Diamond Tooling

Diamond is the hardest material on the earth. Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) tooling is manufactured in a high-temperature and high-pressure laboratory that fuses diamond particles onto a carbide substrate, which allows the diamond to be brazed onto a tool body. PCD Tooling Benefits: Harder cutting edge provides higher resistance to wearCut thousands of feet more than carbide without changing tool, saving setup time Optimized machine tool efficiency Quality of finish is often significantly improvedIf you’re looking for the ultimate in tooling, you’ve found it! Rapid Tool’s PCD tipped compression CNC router bits will groove, joint and rabbet a wide variety of tough, abrasive materials including composites, particleboard, MDF (both raw or with melamine), veneer and hardwoods. The cutting edge lasts much longer than carbide for extremely long life. Depending on the material being cut, PCD tooling has been known to out perform a carbide tool by a ratio of 300:1. However, to be conservative in your buying decision, we suggest you base your expectations on 25:1 ratio over carbide tooling. Excellent for cutting: Aluminum Composite Material (ACM)Composite panelsCustom composite materials, fiberglas,  PCB boardFiber-reinforced urethaneFiber-reinforced structural foam floors, Lightweight composites, MDF, Plywood Plastic, Hard and soft wood. Multipliers for different materials: Chipboard without coating: Max RPM x 1.1% Cross grain veneer: Max RPM x 0.7% MDF: Max RPM x 0.8%