The existing crisis has accentuated problems related to the energetic perspective which forces the industrial framework to take actions. Natural stone companies are those more deteriorated by the crisis since they depend on the construction sector. While it is true that embedded energy in the natural stone industry includes extraction, transport and processing stages, the abrasive effect of sawing and polishing activities is responsible for the most energy consumption in stone manufacture. For this reason, improving sawing processes could have a major impact on the natural stone sector. This article presents a design of a new thinner diamond segmented circular sawblade for marble sawing, which reduces energy consumption during the sawing process. First of all, a multi-axis force measurement system was employed to determine the cutting conditions of a conventional diamond segmented circular sawblade under a pre-set configuration. Then, the research team defined a digital prototype of a commercial diamond s...
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