03-18-2019, 12:13 PM
This is an interesting industry and subject. Don't know about you but we already have visions of embedded chunks of carbide sticking out from a metal surface and then an abrasive particle sweeping past and uprooting the carbide from it's metallic foundation. This is, of course, strictly, the creation of our imaginations and nothing more. A long time ago, this subject was touched on in a previous thread . At that time, the physical size of carbides was touched on and in particular, how the subject related to so-called "super steels" and the powders they are made from. We're not going to try to find the thread but as we recall, it was reported in that thread that carbides are several microns in diameter and we know that the edge apex is sub-micron in width. If the carbide isn't ripped out by the roots then that brings another vision to mind; that of a golf ball sitting on a tee with the golf ball representing the carbide and the tee, the edge apex.
Our experience tells us that our imaginations are only rarely correct when it comes to visualizing these microscopic sized events. We'll wait for the video that shows AO uprooting and diamond slicing through, a carbide particle.
Our experience tells us that our imaginations are only rarely correct when it comes to visualizing these microscopic sized events. We'll wait for the video that shows AO uprooting and diamond slicing through, a carbide particle.