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Tabular overview of usual bonds
Glass machining is done almost exclusively with metal bond diamond tools. Resin bond tools are used only for polishing,
e.g. for progressive multifocals or for superfinishing optically contacted prisms, and for slitting (cutting off) technical glass
components.
Application recommendations
For profiled tools
Universal bond
For large contact surfaces,
universal application on toric
surfaces
For machining plastic glass
Universal for spectacle lenses
Universal for harder glass types
Universal for softer glass types
For soft flint glass types
For grit sizes < D7
For optically contacted prisms
For toric and aspherical surfaces,
for low grinding forces
Bond
name
BZ 488
BZ 486
BZ 457
BZ 444
BZ 387
BZ 366
BZ 335
BZ 309
BZ 560
ST 5314
G 825
BT 246
BZ 488
BZ 486
BZ 444
BZ 428
BZ 387
BZ 335
BZ 303
BZ 5017
K-plus
1001Y
SP 2012
SP 2013
Wear
hardness
Bond group
Metal or
bronze bond
(grinding
wheels)
Electroplated
metal bond
Metal or
bronze bond
(pellets)
Resin bond
(pellets)
Tool type
Grinding wheels
Bevelling wheels
Cutting disks
(restricted range of bonds)
Cup wheels
Cup wheels
Pellets
Ordering data
diamond tools
