What is the difference between plated, brazed, and sintered diamond blades?
A Plated and brazed tools are almost the same and utilize the same process for applying diamonds to the outside of a metal surface using a bonding agent (usually nickel). Sintering is an inexpensive low quality manufacturing process. Sintered blades have impregnated segments that are attached to the steel core by heating a powdered chemical to its melting point, which adheres the two objects together. Impregnated diamond blades are blades that have a matrix made of diamond and metal. As you cut, the metal will wear away to expose new diamonds (i.e.: concrete core bits and concrete diamond saw blades).
