Dry Cutting Diamond Blade Selection Chart

Use the chart to select the Diamond Blades most suitable for your application and price range.

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Hard

General

Abrasive

Asphalt

Hard

General

Abrasive

Asphalt

General

Granite

****

Granite aggregate concrete

****

Engineering bricks

****

Cured concrete

****

Clay pipes

****

Clay paviours

****

Hard paviours

****

Clay roof tiles

****

Hard facing bricks

****

Reinforced concrete lintels

****

Concrete paving slabs

****

Concrete pipes & kerbs

****

Medium facing bricks

****

Hard sandstones

****

Slate

****

Limestone concrete

****

Medium block paviours

****

Concrete roofing tiles

****

Medium sandstone

****

Gritstone

****

Asphalt over concrete

****

Breeze blocks

****

Top blocks

****

Green concrete

****

Asphalt

****

Lignacite blocks

****

****		High performance - Excellent cutting speed and long life
****		Good performance - Good cutting speed andlife
****		Recommended - Acceptable cutting speed and life
****		Acceptable - Will do the job
****		Not suitable

Hard	General purpose	Abrasive	Asphalt
For hard non-abrasive products. Very hard concrete, class A engineering bricks, 65-100 Newton clay paviours, hard flint aggregate concretes. Reinforced concrete lintels, kerbs and hard paving slabs. Hard clay roof tiles, hard slate.	For extensive use of wide range of products including most medium aggregate concretes. General masonry products, stock paving bricks, most roofing tiles and hard sandstones.	For abrasive materials including green concretes, breezeblocks, soft facing bricks, abrasive refractory materials, fire bricks, cellular concrete brocks, soft sandstone and other lightweight abrasive materials. Blades 300mm and over include 15mm undercut protection segments.	For use of asphalt, some asphalt over concrete, medium to soft sandstone, abrasive blocks, breezeblocks, and other highly abrasive applications. Blades 300mm and over include 15mm undercut protection segments.