artificial stone panel or slab particularly suitable for indoor use and method of manufacturing artificial stone panels or slabs

摘要

The present invention relates to panels or slabs formed by stone agglomerate for the manufacture of which an organic binder containing an ingredient of a plant origin is used. The panels or slabs object of the invention are formed from stone materials or the like, granulated and subsequently agglomerated by means of a binder, specifically an organic resin containing one or more polyols of a plant origin. Furthermore, by means of using this binder together with materials from waste and used and/or recycled products, a material with good features and with a very high content of recycled material or material of a renewable origin can be obtained. The manufactured panel or slab containing a resin part of a plant origin of the present invention is particularly suitable for its use indoors as a kitchen counter, a bathroom counter, or any work surface, as well as for its use as flooring or sidings.