1. Improved Cutting Performance of Diamond Beads by Means of Innovative Shape 2nd International Industrial Diamond Conference Roma, 19-20 April 2007

2. Fabrication technologies Hot pressing: advantages and drawbacks Electroplating: advantages and drawbacks Pressureless sintering: advantages and drawbacks HIP: advantages and drawbacks New technology Lower costs Higher performances C onclusions

3. Traditional Technologies Electroplated tool Hot pressing

4. Sintering furnaces set Traditional Technologies Hot isostatic pressing

5. Powder Binder Feedstock

6. Injection Moulding

7. Debinding Metal Powder Temporary binder Backbone binder

8. Pressureless sintering

9. Very complicate shapes are possible

10. Experimental

11. Green part Sintered beads

12. Beads after brazing Beads during cut

13. Theory

14. Practice

15. A general analysis of the costs in any cutting operation leads to the following expression: Economical features F

16. A cost saving higher than 15% is possible