Verona · New York · Vol. IX No. 214 Sunday, 20 September 2026
Section

Technology & innovation

Cutting, sensing, vision and software across the stone and machinery trade — reported from the shop floor and the trade-fair halls.

All Machinery Software Sensing Operations
Featured · Machinery

Adaptive feed control lands on mid-range bridge saws

Load sensing that was once premium-only is filtering down to the machines most fabricators actually buy — and the blade-life numbers are convincing the skeptics.

Elena Marchetti · 4 min read
Vision

AI slab-matching moves from the lab to the yard

Camera rigs book-match veining across a whole block in seconds.

5 min
Sensing

Diamond-wire tension sensors go wireless

Telemetry off the moving wire warns of fatigue before a snap.

3 min
3D & Manufacturing

Photogrammetry replaces the physical template

Scan an opening with a phone, cut to it the same day.

5 min
Robotics

Robotic polishing cell cuts finishing time by a third

A six-axis arm and force feedback take on a stubborn job.

4 min
Software

Nesting software squeezes more slabs from every block

Yield gains of 6–9% reported on complex orders.

6 min
Operations

Metering water and slurry as a margin line

Closed-loop recycling turns a compliance cost into savings.

4 min
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