Diamond Disk Grinding
Diamond is the hardest know material and makes a great grinding abrasive for many hard materials. The advantages and disadvantages of grinding with diamond are as follows.:
- Advantages:
- Long lasting (most materials)
-Hard and Tough abrasive
-Can be used for fixed, semi-fixed and free abrasive application - Disadvantages:
-Does not work well with high carbon or hardened steels (diamond dulls due to reaction with ferrite structure)
-Needs to be conditioned or dressed for optimum operation
-Expensive
Recommended Application
Diamond grinding is the most useful for removing material from ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. It is also useful for hard non-ferrous metals such as titanium and zirconium.
In general, for grinding other ferrous, steel and softer non-ferrous metals, diamond is typically not the best chioce from both a performance and cost perpective.
Diamond Grinding Trouble Shooting
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Symptom |
Cause |
Action |
Low cutting rates |
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Cannot cut tool steel |
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Diamond Abrasive Products
| Product Name | Catalog Number |
| 8-inch 125 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002294 |
| 8-inch 75 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002293 |
| 8-inch 45 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002292 |
| 8-inch 30 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002291 |
| 8-inch 15 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002289 |
| Product Name | Catalog Number |
| 12-inch 125 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002394 |
| 12-inch 75 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002393 |
| 12-inch 45 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002392 |
| 12-inch 30 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002391 |
| 12-inch 15 micron diamond grinding disk | 92002389 |