Stone fabrication
Marble and Granite Slab Handling on Site
The Challenge
Stone crews were installing large marble and granite slabs as feature walls, splashbacks and floor-to-ceiling panels. The slabs were heavy, brittle, and impossible to position by hand without risking cracked faces or chipped edges.
The Solution
Quattrolifts vacuum lifters gripped each slab with a wide suction frame and let one or two operators tilt, rotate and place it with full control. The same machine handled veined marble, dense granite and engineered stone across interior fit-outs.
The Result
Slabs went up square and flush the first time, with no dropped corners and far less manual handling. The crew set delicate Calacatta marble feature walls and heavy granite panels at a pace that hand-lifting could not match.
Natural stone is unforgiving. A full-height marble or granite slab can weigh hundreds of pounds, and a single bad grip can crack a face or chip an edge that took weeks to source. Installing these slabs as feature walls and panels by hand is slow, risky, and hard on the crew.
Quattrolifts vacuum lifters change the maths. A wide suction frame grips the slab flat, takes the full weight, and lets the operators tilt and rotate it into position with precision. The same lifter moved veined Calacatta marble, dense granite and engineered stone across these interiors without changing tooling.
Every slab landed square and flush on the first attempt. There were no dropped corners, no chipped edges, and far less lifting strain on the crew. For stone fabricators and installers, a vacuum lifter turns a high-risk two-or-three-person manual lift into a controlled, repeatable placement.
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