Shouldn’t Diamond-Tipped Tools Just Fall Apart Under High Stress Use?

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Yes, Diamonds are the (usually) hardest substance available for a variety of industrial applications.

Yes, they are found on everything from the tips from dentist’s drills, to masonry saw teeth, to the surfaces of angle grinders.

Is a diamond tip really that much more effective in most applications?

For extremely hard jobs, what’s preventing the diamonds from falling out of the much softer material they’re embedded in?
Wouldn’t the fail point be wherever it’s weakest?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

I mean they do? I’m a dentist and the burs I use go dull pretty quickly. Most are single use, and even the ones that are designed to be sterilized and reused have to be replaced fairly often.

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