Once synonymous with roads, then replaced with monotonous and easily ruined cement, bricks might just be

making a comeback as the gold standard for inner city roads.

The green community is pushing them for their real and varied benefits (easy to produce, they don’t crack
from the cold, and the gaps between bricks let rainwater run its natural course, replenishing aquifers), and
now the Dutch-made Tiger Stone machine is giving the brick-laying process a giant steroided boost.

Tiger Stone literally lays brick roads, and it does it with minimal human assistance, outputting brick pathways
as wide as six meters. With its gravity assisted process, it can put down 400 square meters of road daily.

The angled motorized surface rolls downwards as workers pack bricks on it with the aid of a forklift. The bricks
fall into the right pattern thanks to gravity.
Repeat process until brick supplies are exhausted, or there is no more room for roads. There can be no other
way.

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Brick roads are beautiful and durable, but due to the effort it takes to produce them, they are often overlooked as
a time efficient option. What once was a labor-intensive, back-breaking job has now become a snap with this
automatic Dutch paver laying machine, called the Tiger-Stone. The device rolls out a beautiful and sustainable
hardscape, creating an instant road anywhere it travels. While the process may look magical, the secret lies in a
smartly designed gravity-based system.

The machine consists of an angled plain that workers feed with paving stones or bricks. As the electric crawler
inches forward along a sand base layer, the bricks are automatically packed together by gravity. A small telescoping
forklift feeds the hopper, allowing the Tiger-Stone to lay out an impressive 400 meters of road day, and the span
can be adjusted up to six meters wide.

Brick roads have been around for centuries and they have been revisited lately by the green building community for
a number of reasons. Bricks are easy to procure and reuse, cement pavers last a very long time, and they are easy
to repair and replace. They tolerate water and freezing without forming cracks, and some newer systems actually
absorb rainwater between the pavers and infuse it back into the ground again, reducing storm water runoff and
helping improve the effectiveness of aquifers. Not to mention, the roads look pretty great too.

The amazing ‘Tiger Stone’ from Holland is an automatic pavement-laying machine, making brick roads just
in minutes. The machine is fed with bricks or paving stones, then weaves and rolls them out like a carpet.

This ‘Tiger Stone’ machine can lay out 400 meters of road a day without leaving any waste or debris. The
magical machine features a gravity-based system which automatically packs the bricks with ease.

Brick roads have been around for centuries, as they were easily repairable when damaged and could tolerate excessive
amounts of water due to natural drainage amongst the cracks. They looked great too!

Newer adaptations of brick roads allow water to be infused through the cracks back into the ground again, but due to the labour
intensity involved tarmac remains the most common surfacing material. Tarmac is not only more cost effective, is saves a lot of
time and can be laid quickly and efficiently.
This may start to change thanks to a clever new machine known only as “Tiger Stone” introduced by Netherlands based
construction company. The device works to create a flawless, sustainable brick surface, seemingly magical, but all thanks to
taking clever advantage of gravity. An angled plain is loaded with bricks by the operator.

As the machine inches forward over a sand based layer, the hopper allows the Tiger Stone to lay out 400 meters of road a day,
with a potential width of 6 meters. Impressive Stuff!