VENTILATED Technological Marble FAÇADES

THE SURFACES COMPANY TECHNOLOGICAL MARBLE for ventilated facades TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS ADVANTAGES OF VENTILATED FACADES ANCHORING AND SETTING SYSTEMS COLOURS, finishes, sizes and formats PROJECTS Environmental Commitment, Service, Human equipment a Certifications ANCHORING SYSTEMS

THE SURFACES COMPANY COMPAC is a pioneering European company in the manufacture and marketing of technological marble and quartz surfaces made using the engineered stone system. Founded in 1974 in a small town in Valencia province, Spain, this courageous family company has been growing continuously since then to become a prestigious international corporation with production centres today in Spain and Portugal, and a presence on five continents thanks to proprietary warehouses and a network of over 250 associated dealers or distributors. This company has a deep-rooted culture of technological...

Special COMPAC for ventilated facades COMPAC marble is a reconstituted natural stone, from Spain, composed of highly pure minerals, polymer binder, and unique additives mixture. In outdoor applications, both polymer binder and additives are specially incorporated into the natural stone, to fully endow it to resist weather and environmental conditions (such as the UV radiation, frost, heat, humidity, etc.). In order to achieve this protection against all kind of climate agents, COMPAC is currently using patented technology. As a result, production process allows COMPAC to supply stones with extraordinary...

COMPAC Technological Marble was conceived from a forwardlooking understanding of the limitations of natural stone for use in modern construction due to its lack of homogeneity and its shortage as a raw material. Intensive quarrying operations and the large amounts of unused waste materials from extraction activities inspired us to search for an advanced product capable of expressing today’s innovative aesthetics while meeting all the practical needs of modern architecture and ensuring sustainability and complete respect for the environment.

By subjecting the mixture to a vibrocompactation process we ensure a homogenous distribution of minerals, and then a vacuuming process eliminates all air from the mixture, giving COMPAC Technological Marble its most highly appreciated feature for use in ventilated façades: These characteristics ensure that our products only require maintenance which is simple and economic, while ensuring that their mechanical properties are superior to those of natural stone (no fissuring or fragile areas). This product is made in compact blocks from which panels of different thickness are obtained, based on...

Reconstitution Process > Selection of suitable rocks As per the required technical specifications (from Spanish quarries) Addition of chemical compounds to improve diverse technical specifications of the natural stone. • COMPAC marble blocks are cut into slabs, which are subsequently processed to the required finish (polish, honed, aged, bush hammered or brushed); after, the slabs can be cut into the required tile size. MIXED WITH RESINS AND PIGMENTS QUALITY CONTROL

Comparatives with other materials Wind resistance (kN/m2) (crack charge) Water absorption (%) Impact Resistance Colour life Frost Resistance Thermal shock resistance COMPAC MARBLE 1 J > Resistant 3 J > Resistant 10 > Breakage without loosening Other Natural Marbles 1,5 J > Fissure without breakage 10 J > Breakage without loosening Composite wood - polymer (*) Polymer Concrete(*) (*) Source: Technical Competence Documents /DIT) issued Construction Institute “Eduardo Torroja”

Our production process permits multiple designs to be obtained with a highly aesthetic appeal, thanks to which unique, customised projects can be designed in accordance with end user specifications and tastes. With a hardness rating similar to that of natural stone, COMPAC Technological Marble has an impact and breakage resistance which is much greater thanks to its superior flexibility. The flexure resistance rating of COMPAC Technological Marble is approximately 30 MPa, which is why the critical breakage load for this material is extremely high even in the lower thicknesses. Thanks to this...

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

TEST METHOD REACTION TO FIRE (EUROCLASSES) COEFICIENTE DE DILATACIÓN TÉRMICA UNE EN 14617 - 11:2006 Test method for agglomerated stone. Determination of thermal expansion coefficient FLEXURAL RESISTANCE UNE EN 14617 - 2:2005 Test method for agglomerated stone. Determination of flexural resistance IMPACT RESISTANCE UNE EN 14617 - 9:2005 Test method for agglomerated stone. Determination of impact resistance WATER ABSORPTION UNE EN 14617 - 1:2005 Test method for agglomerated stone. Determination of apparent density and water absorption COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH UNE EN 14617 - 15:2005 Test method for...

4 ADVANTAGES OF VENTILATED FACADES Ventilated façades are a vertical cladding system for buildings that uses an outer cladding material enclosing a ventilated air chamber and a layer of continuous thermal insulation against the inner building wall. Energy efficiency: Ventilated façades are ideal for reducing energy costs in buildings. Thermal insulation is placed in a continuous layer to prevent heat transfer from metal framework edges and vertical supports. Protection against atmospheric agents: The outer leaf receives the direct impact of rain and sun, but it minimises these effects by being...

MICRO THASSOS BLANCO MICRO CREMA ALTEA CREMA VALENCIA BEIGE FARAYA MARFIL STONE PERLA CLARO Exclusive colour: With any purchase of over 15,000 square metres of COMPAC Technological Marble, we can prepare any colour required by the client to order.

POLISHED, smooth glossy finish. Standard thicknesses are 14mm, 20mm and 30mm depending on the anchoring system. STANDARD FORMATS MATT, natural matt finish. 600 x 400 mm BUSH HAMMERED, rough texture. SILKEN, smooth grooved texture. OVO, imitation eggshell texture. NONSTANDARD SIZES Thickness of 14mm up to 1500x600mm