Abstract: A cutting disk or wheel, particularly for the dry cutting of natural and artificial stone material, especially asphalt and concrete, comprises a single-layer saw plate of a high alloy special steel with ribs formed on the circumference by radial separating slots, cutting segments of a diamond material being attached to the webs. Radial cooling and thermal expansion equalizing slots, narrower than the first-mentioned slots, are arranged equidistantly on the wheel circumference and terminate radially inwardly in enlarged cooling bores. Preferably, the latter slots are radially inwardly extending extensions of the former slots. The ratio of the width of the first-mentioned slots to the web length measured peripherally of the wheel, is in the range of 0.5 to 0.7. The ratio of the peripheral length of the cutting segments to the periphery of the wheel, is in the range of 0.015 to 0.025.

Abstract: A cutting wheel for natural and artificial rock, such as road surfaces of asphalt or concrete, comprises a carrier disk with cutting segments in a regular series around the circumference of the carrier disk. The series is interrupted at spaced intervals, by at least two extra segments which are made of a material harder than that of the cutting segments and are preferably clad with diamond abrasive material. The extra segments are quadrilateral and have their radially inner edge inclined upwardly in the direction of rotation of the cutting wheel. The correspondingly upwardly inclined portion of the cutter wheel provides a base to which the extra segment is soldered. The extra segments have the same width as the cutting segments, which width is greater than the thickness of the body of the cutting wheel.