SAWING APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SCINTILLATOR STRUCTURED INTO SCINTILLATOR ELEMENTS AND SCINTILLATOR HAVING SCINTILLATOR ELEMENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a sawing apparatus (4) for producing a scintillator (2), which is structured into scintillator elements (1), for a radiation detector (3). Said sawing apparatus further comprises a rotatably mounted saw blade (5) and an oscillating means (6) for kinematically subjecting the saw blade to oscillation in the ultrasound frequency range. Through the additional oscillation of the saw blade (5), it is possible to achieve better cooling of the saw blade (5) and better removal of sawing waste. This affords the advantage of higher achievable feed rates and longer durability of the saw blade (5). In addition, deep cuts can be made in the scintillator material in a single cutting process, with reduced edge fragmentation and therefore with little scrap. The invention also relates to such a process for producing the scintillator (2) structured into scintillator elements (1), and to a correspondingly structured scintillator (2).