Equipment

Ablatio employs the latest technology in sandstone extraction and sandstone processing.

Commencing with extraction, Ablatio employs a 2.8m diamond blade saw to cross-cut the sandstone and a diamond wire saw to undercut the blocks. They are then removed by another excavator where the blocks are graded by colour and quality. The blocks are further processed at the quarry or sold by the m3 to overseas processing operations. Blocks processed on site are processed by two computer controlled Pellegrini diamond wire saws.

Allow your imagination to work overtime on design and shapes. If we can draw the design on screen, the saw can cut the design. The shape is then further defined with the finishing touch by our experienced and qualified Banker Masons. Not all shapes require the attention of the masons as the profile cut by the saw is all that is required in some instances.

The off-cuts from the profiling and broken stone are turned into landscape product as tumbled pebbles, split block/garden edging and random paving.

Ablatio also processes landscape product using our blade saw, hydrosplit and trommell. The hydrosplit is a hydraulic operated guillotine for splitting stone and the trommell is a tumbler that tumbles the sandstone pebbles, while washing and grading the pebbles into consistent sizing.

As in most quarry operations, Ablatio employs bobcats (skid loader) and a 5m3 loader that can be fitted with forks. The loader is also fitted with scales so that, when loading trucks, the weight is calculated accurately, ensuring that the truck is never overloaded and the customer is invoiced accurately for what is received.