Material Applications

Sapphire cutting with looped diamond wire

Sapphire is a hard and brittle crystal where diamond wire loop cutting can be attractive for controlled cut-off and sample preparation.

Literature observation

A Chinese sapphire cutting study describes using a looped diamond wire with 0.70 mm diameter and 4 m length to cut a 53 mm sapphire cylinder, with the cut completed in about 30 minutes under that experiment.

The paper studies how cutting parameters influence wafer surface roughness and discusses the cutting mechanism.

Practical caution

This result should not be used as a universal production promise. Sapphire orientation, diameter, machine stiffness, coolant, wire condition, and surface requirements can change the outcome.

For sapphire, the safest commercial route is test cutting followed by parameter refinement.