Diamond segment is a functional part of the metal bonded diamond tool that consists of the metal bond materials and small size diamonds. Metal bond material might include powders of Sn, Fe, Co, Ni, MO, Cu and graphite. It has transition layer and working layer. This kind of the layer might contain diamond grains to grind or cut but transition layer might not have diamonds. It comes in different forms on the diamond tools. For diamond blade, diamond segment is teeth of blade. Form of segment is crucial factor which influence performance of blade.
The feature of diamond segment on diamond tool must match nature of material to be cut. Diamond segment plays an important role in lots of applications like roller segment, squaring wheel segment and FLAT. It is the best choice to diverse industrial applications. While choosing the diamond segment, you must concern about certain factors such as hardness, concentration and grit. It is available in different forms such as:
* Convex
* Step shaped
* L-shaped
* Side slotted
* Segmented
* Layered sandwich concave
Massive numbers of the reasons are there to choose this segment such as improve lubricating and cooling conditions and maximize blade’s capabilities of discharging and containing sawdust. Diamond segments are for cutting rock, marble, sandstone, limestone, precast and other stone cutting applications, additionally solid, black-top, and so forth diamond segment are working extremely well particularly long life.