The Complete BANDSAW RANGE

www.sawcraft.co.uk ABOUT SAWCRAFT Based in the West Midlands, Sawcraft UK Ltd supplies a comprehensive range of quality metal bandsaw machines, cutting tools and saw blades to an established customer base throughout the UK. Privately-owned and family-run since formation in 1990, our highly-skilled and knowledgeable team, with over 30 years experience in this industry, has built a reputation for personal service, reliability and quality. We pride ourselves on working hand-in-hand with each customer to ensure that you take away the product that is right for you. We are a dedicated team with all the technical expertise required to formulate cutting solutions to meet individual sawing needs.

Sawcraft UK supplies and maintains Cosen and FMB bandsaw machines as well as Tsune high-production circular sawing machines and C.T.S Conni tube cutting machines. We also supply a full range of circular sawblades for all types of cutting needs. We have built strong relationships with our suppliers and you can be assured of excellent after-sales service well in to the future.

Sawcraft UK offers a complete range of industrial bandsaw blades including all grades of bi-metal, carbon, carbide tipped and grit edge bandsaws for metal and woodcutting. They allow our customers to work to closer tolerances and will provide a better performance than blades of only slightly lesser quality. All our bandsaw blades are cut-to-length and welded on site for rapid processing of orders, for more information please visit www.sawcraft.co.uk

European Partner

Our partners for Germany, Austria and Switzerland are Contact SCS Peter Brommer for all our product range Ltd. SCS SAWCRAFT UK

Sawcraft UK, Penncricket Lane, Rowley Regis, PETER BROMMER West Midlands, B65 0RE Sawcraft Cutting Solutions Sonnenbergstrasse 49, D-75180 Pforzheim, Germany Tel: 0121 561 5616 Fax: 0121 561 5691 Mobile: +49 15124038993 Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 72317840893 Web: www.sawcraft.co.uk Fax: +49 72317840889 Email: [email protected] Web: www.scs-pb.de

STEP BY STEP PINUP STEP BY STEP PINUP 4 EASY STEPS STEP 1 BANDSAW QUALITY CARBON M42 M51 M66 CARBIDE GRIT EDGE FLEX BI-METAL BI-METAL BI-METAL TIPPED CARBIDE

Wood General Difficult to cut Structural Steels Abrasive Building Abrasive Building Production & Purpose Metals materials Materials Materials General Purpose

Plastic Aluminium Stainless Steels Hollow Sections Fibreglass Carbon Wood Non Ferrous Metals Nimonics Structural steels Ceramics Quartz Aluminium Alloy Steels Inconel I Beams Composites Silicon Non Ferrous Metals Carbon Steels Fabrications Hardened Steel Stone Stainless Steels Cast Iron Ceramics Structural Steels Concrete Composite Glass * Longer operating life Tool Steels * Increased cutting * Longer blade life Foamed Glass * General purpose accuracy * Stops tooth strippage Graphite cutting * Cost-efficient cutting * Wider set – reduces Aluminium * Precise Cutting * Economical of materials with low jamming * Up to 50% * Minimal Material * Greatest variety of machinabitliy, such * More clearance reduction in Loss width, thickness as nickel and cutting time * Reduction in Blade and tooth titanium alloys * Longer life due to specification * Increased cutting Replacement Costs accuracy superior resistance to * Superior Blade Life * Ideal for straight heat wear or and contour * Handles hard to machine metals abrasion. cutting * Fatigue resistant alloy * Fatigue resistant backer

STEP 2 TOOTHSHAPES & FORMS Standard Tooth Skip Tooth 0º Rake angle and equally spaced teeth. Useful for small 0º Rake angle, equally spaced teeth and wide flat gullets. details, cutting across grain of wood and for metal Corse blade cuts quickly; best suited for cutting long cutting applications. gentle curves. Advantages Benefits Advantages Benefits * Excellent chip carrying capacity * Excellent cutting for * Excellent chip carrying * General purpose * Provides a corse pitch on non ferrous and capacity narrow bands non metallic applications Recommended applications : brittle materials of large diameter such as brass, bronze, aluminium risers and brittle plastics.

Hook Tooth Variable Tooth Pitch Positive rake angle, wide rounded gullets and equally spaced 0º or Positive rake angle, varying gullet depth and teeth. Most aggressive tooth style. The large round gullet can transport large amounts of material from the cut. tooth spacing. The tooth size and depth of the gullet changes from one tooth to the next. Advantages Benefits * The positive rake angle provides * Fast cutting with Advantages Benefits better tip penetration with less good surface finish * Reduced vibration * Improves blade life feed pressure. * Aggressive cutting * Smooth and efficient cut * Reduced noise Decreases the vibration on interrupted cuts e.g. Tubing, U channel or beams. STEP TOOTH3,7&+6(&7,21

3 phone orders 0121 561 5616 www.sawcraft.co.uk Tooth (tpi) Selection Charts The correct tpi selection (tooth per inch) will dramatically increase the blade life. (Guide only) CARBON BIMETAL WOOD/PLASTIC/ALUMINIUM RECTANGLE SOLID METALS AND SQUARES

Teeth Per Inch Teeth Per Inch

24 18 14 10 8 6 4 3 2 1.3 1.1 24 14 10/14 8/12 6/10 5/8 4/6 3/4 2/3 1.1/1.5

Material Thickness Material Thickness (mm) 1 2 2.5 6 10 18 25 38 50 127 (mm) 2 5 10 13 18 25 50 115 180 (Inch) 0.08 0.1 0.24 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.0 5.0 (Inch) 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 2.0 4.5 7.0

BIMETAL BIMETAL ROUND SOLID METALS TUBE/PIPE/PROFILE, CHANNEL & BOX METAL SECTION

Teeth Per Inch Teeth Per Inch

24 14 10/14 8/12 6/10 5/8 4/6 3/4 2/3 1.1/1.5 14 10/14 8/12 6/10 5/8 4/6 3/4 2/3 1.1/1.5

Material Thickness Material Thickness (mm) 2 7 10 15 20 25 50 125 254 (mm) 2 2.5 4 5 7 15 25 27 50 (Inch) (Inch) 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0 (Inch) 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.28 0.6 1.06 2.0 General rule of thumb: SAW BLADE For wood and soft materials 3-6 aim for 3 – 6 teeth in the TEETH ZRUNSLHFH SAFETY For yor own safety please follow For metals and harder the safety instructions while you 6-24 materials aim for 6 – 24 DUHZRUNLQJZLWKEDQGVDZEODGHV TEETH WHHWKLQWKHZRUNSLHFH

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1 To determine the RPM: refer to the machine manual or clock the revolutions per minute of the wheels. 2 Measure the diameter of the drive wheel.

S.F.P.M = Wheel diameter in inches x 0.262 S.M.P.M = S.F.P.M x 3.28 General Guidelines for Band Speeds and Feed Pressures Materials to cut Blade Material S.M.P.M

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