Breton S.p.A.

Via Garibaldi, 27

31030 Castello di Godego (Treviso) Italy

tel. +39 0423 7691

fax +39 0423 769600

e-mail: info@breton.it

www.breton.it

Breton U.S.A.

Customer Service, Co.

1753 Northgate Blvd.

Sarasota, FL 34234 - USA

tel. (941) 360-2700

fax (941) 360-2600

e-mail: service@bretonusa.com

www.bretonusa.com

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Think green!Breton è certificata ISO 14001 ed assicura

il controllo degli impatti ambientali delle proprie attività, e ne ricerca

sistematicamente il miglioramento in modo coerente, efficace e sostenibile.

Breton, ISO 14001 certified, guarantees the control on the

environmental impact of its activities, trying systematically to improve them in a logical, efficient and affordable way.

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All right reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, execution, loan, or other public performance of this catalogue is peremptorily forbidden and may constitute civil responsibility. Trespassers will be prosecuted by law.

La Breton S.p.A. si riserva il diritto di apportare alle proprie macchi-ne ed impianti ogni modifica a suo insindacabile giudizio costituente miglioria, anche in corso di esecuzione dei contratti. Perciò ogni dato fornito ha valore indicativo e di approssimazione.

Breton S.p.A. reserves the right to improve the products specifica-tions and design, even during the execution of contracts. Therefore, every figure supplied, has to be regarded as an indicative and appro-ximate figure.

La Breton S.p.A. si riserva il diritto di apportare alle proprie macchine ed impianti ogni modifica a suo

insindacabile giudizio costituente miglioria, anche in corso di esecuzione dei contratti. Perciò ogni dato fornito

ha valore indicativo e di approssimazione.

Breton S.p.A. reserves the right to improve the products specifications and design, even during the execution of

contracts. Therefore, every fi gure supplied, has to be regarded as an indica tive and approximate figure.

Tutti i diritti sono riservati, qualsiasi riproduzione, pubblicazione, esecuzione, prestito o rappresentazione pubblica non autorizzata di questo catalogo è tassativamente proibita e

può dar luogo a responsabilità in sede civile ed essere perseguita penalmente.

All right reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, execution, loan, or other public performance of this catalogue is peremptorily forbidden and may constitute civil

responsibility. Trespassers will be prosecuted by law.

La Breton S.p.A. si riserva il diritto di apportare alle proprie macchine ed impianti ogni modifica a suo

insindacabile giudizio costituente miglioria, anche in corso di esecuzione dei contratti. Perciò ogni dato fornito

ha valore indicativo e di approssimazione.

Breton S.p.A. reserves the right to improve the products specifications and design, even during the execution of

contracts. Therefore, every fi gure supplied, has to be regarded as an indica tive and approximate figure.

Tutti i diritti sono riservati, qualsiasi riproduzione, pubblicazione, esecuzione, prestito o rappresentazione pubblica non autorizzata di questo catalogo è tassativamente proibita e

può dar luogo a responsabilità in sede civile ed essere perseguita penalmente.

All right reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, execution, loan, or other public performance of this catalogue is peremptorily forbidden and may constitute civil

responsibility. Trespassers will be prosecuted by law.

The One Machine Solution

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The 3D image is capable of being zoomed and rotated for verification. The rendering may then be exported in a digital file format to be sent via email or simply printed for customer approval prior to processing.The entire cutting process is previewed using a 3D simulator showing a model of the machine running and the material being processed as programmed. This allows for verification of the overall dimensions of the piece, suction cups, and tools. The system will identify and alarm for points of collision and impact.Once all verifications are completed the Breton FABCENTER will perform all cutting operations to separate the components according to the programmed layout. Once completed the pieces are very simply shifted to new positions on the table respective of clearances required for the tools selected for the remaining shaping and edging operations, thus eliminating the risk of breakage between operations. A very simple vacuum action suction system is used for this process.Piece shifting and repositioning is facilitated and guided by the Breton SPACELASER which marks the new positions for the separated pieces on the worktable. The Breton SPACELASER is a new hardware/software system designed to project onto the working table the position of the suction cups for both the cutting and profiling operation, the slab perimeter and the profile of the finished pieces. The ideas and wishes expressed by Fabricators along with the experience of a first class stone machinery manufacturer have been brought to a unique result: a brilliant synergy between mechanics and software power and the industries only all inclusive single machine digital soltution for complete custom countertop fabrication...The Breton FABCENTER.

The Breton FABCENTER is a multifunction DIGITAL workcenter for fabricating countertops to completion, with the most minimal labor and maximum manageability. Employing our new revolutionary software Breton FABCAM, the operator can choose to design the various components of the project (or import .dxf files created from field or captive digital templating systems.) The resulting cad files are very simply dragged and dropped over automatically scaled photographs of the slabs selected for the job, taken using the industrial grade camera system provided. Breton FABCAM employs common line cutting capabilities to ensure optimized material usage reducing the number of cuts taken during sawing/routing operations. The software is intuitive of linear and radius cuts and applies the correct tool accordingly. With Breton FABCAM your layout IS your cutting program. The results of the assembled project are displayed at the PC monitor in High resolution as a 3D dynamic rendering including edge detail of the finished pieces where adjacent pieces are recomposed as a unit. This system allows extremely precise vein matching and other layout customizing tools by automatically removing from the graphic, the material which will be removed by the tools during the process. The file becomes a TRUE preview of the final project, including splash, recesses, cut outs, tap holes and edge detail.

The One Machine Solution

FabcenterA glorious traditionFew stone-working machinery companies have a past as rich with tradition as Breton. The Breton FABCENTER is yet another breakthrough in stoneworking technology born of the hard work,

experience, and competence of Breton's own engineers and of over 40 years of technological evolution dedicated to the Stone Industry.

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"Breton FABCENTER - With it's 138.4x143.7in work table"

Large and easily accessible work tableThe Breton FABCENTER has useful working travels of 3500 mm (138 ") while the travel varies according to the model: 2300 mm (90”) for FABCENTER 23 and 3700 mm (145”) for FABCENTER 37. The Breton FABCENTER requires no particular foundation and is simply anchored to the floor. It is equipped with tanks for collecting the water required for cutting. With the Breton FABCENTER, nothing has been left to chance. Great care has been given to every detail. The machine is compact, well built, ergonomic, and aesthetically beautiful.

High productivity, sturdiness and safety The Breton FABCENTER is engineered to work stone in the fastest, most precise, and efficient manner possible with today's technology. The structural support of the Breton Fabcenter is so as to ensure the desired precision, even when faced with the stress of extreme material removal.The Breton FABCENTER complies with CE standards, and for the North American market electrical components are cULus approved.

The machine is equipped with sliding doors, which are opened manually and have a large inspection window. These doors provide safety by deadening sound levels, and protecting employees from risk of being crushed or struck by flying debris. Additionally, the new piece shift system potentially eliminates multiple handlings of heavy pieces. This Fabcenter is clearly the safest machine of it's kind.

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It excels also in the details•Ventilated,powerfulandreliableelectro-spindle•Thetooliscooledwithwatersuppliedfromtheinside

and outside of the spindle.•Spindle vertical travel of 260 mm (10''), having a

distance of 480 mm (18.9'') from the spindle nose to the work table, making it also possible to do deep dish-out work on billets

•Thespindleismountedonandhousedinamassivehighrigidity cast iron structure to minimize deflection under the heaviest drilling loads or when fully extended.

•Digitalmotors•Aluminum work table prearranged for double-effect

vacuum pods•Vacuumsystemwith frontalcontrols,convenient for

the operator•Rapid displacements, up to 60 meters per minute

(2,362ipm)•Inlinetoolstorage,positionedonthetwointernalsides

of the machine•HSK-B80 type tool holder to ensure rigidity and

precision to the tool/spindle coupling•Spindlewithpneumaticpressure,adjustableaccording

to the material to be polished. Exclusive, patented system for the “pressure” polishing of horizontal and inclined planes. This system allows to polish planes withanautomaticcycleofpickup/depositoftheHSK-B80 standard couplings from/on the tool-store; the tool with the appropriate abrasive grain is magnetically fixed to each coupling

•Fourth axis: a continuously rotating fourth axis "C",which makes it possible to use cutting units with vertical blade to perform rectilinear cuts, or convex blade for curvilinear cuts, or 45° inclined blade to perform mitered cuts

•Cuttingunitwithverticalbladeforrectilinearcuts•Digitalcamerawhichreproducesatruecolorimageof

the slab•Laser tool control: a laser system installed on one

corner of the work table, for centesimal measurement of the entire tool profile is included. The software can also check the consumption and efficiency of each tool.

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Breton SPACELASERBreton SPACELASER is a laser projector mounted on a special support stand making the positioning of the vacuum pods on the work table easier for the operator through the projection on the table surface of the shape of both the piece to be produced and the arrangement of the vacuum pods. The laser projector is controlled by the computer-aided system.

Digital color photo of the slabThe Breton FABCENTER is equipped with an industrial grade digital camera system, which reproduces a true color image of the slab to be cut on the touch-screen monitor of the control panel.At the machine, using a mouse, the operator traces out the slab perimeter and any defects on

the slab surface. On the office PC the operator positions the pieces to be cut within the slab pictures, thus optimizing the slab surface area. The camera is used to photograph the slab on a dedicated a-frame outside the machine area.

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User-Friendly and High TechBreton FABCENTER is equipped with the Siemens Sinumerik 840D SL computer numerical control system using digital motion controls on a PC architecture. The PC employs a PCU 50.3 Intel Celeron 1.5GHZ processer, 512MB of Ram, with a 40GB hard disk preloaded with the Windows operating system.The control panel which is outfit with keyboard, color monitor, USB port and is mounted on a sturdy boom capable of being adjusted to the preference of the operator.A remote control pendant capable of duplicating the main axis control, handwheel and Emergency Stop commands is cable linked to the console. All the electronic and service components are contained in two cabinets located beside the machine base. The cabinets are provided with I.P.54 protection and are cooled by an air conditioner rated for external temperatures up to 45°C (113°F).

Breton teleservice The Breton FABCENTER is equipped with a network connection for online support with Breton service center to promptly diagnose and potentially correct any system software anomalies.

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Breton FABCAM: Intuitive and user-friendly softwareUsing Breton’s original, powerful software, the programming is easy, fast, intuitive and always menu-driven. Its full compatibility with the Windows environment favors the rapid learning of the programming procedures.Breton’s software is installed on the operator’s panel of the machine and on an office PC; it uses parametric macros and controls the tools, the optimization of the work cycles and the production statistics. The operator can simultaneously programs these processes while the machine is running.

In particular, Breton FABCAM software allows:•tomakebothsimpleandcomplextemplatesthrough

the X and Y interpolated process, including cutting, edge polishing, execution of holes.

• the creation of simple and complex drawingsdesigned for future execution of cutting, shaping, edging, polishing and drilling operations.

• the production of flat and inclined recesses,including dishing and the polishing of the bas-relief edge, oscillating polish of the top, drilling operations, cutting and polishing sink holes as well as dishing and polishing of drip boards.

•todishbilletsinordertoproduceshowertraysandsinks whose hole may not be positioned in the middle

•toprofilebilletsaccordingtotheselectedprofile

• to engrave artistic drawings and inscriptionscomposed of the most wide-spread sets of international characters

•toimportandinterpretDXFfiles(suchas“templates”)of pieces that feature an irregular shape which cannot be realized through macros, and subject them to the different cutting, contouring, polishing, drilling, dishing, etc. operations

•toimportandinterpretIGESfilesofthree-dimensionalpieces

• to realize libraries for storing the various piecesprocessed, or just a part of them, so as to reuse such pieces easily

• to realize libraries for storing the technologicalparameters of all the tools linked to the different jobs made on various materials, in order to make the tool usage easier

•dynamictoolpathsimulation.

FabcenteFrom the drawing to the finished piece in just 3 steps with Breton FABCAMFrom your office PC in 3 simple steps the entire process.1 - DESIGN•The design module allows you to design the project,

starting from a dxf drawing “template” or by using the integrated CAD module to create a true layout of the project.

•Atthisstagetheusercanaccessalibrary(managedbythe user) simplifying and speeding up project design.

•Theusercanselectfromalibrarythicknessandtypeof material for each single piece and update the library with a photo of the piece itself.

•The various edge finishing processes and millingoperations are also defined at this stage.

2 – LAYOUT AND ARRANGEMENT OF PIECES ON THE SLAB•Toobtainthedesiredfinishandeffect,thepiecesto

be cut are positioned on the digital photo of the slab using the mouse.

•Piecepositioningoffersawidenumberoffunctionsallowing the various pieces to be positioned next to each other, simultaneously rotated and shifted. At the same time the user checks for any point of collision and impact with the milling tools.

•Astheuserpositionsthepiecesontheslabdisplayed,the dynamic rendering automatically updates taking

into account the veining in the material as well as the amount of material removed during cutting, milling and finishing operations.

•Finedetailsof individualpiecesaredisplayed,suchas edge finishing, recesses, backsplashes offering a powerful aid to the user and above all guaranteeing the achievement of the desired project aesthetics.

•The cutting sequence can be saved and displayedfrom any PC. Using the zoom function it is possible to enlarge the seaming area. The cutting sequence and rendering can be digitally exported as JPEG file or printed so the Customer can approve the project before cutting.

•To complete this stage the combined disc cuttingand milling operations are simulated.

3 – PART PROGRAM•Foreachsinglepiece the toolsequence isdefined

and the various work programs are generated to allow for any required manual operations.

•Atthisstagebothslabpositionontheworktableandtooling are defined such as the position of the suction cups and the position of the pieces after cutting so as to create spaces between the pieces to allow for edging finishing operations.

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Spindle inclinationA manually adjustable device for spindle inclination is available, from 0° to 3°, for the execution of drainboards with inclined surface. ON REQUEST

Double-effect suction cups.

3D detection of the piece The optional precision non-contact 3D “laser scanner” optical system detects the shape and dimensions of the piece to be copied. The powerful management software enables you to copy complex three-dimensional surfaces by digitizing their shape providing all of the geometric information to program milling operations including a graphic simulation in order to check in advance the final result. ON REQUEST

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Head for drain flutesHead for the execution and polishing of the drain flutes on kitchen tops. ON REQUEST

Head for execution of PocketsA head attachment designed for constant depth with respect to the slab polished face, in order to create the recess needed to fix stainless steel sinks at the same level of the polished face. ON REQUEST

90° milling headA right angle head attachment specifically designed for engraving or milling jobs on the billet side. ON REQUEST

Double tool-holding couplingDouble tool-holding coupling to use two overlapped tools for profiles with thickness up to 3 cm.ON REQUEST

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Probe Device for "polished side up" operation.An optional probing system which measures by “contact with radio transmission” the thickness variation along the edge to be processed. The machine is equipped with software that enables the working tool to accurately compensate for the thickness variations. This device is essential for producing drainboards on slabs not perfectly calibrated or to process edges with the slab polished face up. ON REQUEST

Image MasterWhat is Breton Image Master?Breton Image Master consists of a Hardware-Software system for taking digital photographs of natural and engineered stone slabs, elaborating and filing digital photos and for printing bar code labels.

HardwareThe hardware consists of a digital camera with a 12Mp resolution, an industrial PC and label printer.

Software SuiteThe software package includes modules for:•managingtheslabdatabase•warehousemanagementandpreciselocationofthe slabs stored•supplierdatabase•materialdatabase•high-qualityphotographs•taggingTransportDocumenttoeachsingleslab•minimumandmaximumslabstocklevelmanagement for material / thickness. All data and information is stored in a Microsoft-SQL database which can be easily imported and exported by other softwares and can be accessed by all company personnel.

Process Flow1 - Defining a new slabAfter having taken the photo the slab is uploaded to the PC screen and any image distortion caused by the lens, position, exposure and contrast errors are automatically corrected. When a new slab is registered two windows come up on the screen. In the first window the operator enters thickness, type of material, a brief description of the slab, supplier, quality and tone of the slab and its location in the warehouse.

In the meantime the photo is taken and displayed in the second window. Using the mouse the operator defines the perimeter of the slab and any defects. With these simple and quick steps the saleable surface area and dimensions of the slab are automatically calculated. The slab code is generated automatically and the bar code label is printed then affixed to the slab manually. The entire process from the moment the slab is photographed up to the completed slab file can take just 1 minute.

Cutting unit with 45° inclined blade for mitered edge.

Cutting unit with convex blade for curvilinear cuts

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2 - Slab searchUse the search module to search for a specific slab in the database. A page opens with a filter. Enter slab geometrical or physical data as key search words: material code, material description, slab code, slab description, supplier, tone, location in warehouse, height, length, thickness, surface area, saleable surface area, work order, quantity of defects, quality and date of registration. Once having found the required slab all the information entered when the slab was first registered is provided.

Once having found the required slab all the information entered when the slab was first registered is provided.

3 - Managing stock levelsThis software offers the possibility of controlling slab stock levels. The slabs are grouped by thickness and material.It is possible to check stock levels either by number of slabs or by total surface area.The operator from this page defines the slabs grouped by thickness and material. It is possible to assign to each group a minimum and maximum stock level.In the event the level of slabs drops below the defined minimum stock level a prompt comes up informing the operator.

By scanning the bar code label on the slab the related program is automatically uploaded to the machine. Breton SPACELASER is now projecting the position of the pods and the slab perimeter.

FabcenteSlab digital photograph.

Tracing of the slab perimeter and marking surface defects.

Project drawing using Breton FABCAM.

Positioning of the CAD drawing for slabs layout and preview of the dynamic rendering.

Fabcente3D dynamic rendering of the complete project.

Enlarged detail of rendering.

Tool path with part/program.

3D Program verification/Anticollision simulator.

FabcenteFront view of the FABCENTER 37.

Breton SPACELASER projecting the vacuum pods, slab perimeter and reference points on the working table of FABCENTER 37.

Slab positioning on the vacuum pods of FABCENTER 37.

Slab alignment with laser proiector on the reference points.

FabcenteCutting with blade then finger bit.

Spaced pieces providing clearance for profiling.

Executing the edge profile.

Finished piece detail.

breton FabcenterMODEL FABCENTER 23 FABCENTER 37

Dimensions of the work table in 138,4x88,6 138,4x143,7

X-axis travel in 137.8 137.8

Y-axis travel in 90.6 145,7

Z-axis travel at 0° in 10.2 10.2

C-axis rotation Continuous Continuous

Tool max. diameter in 5.5 5.5

Max. diameter of the blade in 9.8 9.8

Tool max. length in 7.9 7.9

Spindle power HP 21.5 21.5

Tool max. weight lbs 33 33

Tool-holding cones HSK-B80 HSK-B80

Tool cooling int./ext. int./ext.

Spindle rotation speed rpm 0÷9.000 0÷9.000

X-axis displacement speed ipm 0÷2.362 0÷2.362

Y-axis displacement speed ipm 0÷1.575 0÷1.575

Z-axis displacement speed ipm 0÷787 0÷787

Linear tool-store capacity nr 18+16 tools 26+24 tools

Overall dimensions: length/width/height in 236x144x110 236x203x110

Water requirement (fresh/recycled water) gal/min 5/13 5/13

Average level of sound pressure equivalent dbA 72 72

Mass (weight) lbs 17,600 24,200

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Technical specifications