Diamond tooling news.

Diamond tackles nonferrous piece of works
Iscar Metals Inc., Arlington, Tex has introduced three grades of cutting tools with polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tips that provide advantageous surface finish when machining aluminum and other nonferrous and nonmetal materials. According to the company, the tools provide drawn out tool life, even at high cutting make hastes because of their wear resistance and thermal conductivity.
The ID6 grade has large diamond grains and machines aluminum alloys with more than 12% silicon easy in mind or cemented tungsten carbide. It is also well suited to making