快速透视未来
The advancements of ink jet technology
喷墨技术的进步
Just like I predicted in previous articles a couple of weeks ago, I confirm that after what I saw in Spain and Italy after visiting the most important ink jet manufacturing companies, glaze companies and some of the top brands in these countries the whole outlook of the industry is about to change. It will start with the Italians of course because they are the leaders of the industry, but then they will be followed by the Spanish and the rest of the ceramic manufacturing countries on a slower pace.
正如我上两周文章中所预测的一样,整个行业将发生改变。在参观完西班牙和意大利最重要的喷墨制造企业、釉料公司以及一些顶级品牌后,我可以肯定地说了。这改变将先从意大利开始,因为他们是行业的领导者。紧随其后的是西班牙,以及其他稍慢一步的陶瓷制造业国家。
As part of my professional experience I have been very closely involved with the stone industry after managing for a few years one of the most important high end distribution of stone slabs and dimensional stone in the USA. I did this for almost three years, where I lived and breathed stone for all this time.
我的职业生涯曾经有一段时间与石材行业有着紧密的联系,那时我管理着美国最高端、最重要的石材分销以及渠道经营。有差不多3年时间,我简直与石材一起同吃同住。
Considering myself a pretty knowledgeable person in this topic it is not easy to fool me when you talk about this topic.
由于我在这方面有很丰富的知识和经验,所以当说到这个话题时,并不是那么轻易能骗到我。
When I was in Italy at a design firm where they always keep mostly the NATURAL inspiration materials, like woods and marbles around their offices and showrooms and some but a lot less the real ceramic tiles trying to reproduce these natural products I was asked to look at a new white marble item with leather finish at their technical area. The marble was very nice with soft veins and perfect texture and structure. It was on an inclined display to show the customers the beauty of the natural product at a close range. Then they brought a 60x60 sample inside a hand held binder. At first I thought it was a sample of the same marble just to show it to us on a different way. We all look at it and didn`t say anything because we ALL thought it was another sample of the marble. To our surprise it was not the marble but a real ceramic porcelain sample done imitating the natural stone.
在拜访意大利的一家设计公司时,他们经常把一些创意取材的自然材质如木纹或者大理石放在办公室和展厅的周围,也会有一些但不多的从这些自然实物取材的瓷砖产品。他们叫我去选材区看一款拥有皮革质面的白色大理石。这款大理石拥有非常柔和的纹理图案,质感和模具效果非常好。为了让大家能近距离的查看美丽的自然大理石,通常会把它们放到斜板上。这次他们却拿来了一块60*60的手提板。一开始我以为他们只是用另一种方式来展示。我们看着那样板什么也没说,因为我们以为它是大理石。令我们惊讶的是,它不是大理石,而是一个真的仿大理石的瓷砖样板。
Honestly it is extremely hard to fool me regarding this matter but this time I just couldn`t tell the difference between the real stone and the ceramic reproduction, not even at close range like at 10-20 cm distance. Even when I touched the ceramic product it was hard to tell.
老实说,在辨别真石材这问题上真的很难把我骗到,但这次我却无法辨别出真正的大理石和眼前这款产品有什么不同之处,即使在10~20cm这么近的距离,哪怕我尝试用手触摸它。
These guys did it again with another wood sample and we just couldn`t tell the difference even when we touched the material. So we were not fooled once but twice!
他们继续把另一款木纹产品再做同样的展示,当我们触摸产品后居然无法分辨。所以我们不止被骗了一次,是两次!
The reproductions of the natural products are getting incredibly real with the new inks and effects that can be done with the ink jet machines.
复刻大自然的产品已经变得极为真实,数码喷墨机通过新的墨水做出逼真的效果。
The question here is when will we be able to see and do this in China?
问题来了,我们什么时候可以在中国看到并且制造出来?
I believe that we are still a few months if not even a year or year and a half away of making this happens in China.
我想,少则几个月,多则一年或者一年半,这些产品便能在中国看到。
Literally when I was in Italy I was taken on a trip to the future and then back to reality!
当我在意大利时,我简直是到未来走了一圈然后又回到了现实!
Not only did I see where the industry and technology is going to take us but I saw as well a good summary of what the Italian companies are going to present in CERSAIE that eventually will become the trends of our industry.
我不仅看到了行业以及技术的发展方向,我还看到了意大利公司将在博洛尼亚展上展示的产品的概况,这些最终将会成为行业的发展趋势。
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