| The diamond cut-off wheel is an improvement over | | | | Cut-off or parting wheel tools are thinner than the |
| the regular cut-off wheel. They make use of small | | | | average grinding wheel, and are designed to be |
| diamonds embedded in the cutting edge of this | | | | self-sharpening. The slimmer design is perfect for |
| grinding wheel. This gives it an advantage over other | | | | cutting items that need quick removal or trimming, |
| conventional grinding equipment, and is highly valued | | | | such as reinforcement steel, protruding bolts, and |
| throughout the industry. | | | | more. They can also be applied like conventional |
| While prized as jewelry, diamonds are in truth, no | | | | wheel cutting devices, perfect for cleaving through |
| more than crystallized carbon excavated from within | | | | stubborn items like heavy metal objects that other |
| the earth. In a diamond, the carbon atoms form a | | | | machines cannot cut through. |
| crystal lattice that creates bonds that are virtually | | | | Finding the right kind of diamond cut-off wheel |
| unbreakable, giving it hardness like no other. As the | | | | machine will depend on the kind of tasks that will be |
| hardest substance known to man, they have | | | | needed. It is not always practical to use certain |
| become essential in the work of advanced industrial | | | | grinding devices because of their cost and the nature |
| machines. Drills, cutting edges, semiconductors and | | | | of the task that needs to be done. Fortunately, |
| other applications all need the diamond's unique traits. | | | | there are firms that can customize these tools, so |
| With the addition of diamond, cut-off wheel machines | | | | contractors and workers can have exactly what they |
| become that much more efficient in their work. | | | | need. |