Patent ID: 7089924

Claim:
A method for cutting a granite block into slabs, said method comprising the steps of: providing a granite block; cutting said granite block with a cutting device, the cutting device comprising: a plurality of generally parallel, spaced-apart blades, with each of the blades having a plurality of cutting segments mounted thereon, each of the segments being spaced apart from one another by a center-to-center distance, each of the segments comprising a continuous phase impregnated with a superabrasive material selected from one of natural diamond, synthetic diamond, cubic boron nitride, and combinations thereof; wherein there is a spacing variation of at least 1 mm between a maximum center-to-center distance and a minimum center-to-center distance of the segments; and producing granite slabs from the granite block by said cutting device, each granite slab having a surface roughness R a of less than 1000 μ-in.