travels 200 meters while being baked at 1200°c, allowing all minerals to sinterise or fuse
-  These occur across 5 ovens

Quality Control
-  All slabs are finally classified and labeled before being sent off to logistics or worldwide

To view the process in further detail, please click here for the video.

Photo: Jan

​Once again we would like to thank all of Cosentino for the opportunity to visit their headquarters.
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Credit & Image
Jan