Performance of Brazed Diamond Tool for Machining Dental Ceramic

Abstract

Diamond tools are fabricated by brazing and used to machine dental ceramics in this paper. The morphology, grinding ratio, wear and grinding force of the brazed tools are investigated in comparison with that of the electroplated ones. The results show that the brazed alloy forms a hill-like structure around the diamond grits, and the protrusion of the brazed diamond grits is higher than that of the electroplated one. The grinding ratio of the brazed diamond tool is higher than the electroplated one. Many fall-off diamond pits of the electroplated tool and only few micro-crack diamond grits of the brazed tool are observed after grinding, and the brazed one remains well process capability. The grinding force of the electroplated tool is larger than that of the brazed one.