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Why use diamond tipped bladed over normal blades?

the uses for diamond tipped blades do go beyond masonary- you can get diamond impregnated blades for cutting metal, also. Most diamond blades are used for cutting concrete , brick, stone, block, tile, asphalt, fibercement siding, and terrazzo. There are many different styles of blades, and each has a semi-specific material to cut. Some blades require that they have a constant stream of water sprayed on them to cool the blades. Some are only for green, uncured concrete and asphalt. Some are for tile or porcelean only. The difference isn't the diamonds, but the material the blade is made out of. The medium that holds the diamonds in place in the blade is designed to wear at a different rate-depending on the material. Using a blade designed to cut block or cured concrete to cut asphalt will result in the blade galling up-basically you'll wear the exposed diamonds off, but the asphalt isn't abrasive enough to wear the medium down enough to get to the next layer of diamonds, ...

Types of Concrete Cutting Blades and Their Usability!

concrete cutting blades In commercial and residential construction projects, use of the concrete blades is growing rapidly. The main advantage of concrete cutting blades is that they can be used for different applications such as sidewalk pavers, patios pavers and walkway pavers, project entrances, pavers for driveways, and walkway through a city park, pool deck and playgrounds. There are some valuable tips given below that will ignite your knowledge about concrete cutting blades. Cutting Efficiency of blades: The concrete cutting blade ability is usually expressed as how much area the concrete blade can cut in unit time. This ability indicates the sharpness of the cutting blade. The cutting blade may be sharp and keen but it may have been dulled by continuously use it. If the blade teeth are worn thin from long use then the blade isn’t strong enough to stand the strain of maximum speed of the concrete cutting machine. The blade sharpness must match the machine operator's c...