Conventional electroplating

Conventional electroplating involves a simple mechanical entrapment of the diamond crystals onto a metal substrate. This plating process operates by depositing metal, layer by layer, from a plating solution until enough metal is built up around the diamond crystals to hold them to the tool.

 
The P.B.S.® bond

The P.B.S.® bond on the other hand, uses a very hard nickel chrome alloy to permanently bond each individual crystal to the substrate with a true chemical bond. The alloy is melted at a very high temperature which causes the diamond to be permanently brazed to the tool. This allows as much as 70% of each crystal to be exposed, producing the following benefits:

• Diamond pullout is virtually eliminated. The diamonds remain on the tool, continuing to cut until their points actually wear flat.
• Faster cutting
• Reduced heat build-up
• Greater swarf clearance
• Greater coolant penetration into the surface being ground
• Spacing of the diamond can be controlled based on the desired end result
• Excellent conformity to form wheels
• More cutting edges are available on each diamond crystal