Reasoning of the optimal parametrs of the natural stone monolith separating with diamond wire saws in order to decrease the losses

Abstract

The wholeness of the stone monolith is saved when separating of it occur with the diamond wire machines. However, there are some problems and questions – what are the optimal dimensions of the monolith and the angles of drilling for contouring with diamond wire or what kind of the machines and tools are better for separating the natural stone monolith. The process of the natural stone monolith separating with diamond wire saw leads to quantitative losses of stone. The number of the exposure planes, the monolith dimensions, the diameter of drillholes and the diameter of the diamond wire. All these parameters affect the amount of the quantitative losses. Qualitative losses of the stone are lacking with using the diamond wire. Nevertheless, these losses appear because of the diamond wire deviation from the designed cutting plane, uneven frazzle of the diamond beads, increasing of the diamond wire diameter until cutting.

Keywords

• diamond wire machines
• quantitative losses
• qualitative losses
• optimal drilling diameter
• stone monolith dimensions