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DIAMOND BLADE [21 records]

Record 1 2024-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
  • Concrete Construction
CONT

Extra precautions... need to be taken when dry cutting, some of which are related to silica dust and some of which have to do with preventing the diamond blade from overheating.... Dry blades usually have slats cut out around the edge to promote air cooling of the blade, but this is never as effective as water cooling. Because of this, dry cuts can only be made in short, shallow passes...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Bétonnage

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Masonry Practice
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
CONT

Masonry saws use a diamond saw blade to cut stone, brick, cinder block, and concrete. They have a circular blade that rotates to make wet or dry cuts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
  • Concrete Construction
CONT

Wet cutting... uses a diamond blade, which is cooled by water as it saws the concrete. The water sprays directly onto the cutting surface. Wet cutting... requires a continuous stream of water to prevent the blade from warping or losing segments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Bétonnage

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
  • Masonry Practice
CONT

... a wide range of premium quality diamond blades for wall sawing [are available]. Typical applications include sawing large openings in soft, medium and hard reinforced concrete walls, as well as sawing in walls built with bricks or concrete blocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
  • Maçonnerie

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Masonry Practice
CONT

A brick cutting saw is a machine that uses a diamond blade [to] cut through masonry products such [as] bricks, large tiles, glass blocks and more. Brick saws... have a [maximum] blade capacity [of 10 to 14 inches]. They are portable machines that can run on gas or electricity and can be moved from jobsite to jobsite. They are mainly used in the masonry industry and assist in cutting bricks, small pavers, cobblestone and glass blocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Maçonnerie

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
CONT

To create a wafer from silicon, purified polycrystalline silicon is heated to a molten liquid. A small piece of solid silicon is placed on the molten liquid, and as the seed is pulled from the molten liquid, it cools to form a single crystal ingot. The crystal ingot is ground to a uniform diameter and diamond saw blade cuts the ingot into thin slices of less than 1 mm thickness. This silicon wafer is then chemically polished to give it a reflective luster.

OBS

[A wafer is] a round disc of semiconductor material [that is] most commonly silicon, although gallium arsenide and other semiconductor materials are also used.

PHR

Blank silicon wafer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
CONT

Une fois recouverte de résine, la tranche de silicium est soumise à une lumière visible ou à un rayonnement ultraviolet (UV) à travers un masque représentant le motif recherché.

CONT

[...] les principales phases de la fabrication d'un circuit intégré comprennent dans la plupart des cas [...] la réalisation collective des circuits sur des rondelles de silicium, par application d'un procédé technologique [...]

PHR

Plaquette de silicium vierge.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Semiconductores (Electrónica)
  • Tecnología de los circuitos electrónicos
DEF

Pedazo de un lingote de silicio sobre el que se fabrican circuitos integrados.

OBS

Después de su fabricación y prueba, la oblea se corta en diminutas pastillas o plaquetas que luego se utilizan como componentes de circuitos integrados terminados siendo encapsulados posteriormente.

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Record 7 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Saw diamonds with a high blade :... e) feed the diamond : set the weight and the feed :-if you are using an automatic feeder, set the controls;-if you are using a machine without an automatic feeder, adjust the height adjuster...

OBS

Part of a sawing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
OBS

Partie d'une machine de sciage.

OBS

Dispositif de descente automatique ou frein hydraulique sur l'archet (Conseillé pour la durée des rubans ainsi que l'état des coupes).

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

Bisecting a diamond by manual splitting along one of the four cleavage planes.

CONT

Cleaving is performed by first scratching a notch or "kerf" along the surface of the diamond. A cleaver's blade is then inserted into the notch, and when tapped acts as a wedge to part the stone in two.

OBS

This technique is very seldom used for gemstones other than diamond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Étape de la taille consistant à fendre le cristal selon un plan de clivage.

OBS

Cette technique est très rarement utilisée pour les pierres précieuses autres que le diamant.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A diamond cleaving tool used to strike the cleaving blade.

CONT

Cleaver : responsible for bisecting a diamond along one of the four cleavage planes; inserts a chisel or blade into a kerf and hits it with a suitable object(e. g., a mallet or bar) to split the diamond into two parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Outil de clivage du diamant, avec lequel on frappe la lame de clivage.

CONT

Après avoir amorcé le clivage par une entaille effectuée à l'aide d'un autre diamant, le cliveur y place une lame métallique [...] à laquelle il donne alors un coup sec à l'aide d'un maillet de bois.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Skating
CONT

An ice-skate sharpener comprising a stationary electric motor grinder including a diamond bit carried by an arm pivoted on a support adjacent the grinding wheel and serving to dress the peripheral face of the grinding wheel to the desired transverse curvature, so that an ice-skate blade can be sharpened with the desired hollow ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Patinage
DEF

Appareil servant à aiguiser les lames de patins.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A thin bronze disk whose edge is coated with a diamond powder mixture allowing it to cut a stone.

CONT

Describe how a groove is applied to a heart shape: a) produced: - manually, by a sawyer, using diamond powder-impregnated sawing blades or a sawing machine ...

Key term(s)
  • diamond powder impregnated blade
  • diamond impregnated wheel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Mince disque de bronze dont le bord est enduit d'égrisée, afin de découper une pierre.

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Saw diamonds with a high blade :... i) when sawing is complete, check the quality of the work : ensure the sawing has gone according to plan, e. g., look for deep sawing lines or gletzes that might have gone into the diamond...

CONT

Describe a typical polishing sequence for rectangular and square emerald shapes: a) create the table: tip the table, if necessary: leave proof of the former facet, e.g., a residual facet, sawing lines, laser marks ...

OBS

A defect.

Key term(s)
  • sawing line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

[...] garder des surfaces sur lesquelles les traces de sciage restent visibles (preuve qu'il n'y a pas eu trop de diamant enlevé). Ces traces seront parfois utiles pour trouver la structure cristalline de la pierre au moment de la taille en croix [...]

OBS

Un défaut.

Key term(s)
  • trace de sciage
  • ligne de sciage

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A feed adjusting screw that adjusts the height of the sawing arm.

CONT

Rubber block: A rubber pad with a soft and firm side; used as a rest for the adjusting pin on manual sawing machines; adjusting pin is set on the hard side to decrease the feed (for kerfing), and on the soft side to increase the feed (for high sawing).

CONT

Saw diamonds with a high blade :... e) feed the diamond : set the weight and the feed :-if you are using an automatic feeder, set the controls;-if you are using a machine without an automatic feeder, adjust the height adjuster...

Key term(s)
  • headpin
  • head-pin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
OBS

Vis de réglage de la descente et de la montée du bras de la scie.

Spanish

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Record 14 2004-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

... entering too far(more than 10%) into a diamond with the kerfing blade causes step tables that will have to be polished. Results in unnecessary weight loss.

CONT

... stones with a convex, concave or step-like table, i.e. badly countersawn.

Key term(s)
  • step like table
  • steplike table

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

[...] les pierres ayant une table concave, convexe ou brisée, c'est-à-dire mal contresciée.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A rotary sawing device for dividing diamonds.

CONT

... operation of sawing machine : a motor belt-driven spindle holding the saw blade rotates at approximately 12, 000 to 15, 000 revolutions per minute(rpm) ;the edge of the blade carries the diamond powder and oil mixture, which saws the diamond.

OBS

Cutting [(sawing)] is done by a thin metal disk, usually phosphor-bronze, coated with a mixture of oil and diamond powder. Introduced about 1900.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Machine à disque rotatif servant à diviser un diamant.

CONT

Il existe aujourd'hui une multitude de machines de sciage : à disque ou au laser, automatique ou manuelle.

OBS

La scie est un disque mince en bronze phosphoreux.

Spanish

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Record 16 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

... operation of sawing machine : a motor belt-driven spindle holding the saw blade rotates at approximately 12, 000 to 15, 000 revolutions per minute(rpm) ;the edge of the blade carries the diamond powder and oil mixture, which saws the diamond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
OBS

Partie d'une machine de sciage.

Spanish

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Record 17 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A tool with a handle and a metal roller that is used to apply the wet diamond powder mixture to the cutting edge of the blade.

CONT

... the blade is rubbed with diamond powder by means of a powder roller with a diameter of 3 cm turning between two nylon pins which are fixed on a wooden handle. This roller has been greased with diamond powder mixed with oil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Rouleau métallique, muni d'un manche, servant à enduire d'égrisée le tranchant du disque de sciage.

CONT

[...] on enduit le disque de poudre de diamant à l'aide d'un rouleau à poudrer, de 3 centimètres, tournant entre des pointes en nylon, l'ensemble étant tenu par un manche en bois. Préalablement, le rouleau aura été enduit de poudre de diamant mélangée à de l'huile.

Spanish

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Record 18 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

An entry point for kerfing.

CONT

Set up sawing machines :... ensure the starting point on the diamond is lined up with the blade...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Petite marque pour amorcer l'entaillage.

CONT

Coin d'attaque pour la scie.

Spanish

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Record 19 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A blade used to saw through a diamond that may also be used to create a kerf.

OBS

As opposed to kerfing blade and short blade.

OBS

A blade used with the sawing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Disque de sciage utilisé pour diviser le diamant et, aussi parfois, l'entailler.

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

To apply wet diamond powder mixture with the diamond powder roller to the cutting edge of the blade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Pour enduire le disque de sciage de poudre diamantée, il suffit de frotter légèrement le rouleau contre le tranchant de la lame de scie en lui donnant des mouvements réguliers de va-et-vient.

Spanish

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Record 21 1987-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Equipment
  • Ground Equipment (Airports)
CONT

The runway is to be scored transversely by a single pass of a cutting drum ... incorporating not less than 50 circular segmented diamond saw blades per 30 cm width of drum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Matériel de piste (Aéroports)
CONT

La piste devra être striée transversalement par une passe unique d'un tambour (...) comportant au moins 50 lames circulaires segmentées à diamants par tranche de 30 cm de largeur du tambour.

Spanish

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