Content tagged with "feedrate"
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Article
November 6, 2007
Making the most of your saw blade
Heat and vibration are the biggest enemies of any band saw application. The symptoms are easily defined, but it's much more of a challenge to diagnose why heat and vibration occur. Proper diagnosis through observation is essential to optimize blade performance and life. When the machine is in... Read more...
Article
June 12, 2007
Sawing? Cool it.
A quality, properly mixed and maintained sawing coolant helps increase cutting rates, improve the cut finish, and extend blade life.
Nearly every metal sawing operation can be made more efficient with a quality sawing coolant that is properly mixed and maintained. Coolants also improve... Read more...
Article
November 7, 2006
Material separation anxiety
The structural materials that welding and fabrication shops must saw are more abusive to band saw blades than any other metal sawing application, but paying attention to band selection, band speed, feed rate, coolant, and maintenance can minimize the abuse. Band sawing square tubing, round... Read more...
Article
April 11, 2006
Fastener insertion technology moves ahead
Advanced hardware insertion technology offers visual guides to ensure correct insertion and allows fabricators to install multiple sizes and types of fasteners. It's a fact many have pondered often for many years now but that must continue to be discussed: The face of fabricating in... Read more...
Article
November 8, 2005
Knockout punch
Punched and tapped parts are stacked on a pallet to be delivered to the press brake area for bending. A finished part (after bending) is shown on the left side of the stacking table for illustration purposes. This is an application destined to stay in the U.S. It's a large,... Read more...
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