How can I recover a "crystallized" cutting disk?
I was cutting an iron L rod, and the cutting disk began to produce red sparks, instead of these habitual bright orange. Simultaneously, its cutting effectiveness was down dramatically. I searched in the web, and learned that this phenomen is named crystallization,and it is due to overheating. Now, my disk is a new one, I want not throw it to the waste.
Any idea how to get it back? THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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Steve
I did like going to cut with the metal disk a piece of cement, and it turned out!
Yo hice algo parecido a lo que me sugieres, hice como que iba a cortar con el disco para metales un trozo de cemento, ¡y resultó! Hay que darle dos o tres segundos, sin ejercer demasiada presión. Y luego, al cortar hierro, también hacerlo con suavidad para no volver a cristalizar el disco. Lo que ocurrió fue que yo estaba usando ese soporte vertical que se ve en la foto, que permite ejercer más fuerza que la que uno usa normalmente, por el efecto palanca.
Thank zavala1857 (really are old, man;)
I did something similar to what you suggest, I did like going to cut with the metal disk a piece of cement, and it turned out! Give him two or three seconds without exerting too much pressure. And then, when cutting iron, also do smoothly to not crystallize again the disc. What happened was that I was using the vertical support shown in the picture, which allows more force than one would normally use, for leverage.
*Just an example, not a recommendation.
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