A Polished Cut: General Industry Coverage

Monocrystalline diamond tools can be effectively applied to produce high-polished surfaces on nonferrous materials, including metals and synthetics such as polycarbonate and polyvinyl chloride thermoplastics. However, conventional MCD tools require a specialized, highly accurate machine and take about 2 hours to set up, according to Duane Drape, national sales manager for HORN USA Inc.

Therefore, the toolmaker offers MCD-brazed inserts that can be set up in about 15 minutes and applied on traditional CNC machines, Drape noted. “It’s a braze, but not a traditional braze,” he said. “It has to be done under an extreme vacuum setup.”

Courtesy of HORN