CVD DIAMOND BURRS - DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS

Some studies about application devices that have been developed in our laboratory are presented. Some characterizations show the quality of free-standing CVD diamond film. An improvement of CVD diamond burrs wi ll be presented, including laser cutting of diamond film, processes fo r soldering the film to the stainless steel tips, and statistical perf ormance of the burrs. Basic studies were carried out in order to impro ve the film quality. These results gave us support for the scaling-up of a hot-filament system for the manufacturing of CVD diamond burrs.