Diamonds are the hardest naturally occurring minerals known to man. Even so, scientists are working to make them even tougher, in order to use the sparkling gems as tools for cutting.
Diamond manufacturers worldwide are fighting for their survival.
According to iAbrasive latest market research, statistics of United States Cutting Tool Institution show that in April, 2014, U.S cutting tool consumption reached 1.75 hundred million dollars, a 2.1% ring growth and a 3.3% year-on-year decline.
There's no longer any need to use heavy household drills for delicate jobs with the release of the new Bottle Neck Diamond Core Drill Bits from Eternal Tools, which makes using Hobby and Rotary type drills possible on superhard materials.
Chinese researchers from Yanshan University have created a synthetic diamond harder than its natural counterpart and able to withstand even hotter temperatures.
Scientists in China have synthesised microscopic diamonds that are harder, tougher and more stable than any made in nature or in a lab.
Exhibiting a diameter of 5 nanometers, nanodiamonds are 200-times smaller than a bacterium. Besides silver and copper, nanodiamonds might be used as a new effective agent against bacterial contaminations and infections.
Recently, Tokyo Diamond Tools Manufacturing, Japan has developed a new technology to attach micro diamond particles to tools.--iAbrasive report
An interesting presentation on the optimisation of drilling parameters by investigation of drilling temperature and how the outcome led contributed to the development of an innovative single-edge tool geometry.
Nano diamond can be applied in a series of industry fields. Its application in medical science has been broadened, including chemotherapy, enhancing bone growth and improving tolerance of dentistry implantation.
iAbrasive.com gets a news that a new products release meeting for PCBN cutters is to be held on June 4th, 2014 in Shanghai by Beijing World Super Hard Tools Co., Ltd.
In abrasives industry, diamond is favored for it’s the hardest material with outstanding chemical and physical properties. However, it is more favored by most women cause it’s so shining and beautiful.
Abrasives Production in Zhengzhou Accounts for 80% of China’s total abrasives production.
Recognized as a symbol of passion, enthusiasm and duteous love, ruby got its name from the Latin word "Ruber", which originally meant red. European aristocrats have treated ruby as a testimony to marriage, From iAbrasive.com
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced Wednesday that the government will slash licence fees for diamond cutters and polishers as the current fees pegged at $100,000 are prohibitively high.
In the second of a series on commodities that shaped the world, Simon Basketter looks at how brutal imperialist bosses turned useless rocks into a lucrative market.
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