The stone-cutting process consists of fixing the raw stone on a trolley set on four steel columns. A 'gang saw' unit comprising multiple blades, anchored to the columns, cuts the stone into slabs of prescribed thickness. A 60-blade gang saw produces an average of 59 slabs while the two end pieces are wasted. The shape and size of the slabs vary according to the shape of the original stone.

Though less expensive, the locally manufactured cutting machines have only 40-45 blades which not only fail to perform a precision cutting job resulting in inconsistent thickness, particularly of marble tiles which fail to measure up to international standard, but also have lesser productivity.