Natural Diamond Cutting Tools - The Search For Consistency

Stuart Galer

doi:10.1117/12.944967

11 December 1984 Natural Diamond Cutting Tools - The Search For Consistency

Stuart Galer

Proceedings Volume 0508, Production Aspects of Single Point Machined Optics; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944967
Event: 28th Annual Technical Symposium, 1984, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Gone are the days when virtually the sole requirement of a single point diamond cutting tool lay in its ability to generate a cosmetically pleasing surface - components used in the Electro Optics Industry and other high technology areas demand very much more than this but of all the factors involved in the manufacture of these high precision tools, the achievement of predictable and consistent cutting edge life has emerged as one of the most vital and probably the most difficult to achieve. In this paper we examine various critical stages in manufacture and look at the means which have been developed to achieve consistent tool performance with predictable life between relaps.

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Stuart Galer "Natural Diamond Cutting Tools - The Search For Consistency", Proc. SPIE 0508, Production Aspects of Single Point Machined Optics, (11 December 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944967

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