COATED SAW BLADE

摘要

A method for coating diamond impregnated saw blades 164 with a layer of diamond or diamond-like carbon to improve performance of the saw blades. The coating may be formed only on the sides of the blade, or on both the cutting edge and sides of the saw blades. The layer 162 may be continuous or discontinuous forming a variety of possible useful patterns including grooves 164 between ridges 166.