This new range of NEXT^® powders is composed of binary and ternary pre-mixed powders:

NEXT®100 + Fe (80/20) = MX 1480 NEXT®100 + WC (80/20) = MX 1180 NEXT®200 + Fe (80/20) = MX 2480 NEXT®200 + WC (80/20) = MX 2180 NEXT®300 + Fe (80/20) = MX 3480 NEXT®100 + Fe + W (60/20/20) = MX 1560 NEXT®100 + Fe + WC (60/20/20) = MX 1660 NEXT®100 + Fe + WR (64/16/20) = MX 1760 NEXT®100 + Fe + WR (72/18/10) = MX 1770

These pre-mixed powders constitute a basis that can be adapted to specific requirements by adding traditional additives. Other pre-mixed powders can be made available upon request.

Lower sintering temperatures offer many advantages such as:

• savings on graphite mould costs
• savings on energy costs
• greater choice of diamonds

For their intrinsic properties, Next^® powders offer the possibility of complete densification at temperature much lower than Cobalt. In order to confirm that the use of such low sintering temperatures are compatible with good sawing performance, cutting tests have been performed with an independent laboratory.

The results obtained with various grades of the Next^® range are excellent. For MX 1480, several blades were made and tests were performed. Cutting performance is maintained even at low sintering temperatures. Detailed data were presented in Diabond 99 in Nurnberg and are available upon request.