Editor s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. Many of these articles are based on audio/videotaped ...

Diamond wire sawing is a critical cutting technology in the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries, employed to slice single-crystal silicon ingots into thin wafers. The process utilises a ...

Although early metalsmiths learned how to increase the hardness of copper, granite was still over four times as hard. The very hard sand particles imbedded themselves in the copper blade and were ...

The method of wafering, cropping and slicing of silicon wafers can be achieved using fixed diamond wire. The diamond wire is able to cut 75% quicker than wire slurry saws. It reduces the production ...