Sintered Stone: A New Material Category Enters the Market
Sponsored by Lapitec S.p.A. | By Kathy Price-Robinson
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Sintered stone is a new material so unlike ceramic, or natural stone that it warrants its own category for building standards, which are now being developed in Europe. This course demonstrates that sintered stone has the workability of natural stone with the sustainability and performance of ceramic. This new material is durable to whatever threat may come, either by nature or humans. The course shows how sintered stone is used in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor applications from countertops to flooring, walls, cladding, and more.
Lapitec is made in Italy and has direct partnering with distributors in 72 countries aligned with professional architectural reps in place to provide the highest level of service, material quality for architects and designers worldwide. Lapitec is a new material category, classified as Sintered Stone. It is produced with a mixture of 100% natural minerals, that is clean and safe for people, especially the environment.
Originally published in Engineered Systems
Originally published in September 2019
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain what sintered stone is (and is not) and where it is used.
- Discuss the sintered stone manufacturing process.
- Define the characteristics and sustainability factors of sintered stone.
- Assess the performance and testing of sintered stone.
- Identify the many applications for sintered stone in residential, commercial, and institutional building projects.
