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Abstract

An automated plant (10) for cutting and operating flat slabs made from ceramic or the like for typically but not exclusively manufacturing slabs intended for use as coating elements at both civil and industrial levels and for both indoor and outdoor environments, comprising a first macro-area (12) defining an area suitable for storing products consisting of semi-finished slabs or mother-slabs, a second macro-area (14) defining an area for storing auxiliary packing materials or consumable materials for operations or processes on said slabs, a third macro-area (16) defining a production area for processing, packaging, and packing daughter-slabs or sub-formats of slabs obtained from mother-slabs, a fourth macro-area (18) defining a finished product area or store for letting the products coming from the third macro-area (16) pass through/temporarily accumulate, said plant also comprising automatic handling means for slaving and handling materials and semi-finished and finished products between said macro-areas and internally thereto, and a central control unit for programming, managing, and controlling the operation of said macro-areas and the interaction therebetween.

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