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Article Excerpt
Band saw chips may seem like simply excess metal shavings that offer little value, but they can provide valuable insight into sawing efficiency for operators who closely scrutinize them.
When working with materials they saw regularly, band saw operators know precisely what blades and machine settings will achieve the exact results they need, thanks to years of hands-on experience on the shop floor. Often, however, many try to apply the knowledge they've obtained from sawing select materials to applications where they have little or no experience. The result can be reduced blade life or complete blade failure.
The fact is that each blade offered by manufacturers today is made for a specific, limited range of sawing applications. The ideal band settings and optimal chip load necessary for sawing one material can vary greatly from those needed to cut another. Thanks to years of exhaustive research and development, blade manufacturers know well how to match blades and other variables, such as band saw machine settings and average chip loads, with specific sawing applications. They share this information freely through various sources such as product catalogs, Web sites and technical support phone lines.
For maximum efficiency, every tooth of the blade must shear away the optimum amount of material with each forward pass. If too much is taken away, the...
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