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Polished is a finish with a smooth shiny surface reflecting light, without any visible scratches, honed is a finish for stone or marble with the irregularities eliminated, showing only very fine scratches, hardly visible to the eye.
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Split is a Rough finish with the central part protruding above edges, bush Hammered is a Finish obtained by hitting the stone with a bush hammer a special hammer with a grooved head comprised of 16 to 64 teeth which leaves a rough but consistent grid texture of 1 to 3 mm deep.
Brushed is a Rustic finish obtained by rubbing the surface with plastic and metallic brushes, rough Honed is a Finish with a smooth surface and some fine stripes, 0.
1 to 0, 2 mm deep, of unspecified direction, tooled is a Flat finish composed of fine parallel ribbing, 1 to 2 mm deep, between which the ridge has a rough split texture.
Flamed is a Flat finish, slightly roughened, obtained by passing a high temperature jet of flame over the rough face, the thermal shock splits off the surface grains.
Mechanically Chiseled is obtained by the following way, a bush hammer fitted with Chisels attacks the sawn slab, perpendicularly to the surface, giving the finish its characteristic flat profile.
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The machine' s automatic feed ensures that the textures are parallel and regularly spaced, approximately 25 grooves per dm, rocamat has obtained 12 patents in 20 years.
Rocamat offers a full line of French limestones, marbles and granites: wall cladding, flooring, tiles, facade, staircase, fireplace, bathroom, Kitchen, pool, cut-to-size stones.
As well as the seven Technical Notices concerning innovative products, we regularly develop Experimental Technical Assessments ATEX for specific building sites, rocamat plays an active role in developing technical regulations and European standards.
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Rocamat has developed many innovative products such as, rOCACLIP which is a Grooved stone, fixed by means of stainless steel clips to a special profile, fixed to the main body, the ROCAMAT siding, a Grooved stone with adjustable 3-dimensional ties, the ROCAMAT Wall panel VET 2, a 20-mm thick natural stone wall, combined with 60-mm insulating material, or the ultra light weight Stone panels that combine a technology derived from the aerospace industry with the beauty of natural stone.
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Founded in 1853 under the name Civet Fils et Cie, Rocamat was selected as the company' s definitive name in 1971, right from the very beginning, the company has been a major limestone producer for the construction industry.
More recently, Rocamat has added to its quarry portfolio and branched out to include all types of natural materials, limestone, marble and granite, in 1898, the name Civet Fils et Cie changed into Civet Pommier et Cie, In 1927, the name changed to Carrières et Scieries de France,The company acquired the old facilities Dubourdieu and Pagani in 1963.
In 1971, the name of company finally became Rocamat and the company acquired Société industrielle et commerciale des marbres, pierres et granits SICMPG In 1976, its shareholder, Promopierre from Dervillé, Marbres Français and Fèvre & Cie take the operational control of Rocamat, in 1998, Rocamat acquired Cominex, the granite importer.
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'A major player in the production of building stone at international level, Rocamat sells materials extracted from its own quarries and transformed in its own factories to the construction market, blocks, slabs, paving, facade cladding, marble masonry, sawed elements and fine carved work, etc.
ROCAMAT provides french limestone, marbles, and granite for the home and buildings.
