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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2001
Other;
Abstract
A thin strip-shaped grindstone is held flat under tension and moved backwards and forwards in the longitudinal direction, while the grindstone is moved in a direction perpendicular to a cylindrical ingot and cuts the ingot. A metal-bonded grindstone is used as the strip-shaped grindstone at least one pair of electrodes are disposed adjacent to both surfaces of the metal-bonded grindstone one on each side of the ingot. The metal-bonded grindstone is made the positive electrode and DC voltage pulses are applied between the grindstone and the electrodes, and at the same time, a conducting processing fluid is fed to the gaps between the metal-bonded grindstone and the electrodes, and both surfaces of the metal-bonded grindstone are dressed electrolytically on both sides while the cylindrical ingot is being cut by the metal-bonded grindstone. A large diameter, hard, refractory ingot can be efficiently cut with a small amount of cutting waste, warping and uneven thickness of the finished surface are reduced, roughness of the cut surface is small, little damage is given to the crystal during processing, running costs are low and there is a reduction in manpower requirements.