Iranian Startup Team Produces Artificial Stones with Natural Materials
“Members of the artificial stone production start-up decided to produce this new product with a personalized formulation after conducting tests on the artificial stone production formulation by using natural materials and waste from mines and stone-cutting factories to make a stronger and better quality sample than the existing ones,” Hossein Goudarzi, the caretaker of the start-up team, told ANA.
“Among the things that can be produced by using this formulation are stone facades (both interior and exterior), all types of vanities, prefabricated walls, beams and blocks, and all types of accessories and decorative products,” he added.
“Considering the fact that our artificial stones are produced by using completely natural materials and the wastes of mines and stone factories, therefore, there is no need to extract new stone from mines, and we can both protect the environment and meet the construction industry's need for façade stones,” Goudarzi said.
In a relevant development in April, a faculty member of Islamic Azad University’s Tabriz branch in Northwestern Iran had also succeeded in designing and manufacturing fibrous nano polymer bricks for construction of buildings which enjoy waterproof properties.
“The nano-gypsum fiber waterproof panels have been developed based on the state-of-the-art technologies in the world and they enjoy compressive strength of at least 3 mega pascals, with a low density of about 400-550 kg/m3,” said Yousef Zandi, the researcher of the project.
Noting that the polymer bricks enjoy many good features, he said that they do not need plaster and soil, absorb adequate water when used in construction operations and show excellent adhesion with cement and high thermal insulation.
Zandi added that the gypsum nanopolymers are as light as wood and they have special properties like very low density (400 to 550 kg per cubic meter), heat insulation, sound insulation, and greater resistance to freezing and erosion, saying that the use of these gypsum nanopolymers in construction reduces over 30% in construction costs and more than 70% in cooling and heating costs.
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