Metal Cutting Band Saws

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Metal Cutting Band Saws

When cutting metals, special band saws are required that include coolant pumps which provide a constant flow of liquid coolant over the blade. The coolant keeps blades cool, adding blade life. They also include a powered wire brushwheel to remove chips and buildup from the blade as it exits the material. Metal cutting band saws are available in vertical and horizontal designs. These units range from manual to semi-automatic and even automatic controls.

Machine shop bandsaws are horizontal, vertically cutting saws. Small, manual shop saws usually employ a gravity-fed blade that falls in an arc around a pivot point. The rate of descent is controlled by a shock absorber that has an adjustable rate. When a manual saw is set up for another cut, the operator raises the saw by hand and leaves it in a 45 degree position. The material is unclamped, moved up to hit the part stop (which is then moved out of the way), material reclamped, and the operator hits the rapid advance switch to lower the saw just before the cut begins. The saw's piston is then set to cut advance, and another cut is made.

Additional common equipment on machine shop saws include

* A part stop for repeatable billet production, allowing long rods or bars to be cut into the correct billet size
* A long roller bed to assist long and heavy stock feeding
* Vices along the roller bed to ensure setup rigidity
* Miter base that allows angled cuts
* Saw braces that are adjusted to present just enough exposed saw to cut through the work. This increases rigidity and life of the blade