Anthony wrote in
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Dan Murphy wrote in
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Anthony,
I got a quick question for you. I read an article in IDR (Industial
Diamond Review)a couple of years ago, where DeBeers did some test
cutting in Titanium using PCD tooling. The economics looked pretty
good. Have you had a chance to try them in Titanium? My Kennametal
rep was going to get an insert for me, it was the same tool used in
the study, but it wasn't available yet. I'd forgotten about it until
now. I'd like to hear from anyone cutting Ti with diamond tools.

Dan


Not cut any Ti with them....I'm wondering though, DeBeers brought out
a 90 micron crystal size diamond for a while, a couple of years ago,
mostly for testing. The results of our tests looked very good, but
they claimed the demand wasn't there for them to produce it. I wonder
if this is the same thing you are talking about.

I'll bet that was the tool. I showed the article to our Kennametal rep.
to see what he thought of it. We have a really good rep., most tooling
companies put their best guys servicing OEM accounts. Anyway he ws
familiar with the tool as they were doing some testing with it and
considering it for a new grade, IIRC. He was never able to get one for
us to play around with. It seems every time I find something new for
titanium it never pans out.

Dan