Global Stone Congress II

ISBN: 9783035715248 出版年：2020 页码：196 Nuria Fernandez Castro Trans Tech Publications Ltd

The search of ornamental rocks cutting technology to meet the market and efficiently together economic, environmental and safety parameters is increasingly requested in the mineral sector. This study tried to compare two cutting technologies with respect to their technical-operational aspects: diamond wire and water jet. The methodology used consists of a bibliographical research raising data of both technologies and organizing them in graphs and tables for the best comparison. The diamond wire offers significant economic advantages over water jet, which limits the use thereof. Regarding the environmental aspects, the two techniques proved to be equivalent, with optimum performance in this parameter. The water jet has advantage in safety factor in relation to the diamond wire, due to its ability to cut by computerized system.