It took years to perfect, but manufacturers finally found a way to economically coat carbide inserts with a diamond film. This article describes the coating process and looks at that companies that are offering diamond-coated tools, the companies that are coating tools for other manufacturers and the companies that are supplying coating equipment. Thick-film diamond is also discussed.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 1995-03-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/cvd-diamond-everyone/
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