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Diamond tools are applied in a wide variety of precision machining from jet-engine, automobile, electronics parts to medical treatment of teeth and eyes, manufacturing of tomb stones. In finishing the representative powder metallurgy products, cemented carbides and cermets, diamond wheels are indispensable.
The diamond tool market is introduced compared with cemented carbide, high speed steel tools and conventional grinding wheels.
A variety of diamond tools, classified by pressing-sintering process, will be introduced. In addition, it will be mentioned how powder metallurgy is utilized in manufacturing diamond tools.
