When Italy is mentioned, people will think of the ancient Roman Empire, which was once famous in history. However, Italy not only has a rich historical background, but also has extremely rich stone resources, known as the "stone kingdom". Tracing back to the history of Italy, whether it is the ancient Roman arena or other Roman buildings, or the carving monuments of the Renaissance, it has countless links with the stone culture. Why is Italy called the "Stone Kingdom"?
First of all, Italy is extremely rich in stone resources, with production mines scattered everywhere. In particular, the west coast with Karala as the center and the eastern section of the Alps with Verona as the center are most famous. The former mainly produces grey white and off white high-quality marble; The latter produces dark green, red and beige marble. The earliest marble mining in Karala started in the Austro Hungarian Empire, more than 100 years ago. The famous white marble in Karala is produced here.
The main marble deposits in Italy are:
1. Volga marble deposit. Located on the Lombardy slope in front of the Alps near the Bohe Plain, the marble is light beige, with deep texture and easy processing.
2. Tuscany marble deposit. It covers an area of more than 6000 square kilometers, mainly producing white and green marble, sugar white marble, breccia marble with patterns suitable for carving.
3. Gusfo and Laplace marble. It is formed by chemical sedimentation in a lake environment. The ore bed is 50~60m thick, milky white and beige, with light red and rich yellow roots.
4. Tegeni and Windsor deposits. Located near the Adriatic Sea, marble is yellow and gray with reddish and white silver veins.
5. Ryan Marble Deposit. Located in the Relababa area, the marble is light yellow and has rich large flower like texture, which is magnificent.
Secondly, Italy's marble has always ranked first in the world in terms of output, import and export. It can be said that the 20th century is the century of natural stone in Italy. For 100 years, Italy has been monopolizing the international trade of natural stone. The stone industry is the main part of the country's national income and foreign exchange sources. The quality of products and related stone mining and processing equipment are also world-class, mainly reflected in:
1、 Advanced mining equipment, fully mechanized production and high productivity.
All mines in the mining area are equipped with multiple chain saws, diamond bead saws, two types of cutting equipment for joint operation, multiple Carter or Volvo, and Komatsu fork loader with mast lifting platform, hoisting, handling, loading and unloading. Italian mines are not only equipped with advanced equipment, but also lead the world in mining equipment manufacturing. Benetti, Pellegrini, Pedrini, Fantini and other companies have products all over the world, and mining and processing equipment manufacturing technology leads the world trend.
2、 According to local conditions, it has a variety of mining methods and mining methods.
A variety of mining methods can be seen in Italian mining areas, including hillside open-pit mining, depression open-pit mining and tunnel mining. The development methods include crane development, highway transportation development and joint development. All mining and development methods are reasonably planned and designed according to the ore body location characteristics and terrain conditions and local conditions.
3、 All mines have standardized construction and mining.
4、 The monitoring technology is constantly innovated, the facilities are sound and thoughtful, and the safety production is guaranteed.
5、 Give full play to advantages, recycle and fully protect natural resources and human resources.
In almost all the mines in Italy mining area that exploit marble blocks, the blocks of various specifications and shapes that meet the requirements for processing stone materials are classified. The blocks of different specifications are sold at different prices for different stone products.
To sum up, in order to make full use of resources, improve labor productivity and save increasingly expensive labor force, Italian stone enterprises generally use large automatic production lines, with a high degree of automation. Numeric control and program control have been realized for many equipment, and product accuracy has been greatly improved.
Italians have made full use of their own natural and cultural resources as well as their technological advantages in stone mining, processing and application. Italian natural stone products have become a well-known public product and a veritable "stone kingdom" in the world. (The content of the article comes from the network)