Description
An exciting new type of wiredrawing, tube drawing, and cable compacting die is capable of providing dramatic benefits over PCD and Tungsten Carbide dies in particular applications. This paper introduces Nanocrystalline Diamond Composite Coatings (NCDC) technology and discusses its various applications. Benefits of using NCDC dies in cable compacting and stranding, as well as some wire and tube drawing applications are discussed in detail, including significant price/performance improvements, raw material savings, green elements, etc.