An diamond saw blade is specifically designed to cut through materials like asphalt, concrete, and similar hard surfaces. Its design focuses on durability, cutting efficiency, and resistance to wear.
- Design: The blade uses industrial-grade diamond particles embedded in a metal matrix. These diamonds provide the cutting ability, allowing the blade to slice through tough materials like asphalt without wearing out quickly. The blade is often segmented, with gaps (segments) that help to clear debris during cutting, improving cooling and efficiency. These segments may vary in size depending on the application.
- Applications: Asphalt diamond saw blades are used in a variety of applications, primarily involving road construction, repair, and maintenance.
- Asphalt Road Cutting: Asphalt saw blades are essential for cutting roads and surfaces during construction or repair. They help to remove sections of asphalt quickly, allowing for pavement repairs, trenching, or utility installation.
- Pavement Repair: When potholes or cracks occur, asphalt saw blades are used to cleanly cut the damaged asphalt, making it easier to remove and replace.
- Curb and Gutter Cutting: For installation of curbs or gutters in roadwork projects, asphalt diamond blades can create clean cuts, ensuring precise placement of materials.
- Trenching: Asphalt diamond blades are used in trenching applications, particularly for utility work like installing cables, pipes, and drainage systems beneath roads.
- Demolition: These blades are commonly used during demolition to break apart large sections of asphalt quickly and efficiently.
- Recycling: Asphalt recycling is another application. The blade helps in breaking down and cutting asphalt chunks for reuse in the production of new asphalt.
- Cutting Asphalt on Construction Sites: For various construction site needs, including cutting around existing infrastructure or for preparing foundation trenches.
- Concrete and Asphalt Cutting in Curbside or Roadside Work: Asphalt blades are widely used for cutting asphalt in smaller, localized repairs around cities, towns, or on roadways.
- Materials: The core is typically made from a high-strength steel, designed to withstand high temperatures generated during cutting. It also has a flexible nature that allows for resistance to warping and bending during extended use. The diamonds are bonded to the blade using a metal matrix, which can vary in hardness. The bond ensures that the diamond particles are released gradually, maintaining consistent cutting performance throughout the blade’s life.
- Configurations: 16″ Diameter for Asphalt or Concrete