Patent ID: 8795034

Claim:
A dressing blade for conditioning abrasive tools comprising: a slab-shaped metal shank defining a base and a top parallel to the base and having an extension protruding longitudinally from an end of the shank, wherein the extension comprises a plurality of elongated walls parallel to each other and perpendicular to the base of the shank to form one or more elongated alleys between consecutive walls; and an abrasive portion comprising superabrasive grains and a brazed metal composition operative to bond the superabrasive grains to the extension, wherein the superabrasive grains and brazed metal composition are positioned in the one or more alleys, and the superabrasive grains are dispersed within the brazed metal composition in a single layer, and wherein all walls that separate adjacent superabrasive grains and that are comprised by the extension are parallel to one another.