Wire Saw Beads

The diamond wire saw beads (dwsbs) find huge applications in the stone cutting industries. the properties of marblesstones vary from mine to mine. the performance of diamond wire saw beads, in terms of cutting productivity and the service life depend largely on its physical and mechanical properties. besides hardness, the wear resistance of bead is a major parameter that affects wire-sawing operation. as part of the research work, a simulated wear test rig was fabricated in order to provide rotational motion (30 rpm) to wire saw bead (wsb) and tangential motion (1500 rpm) to granite disc where in bead was allowed to slide on the counter face disc of granite material and thus wear performance of wire saw bead was investigated at applied load of 0.5kg. the wsbs were fabricated by varying chemical composition of electrolytic iron powder