Scope

The 3rd International Industrial Diamond Conference will be essentially application-based, with the emphasis on the introduction of diamond and cubic boron nitride into new areas of industry. The scope also includes specific research which leads to a deeper understanding of the properties of the new materials or significant breakthroughs in fabrication techniques.

The conference will embrace both the traditional abrasive applications of diamond as well as the newer technology-based applications. This will include diamond and CBN products derived from high pressure/high temperature synthesis as well as coated and free-standing diamond products produced by low pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) synthesis. Keynote speeches and technical presentations divided into four parallel sessions will enable as many topics as possible to be covered within the two days. This format, together with the educational session on Wednesday afternoon, will provide a comprehensive overview of current and future applications for diamond and cubic boron nitride.

Application areas

Abrasive:

Being the hardest material known to man, diamond, together with its sister product CBN, is used as a superabrasive to machine a whole range of materials such as stone, concrete, metals and hardened steels, wood composites, plastics, glass and carbides.

Non-abrasive:

Diamond’s other unique optical, thermal and electrical properties are being exploited commercially in non-abrasive applications in the electronics, medical, telecommunications and optical industries. Recent developments in these emerging technologies have started to utilise the potential of industrial diamond as a high-tech material.