Diamond Blade Guide and Style: What You Really Need to Know
October 22nd, 2019Normally used to cut hard or abrasive materials, a diamond blade is proven to be a useful tool in the construction industry. Its common use include cutting stone, concrete, asphalt, bricks, coal balls, glass, and ceramics. It has repurposed the use of diamonds from being a symbol of beauty and elegance into an efficient and […]
Expert Advice on Diamond Cup Wheels Required to a Wide Range of Applications
October 8th, 2019Diamond cup wheels have concave faces and edge-facing grinding segments. They’re coated in diamonds, although they’re not classed as grinding blades. No, these tools don’t cut incisions and don’t “saw” through concrete or any other obdurate materials. Switching to a cup wheel profile, the perforation-packed grinding surface scours, or it polishes. As it turns out, […]
How to Identify the Maximum Operating Speed of a Diamond Blade
September 24th, 2019There’s not much that can stop a high-performance diamond blade when it gets going. Subject to its operational specifications, the right blade can cut through blocks of concrete or slabs of quartz. Alternatively, by slowing the blade and equipping it with fine-grained gems, it’ll slice cleanly through glass or ceramic tiles. Anyway, aside from those […]
How to Choose the Right Diamond Blade According to Cutting Depth
September 10th, 2019Diamond blades can be expensive, so there’s not much room for trial-and-error testing. Besides, seeing a tool operator haphazardly selecting a blade, well, that’s not exactly a professional workflow. No, journeymen level expertise requires assignment preplanning, not a blind take-your-chances approach. So, if a desired cutting depth is to be reached, the following challenges must […]
Re-tipping, Repairing, and Rebuilding Your Diamond Core Drills Can Save You Money
August 19th, 2019Diamond core drills have proven themselves against their nearest competitors. They’re an excellent alternative to carbide, can drill through the hardest materials while leaving the cleanest edges, and they do so without generating a lot of noise. Too bad, even these heavy-duty tool parts can’t last forever. Eventually, no matter how skillful a drill operator […]
Quality Diamond Blades for Cutting Marble and Granite: Available at Tooltec Pty Ltd
August 5th, 2019Over the last 30 years, the Tooltec Pty. Ltd. name has grown in every respect. When hard-working contractors go looking for name-brand diamond blades in and around Sydney, Australia, we’re usually the first, and last, stop they’ll make. That guarantee applies to marble and granite diamond cutting blades, plus every other abrasive and refractory material […]
Excavator Blades’ Retip and Repair in Sydney: Call Tooltec Pty. Ltd.
July 16th, 2019Sydney is a sunny, seemingly soft-edged city, at least that’s how its residents view the area. However, the hard-packed structural concrete that acts a staunch metropolis backbone around here can be somewhat, well, let’s just say it’s hard enough to blunt the leading edge of a diamond excavators’ blade. No worries, a Tooltec representative is […]
How to Select the Right Diamond Drill Bit for a Specific Application
July 2nd, 2019On singling out the right diamond drill bit, tool operators achieve the results they desire. That’s a simple enough assertion, but is the selection process really that easy? Well, that depends on several job factors. What’s the material? What kind of surface is being drilled by the diamond bit? Wall thickness is another headache inducer. […]
How to Avoid Overheating in Diamond Blades
June 17th, 2019The situation is grim, a diamond blade is overheating. Thermally overtaxed, premature wear sets in, cracks spread, the core turns a bluish colour, and the rim sections break away. The steel core and blade bonding matrix hold firm at first, but the frictional heat ramps up quickly. Without a cooling medium, the fiery heat literally […]
Undercutting Issues in Diamond Blades: What is it All About?
June 3rd, 2019Undercutting happens when a blade core wears faster than its diamond coating. As an abrasive slurry accumulates, it erodes the steel disc. Found mostly on diamond blades used in asphalt and/or concrete cutting applications, the industrial-grade gems, tough though they are, are left without anything to hold onto when the metal core is worn away. […]