Lach Diamond: 40 years Polycrystalline Diamond
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1973: The first available PCD blanks were only ø 3,5 mm
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1973: PCD turning tools dreborid first demonstrated for “significantly superior to carbide“ turning of aluminum
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1973: PCD turning tools dreborid first demonstrated for “significantly superior to carbide“ turning of aluminum
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1974: First milling of aluminum with PCD cutters
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1977 Productronica: Cutting, milling, scoring of printed circuit boards, GRP and composite materials
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1978: Spark erosion grinding EDG-plus on a LACH universal sharpening machine
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1979: Worldwide surprise: Diamonds cut all wood / woodlike materials and plastics.
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The Eighties: PCD High speed milling cutter with offset cutting edges
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The Eighties: PCD dreborid tooling system for aluminum wheels
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1987: LACH DIAMANT universal sharpening machine Dia-2200-mini
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1999: The patented PCD chipbreaker
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2004: Awarding of the Hessian Innovation Prize for the PCD dreborid Monoblock milling cutter
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2006: LACH DIAMANT receives the Airtec Award
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2010/12: Cool Injection takes effect on the chip without loss of the PCD cutting edge. Cool Injection cools, lubricates, transports and breaks the chip.
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2010/12: The patented Cool Injection system is shown – PCD dreborid milling cutter

Jakob Lach laid the foundation for the present company in 1922.

In the beginning, in Hanau, the »city of precious jewelry«, natural diamonds were cut and ground into jewelry diamonds, called brilliants by up to 600 diamond cutters. In 1932 industrial diamonds and diamond tools were added, which, in 1950, finally replaced the jewelry diamonds.

Before the background of a modern industry, strengthened by new technologies, such as the development of synthetic diamonds, LACH DIAMANT became a worldwide leading manufacturer of diamond and CBN tools and a supplier of special machines for the manufacturing and sharpening of all polycrystalline diamond tools for the processing of aluminium and plastics (PCB, GRP, GFRP etc.) as well as all wood and wood-like materials.

During this time the pioneer LACH DIAMANT has changed the world of cutting.

It all started with the first availability of the superhard cutting material under the name compax by General Electric at ...

1973 – Hanover Trade Fair

LACH DIAMANT as the first tool manufacturer introduced polycrystalline PCD cutting tools and demonstrated successfully the turning of aluminum parts with interrupted cut. Up to that time this was considered to be impossible for natural diamonds.

The start of an unique success story:

1974 – Hanover Trade Fair

The machining of aluminum, graphite and plastics with PCD tipped tools was demonstrated to an astonished audience.

1977 – Productronica, Munich

The first demonstration worldwide of PCD tools brazed directly on the tool body for the machining of GRP and composite materials for milling, cutting, scoring of printed circuit board materials on an Amacher machine.

1978 –

Discovery of the spark erosion/electrical discharge grinding by Horst Lach.

This constituted the ideal medium for the processing and manufacturing of PCD tools.

With this invention the last hurdle was taken for a ground-breaking future of the PCD tools.

1979 – LIGNA Hannover

Worldwide surprise: Diamonds cut all woodlike materials and plastics for the woodworking, furniture and flooring industries as well as for the entire fiber composite material industry, which in future should also include the aerospace and wind power industries – were launched by LACH DIAMANT.

The Eighties

The PCD tools started their triumphant advance and because of the superior tool lives – 300 to 600 times in comparison with carbide – the development of CNC machines was accelerated.

1987 – LIGNA Hanover

LACH DIAMANT shows the rotation spark erosion machines »EDG-plus«, at first developed for its own use, for the service of all PCD tools for the wood and plastics industry.

1999 –

LACH DIAMANT presents PCD and PCBn inserts with »chipbreaker« and meantime holds several patents on these laser-manufactured PCD tools.

2004 –

LACH DIAMANT received the Hessian Innovation Prize for the development of the PCD-dreborid®-Monoblock milling cutter.

2006 – AIRTEC, Frankfurt

The patented PCD multiple end mill – presented for the first time for the machining of GRP, CFRP – wins the Airtec Award.

2010/2012 – ABM, Stuttgart

»Cool-Injection« the patented option for (almost) all PCD milling and turning tools makes diamond „even harder“ and captivates due to its efficient and trouble-free chip flow.

The coolant exits directly at the PCD chip surface by way of a cooling channel in the tool carrier after the formation of the chip. The exiting coolant stream hits the „hot“ chip directly underneath, consequently resulting in targeted cooling and controlling the chip removal as requested.

Conventional tools with an inside cooling channel adjacent or in front of the cutting edge reach the chip above after its formation and are only able to fulfill the intended purpose imperfectly.

2013 –

At the trade shows in 2013, LIGNA, Hanover, EMO, Hanover and Productronica, Munich LACH DIAMANT will report continuously about new developments and highlights about LACH DIAMANT tools as well as diamond and CBN grinding wheels. Please refer also to the homepage of LACH DIAMANT www.lach-diamant.de

Source: LACH DIAMANT

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