2014年11月17日星期一
Shiny Concrete Floors - Concrete Polishing Machines
Concrete polishing is not a new concept. Machines and technology that are used today for polishing concrete were originally made to polish stone and marble. It's only recently been discovered by the manufacturers of these tools that the same concepts can be used to polish concrete.
Why would one want to polish a concrete floor or anything concrete? Concrete is a very stable and sturdy material to make floors from. With the ability now to polish concrete and wax it making it shine just like marble, showroom floors that used to be dull and lifeless now take on a new quality of their own. Especially useful in car showrooms, concrete is easier to clean that stone or marble and with the polishing can look just as good as stone or marble.
Polishers work basically the same way on concrete as they do on stone or marble. The effect that the polishing tools have on the surface varies with weight, rotation of the tool and speed of the tool, as well as the polishing pad being used. Things such as cleaning between grit, density, direction of rotation and the speed at which the operator moves the machine also change the effect of the polisher on the concrete.
The final finish of a concrete floor will depend on the mix of gravel, sand, water and concrete in the mix. But for the most part, concrete surfaces can take on the luxurious glow of marble or granite, just at a lower cost.
Buffers and polishers for concrete surfaces are the same as those used for marble or stone or granite. Some concrete floors require a different grade of pads to polish and buff the surface, but the bridge saw machine is the very same one as used for other fine stone, marble or granite surfaces.
2014年11月11日星期二
Gopro accessories the maker of wearable cameras
Suddenly, it seems, everyone is desperate to see the world from new vantage points. In March, an upstart maker of virtual-reality headsets that have yet to hit the market. And last month, Google unit Nest spent $555 million on Dropcam, a Wi-Fi-based camera that streams continuous video, effectively making its users a fly on the wall in a distant room.
But perhaps the greatest sign of our latest obsession is revealed in the torrid shares of GoPro (ticker: GPRO), the maker of wearable cameras. Initially created for athletes to share first-person accounts of their adventures, GoPro cameras have found a mainstream audience. The latest sensation is head-mounted footage from a man rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital after she goes into labor. The camera kept rolling, even as the baby arrived in the hospital's parking lot.
Everyday life can't compete. Over 1.8 million people have watched the YouTube video in the week since it was posted.
Gopro accessories sees itself as a media company. Here's a description from its recent prospectus: "From extreme to mainstream, professional to consumer, GoPro has enabled the world to capture and share its passions, and the world, in turn, is enabling GoPro to become one of the most exciting and aspirational companies of our time."
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But perhaps the greatest sign of our latest obsession is revealed in the torrid shares of GoPro (ticker: GPRO), the maker of wearable cameras. Initially created for athletes to share first-person accounts of their adventures, GoPro cameras have found a mainstream audience. The latest sensation is head-mounted footage from a man rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital after she goes into labor. The camera kept rolling, even as the baby arrived in the hospital's parking lot.
Everyday life can't compete. Over 1.8 million people have watched the YouTube video in the week since it was posted.
Gopro accessories sees itself as a media company. Here's a description from its recent prospectus: "From extreme to mainstream, professional to consumer, GoPro has enabled the world to capture and share its passions, and the world, in turn, is enabling GoPro to become one of the most exciting and aspirational companies of our time."
Related readings:jewelry box,food packaging
2014年11月7日星期五
Ordering Reproduction Oil Paintings
Oil
paintings add a lot of class to a room and you can easily find a large number
of stores that sell reproductions of famous works of art. You can select the
painting of your choice and ask for customizations if necessary and the
manufacturer will mail them to you. You can get original works of art by little
known artists or even paintings of photographs; the options are numerous.
However, there are a few things you have to consider when you order these
paintings in order to ensure that the finished product has the maximum possible
quality. After all, you wouldn't want to decorate your home or office with tacky
looking paintings, would you?
Be sure to check whether
1. The paintings are actually created by
hand and not printed on canvas. There is a huge difference in the look of the
finished product. The reproduction painting will look different from the
original but this is where its charm lies.
2. The artist follows a multi-stage
process to create paintings. For instance, the canvas should always be painted
with an initial coat of thin paint so that it has an even tone on top of which
the actual painting will look very good.
3. The company will send you pictures of
the painting before it is actually completed. This will help you gauge the
progress of the work and ask for modifications if necessary. This service
generally increases the price of the final product but you might want to opt
for it if your painting will occupy a prominent space in your home or office.
4. The paintings will be packed and
shipped with the greatest of care. The company should guarantee multiple layers
of packaging in order to ensure good protection. It should also send the
product using a reliable courier company only.
5. The company is responsive to all your
queries at all times. You'll find that this is very important in case there is
a problem with the product when it arrives at your address. It is best to deal
with a slightly costlier company that has a good reputation for being reliable.
Oil Painting Reproduction look far better than canvas transfers
or prints and you will be able to transform the look of your room with them. Be
sure to select paintings that suit the size, color and décor of your room for
the best effect; your home or office will come in for a lot of praise.
Buff Up The Surface Of Granite To Make It Worth Living
There is a process
that must take place for marble and granite countertops to go from the quarry
to the kitchen. The process of kitchen countertop polishing hasn't changed a
whole lot since the times of the ancient Greeks, but the process has become
more automated. Huge stones are taken from the quarries, out of which marble
and granite slabs are cut to use for various purposes. After that, the marble
and granite slabs are cut and polished to suit the needs of different
customers.
The idea of
kitchen countertop polishing and installation hasn't changed much, but the
equipment that people use has improved with the latest technology. Basically,
marble and granite countertops are cut and polished using saws, polishers, and
routers. The saws serve many purposes in the kitchen countertop fabrication
process, starting with the cutting of stones into slabs. Granite
bridge saw are usually used for the initial cutting of marble and granite
slabs. Bridge saws are used to cut the slabs into more specific shapes, such as
for marble and granite countertops, flooring, and mantels.
Make Sure That
Your Polisher Is an Expert:
The polishers also
play an integral role in the process of kitchen countertop fabrication, because
they sand down the surface to the texture that different customer's desire.
Marble and granite slabs can be polished to a mirror finish from the course
rock they once were. Rotating pads are used to polish down the marble and
granite countertops. Most modern polishers can produce a variety of finishes
during the kitchen countertop fabrication process. Finishes include smooth,
soft looks, or slick, shiny mirror finishes. Specialized finishes such as
flamed or hammered are also popular.
The routers
complete the last step in the kitchen countertop fabrication process. These
tools produce edge profiles on the marble and granite slabs, or cut designs
into larger slabs so they can be used for things like fireplace mantels. The
edge profiles on marble and granite countertops can be simple or highly
decorative, depending on what the customers want. These machines used to be
operated by hand, or had some limited automatic function. In the past, marble
and granite countertops with complex edge profiles might have taken three weeks
or longer to produce.
Polishing Is Not a
New Concept:
What has taken the
kitchen countertop polishing process into the 21st century is computer
technology. A process called computer numeric control, or CNC, uses digital
technology to control all the machines in the process. Now the process of
taking marble and granite slabs and turning them into beautiful counters,
mantels, hearths or other decorative home pieces takes hours instead of weeks.
In fact, CNC has doubled the productivity of most kitchen countertop polishing
shops. This technology has dramatically increased the quality of the finished
product, and the process of creating marble and granite countertops will likely
continue to improve in the future.
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