History of Diamond Tools. When synthetic diamond powder came into the picture.

A blog by Namah Fateh on the historical moment when diamond was ACCIDENTALLY recognised as an abrasive. #NFsays

Let's start with the century we are talking about.

It all started in what we call the “Victorian Era”. Yes, you guessed it right! It was the 19th Century in the Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps. Somewhere in Swiss Alps, a construction of a tunnel was going on with explosives being used in the work process. These explosives were placed in rock slots, and yes this was a very efficient technique back then. Having said that, this technique was unable to make holes in a very hard rock, which naturally increased the cost of work being carried out.

And then the accident sprung into Magic!

A specialist named Loshe, who was responsible for carrying out this tunnel construction, was very disturbed by this issue of hard rock. And on a normal day which accidentally turned into the D-day led to the discovery that a diamond (which he wore on his finger) leaves scratches on mineral glass. Eureka! This gave him an idea to construct a lace drill with diamond mounted at the end, and to cool the drilling process with water. This was the very moment that led to a complete change in the diamond tool industry. This prototype model paved the way for many modern tools and until this day, the principles of work remain unchanged. Although this method was extremely conventional at the time, its widespread use was not possible as diamonds were expensive.

Did you know?

Search for substitute of diamond began and continued till the mid 20th century and in 1955 Industrial Diamond Powder was produced in US, which is now used globally in diamond tool industry. And after this breakthrough of synthetic diamond powder, there has been some titanic developments in the production of synthetic diamond powder, helping in cost cutting and improving the quality of diamond tools.

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Sources:

1. (PDF) Elements of Diamond Tools Development Used in the Technology of Building Materials Processing (researchgate.net)

2. P. Rajczyk, “Analysis of the abrasive mechanism for use tools to grinding of mineral material surfaces”, Innovative potential in production engineering and material technology, Częstochowa, 2018, pp. 493-495.

3. J. Rajczyk, M. Kosiń, “Methodology of analyzing a new geometry design of a friction plate effect on the engineered surfaces” IET Conference Publications, 2011, pp. 2-177 - 2-180.