Sawing

Bandsaw Blunders – How they Cut Blade Life

  • By: Ron Saxon, National Accounts Manager and Production Cutting Specialist, and David Rosing, Technical Manager of BandSaw Products, Simonds International
For long life, make sure your blade tension is right – usually between 25 k.p.s.i. and 32 k.p.s.i. But check with your blade manufacturer to confirm the values for your blades.

Designed for cutting bundles of solids, structurals and tubes, Simonds’ IC Enduro 3, like other blades, requires a rich coolant mix that sticks to the blade.

Hard Cutting

  • By: Russ Olexa, V. P., Associate Publisher

To cut tough exotic metals like Hastelloy, Inconel and others, it takes the correct saw, know how and the right blade.

A Saw Blade That Gets Under The Skin

  • By: Ed Huntress, Contributing Editor

Getting into production with his company’s new Amada bandsaw, Pat Schisler was happily cutting 316 stainless barstock with the recommended carbide-tipped blades when things started to go wrong.

Bandsaw Blades – Buying On Price Isn’t The Answer

  • By: Russ Olexa, V. P., Associate Publisher

The statement: “A band saw blade is a band saw blade is a band saw blade,” isn’t true, says Glenn Tatro, director, technical sales, LENOX. There’s a lot more to cutting with one than you might think, and how saw blades are made separates the best from the rest.

Products Always Improving

  • By: Colin Carlu, Associate Editor

Some might say that sawing doesn’t exactly move at the “speed of light” compared to other fields in the fabrication industry. Regardless of whether this is true, it’s certainly clear that it doesn’t sit at a standstill, either.