Element Six Announces a 'Long Life' Synthetic Diamond Nozzle

Element Six Announces a 'Long Life' Synthetic Diamond Nozzle

CUIJK, Netherlands, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Element Six are pleased to announce a new range of "Long Life" synthetic diamond nozzles. Diamond's extreme wear resistant, thermal, and chemical properties make it an ideal material of choice for orifices and nozzles operating in high velocity or harsh production environments. Industrial applications for these Long Life Nozzles include dry spraying, water jet cutting, cleaning, homogenizing and painting. The Long Life diamond nozzles for the water-jet cutting application are primarily designed for high volume production environments, for instance in the automotive industry. In comparison with nozzles made of sapphire a lifetime improvement of 15 to 20 times is achieved by using diamond.

Apart from this improvement the synthetic diamond does not contain cracks or other imperfections in its structure, and as a result implosion events are eliminated.

The successful development and testing of the Long Life Nozzle was as a result of a collaboration between Element Six, the Swiss company MVT (http://www.mvt.ch/) and the University of Applied Science at Aargau, Switzerland. "We have demonstrated that by using a "long life" diamond water-jet nozzle, which produces a consistent water-jet quality reduces production down time significantly. Consequently this Diamond Long Life Nozzle will generate some great operational cost savings," stated Mr. Waelti, President of MVT.

"Diamond is already the preferred material of choice in many demanding industrial applications and it is rapidly replacing conventional materials in many harsh environments. Manufacturers that use diamond as an enabling ingredient are benefiting from its superior properties and superior price/ performance ratios," commented Paul Dankers, the General Manager of Element Six's operation in The Netherlands.

Element Six

Element Six is the world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of all forms of synthetic diamond for industrial and commercial use. Element Six has pioneered the development of CVD diamond technology since the 1980's. CVD diamond opens up many new application areas outside the traditional abrasive uses of synthetic diamond.

http://www.e6.com/

The University of Applied Science

The University of Applied Science, is one of the leading institutes in Switzerland in the fields of Science & Technology, Economics, Business, Art & Design, Social Works and Education. The University is located in one of the most highly industrialised and developed areas of the country, Canton Aargau. It is thanks to this location that the links between research and practice through rapid technology and knowledge transfer play a dominant role at the University. The research group for thermo- and fluid engineering is headed by

Prof. Dr. Kurt C. Heiniger.

MVT AG

Micro-Verschleiss Technik AG is a company located in Nidau, Switzerland The main activity of MVT AG is the research and development for nozzles and their components of high pressure water jet applications.

In addition to supplying high pressure water jet nozzles MVT offer machining, centerless grinding, polishing and lapping of super hard materials such as sapphire, ruby and various ceramics.

Source: Element Six Ltd

CONTACT: Rene Diks, Element Six B.V., P.O. Box 119, 5430 AC Cuijk, The
Netherlands, +31-485-395-881, info@e6.com

Web Site: http://www.mvt.ch/
http://www.e6.com/

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