Cost advantages from carbide circular sawing technology

The Amada fully automatic circular-sawing machine (illustrated), using highspeed steel or tungsten carbide-tipped saw-blades, is one of several installed to produce high quality blanks for automotive component applications.The basis for justification of a carbide solution is all about pieces on the floor. A carbide circular saw has a very high throughput of metal, at very high accuracy, and with a designed for purpose Amada disposable carbide blade, these saws out perform other solutions.CNC control means that sawing conditions can be optimised, with output maximised. Close tolerance billets up to 0.25mm, of up to 100mm diameter can be produced, in batch or volume quantities, using full Statistical Process Control if required. The accuracy of these saws provides a very accurate blank for cut-to-weight applications where the volume of material in a die is critical.Cuts are virtually burr-free, with surface finishes so fine that further machining is usually unnecessary.