FIELD: processes for cutting blanks, mainly non-metallic ones by plates with use of diamond wheels with outer or inner cutting edge. SUBSTANCE: method comprises steps of advancing rotating diamond cutting wheel to blank, feeding cutting fluid to working zone and additionally feeding cutting fluid onto non-worked end of cut plate in direction opposite relative to plate bending direction. EFFECT: enhanced quality of surface layer of cut plates, reduced depth of defective layer on cut end of plate. 5 dwg
