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  Diamond has long been used to make cutting tools harder, and therefore, longer-wearing. sp3 Diamond Technologies leads the cutting tool industry, having supplied well over a million diamond coated cutting tools manufactured with its proprietary hot-filament CVD reactors.
When it comes to cutting tools, achieving strength through proper film thickness and durability from proper film adhesion is the key to the longest wear and best cutting performance. Diamond's cutting benefits for materials such as graphite, green ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, abrasive non-metallic materials, non-ferrous metals, abrasive non-ferrous metals, filled plastics, glass fiber composites, Kevlar composites, and carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) are clear, with an unparalleled hardness that makes it ideal for round cutting tools or inserts. sp3 Diamond Technologies provides manufacturers of cutting tools with two diamond technologies; thin-film diamond applied using sp3's proprietary DiaBide tool coating process, and thick-film diamond as delivered in sp3's DiaTip freestanding diamond indexible inserts.
sp3's CVD diamond brings many benefits to cutting tool applications.
Wear: Implementing diamond can achieve a 10 to 50 time life increase, depending on the underlying material. Precision: Diamond cutting tools also offer greater accuracy because the diamond coating is very thin, but alternately very hard, so tools don't change significantly in size during their life. Productivity: Diamond tools can typically be run at two to three times the surface speed of carbide tools. Manufacturing: Diamond tools can often convert an operation from wet to dry machining, providing a significant saving in overall machining costs.
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