Ebook: Cutoff Saw Creates Blanks from Superalloy's in Seconds
The superalloy inconel is valued for its strength and heat resistance, but these properties also make it difficult to machine. Northern A-1 Services, a recycling company with facilities throughout Northern and Western Michigan and in Pennsylvania, needed to saw inconel bar stock without using coolant to create casting charges on a just-in-time (JIT) delivery schedule for an aerospace customer. Given the time constraints—and sawing operation in general—the company realized it would need a better cutoff saw than what it had. As a result, the company turned to Kalamazoo Industries of Kalamazoo, Michigan, to develop a cutoff saw capable of dry-cutting inconel bar stock in a matter of seconds rather than minutes. As it turns out, the 12-feet-tall cutoff saw Kalamazoo Industries delivered with a 75-hp motor and 36-inch-diameter abrasive wheel turned a challenging operation into a repeating source of job-shop-type revenue for the recycling company. Down load for free to read the whole article.-
A fabricator that can find the right abrasive wheel for the job, can figure out the right cutting speed and downfeed rate, and can find the right saw with enough power likely doesn’t have to worry about poor quality cuts while abrasive cutting. Change in cut quality is a common problem, even when the abrasive saw has been optimized for the type of cut desired. Changes might not appear when you are cutting small diameter stock, but put in a larger piece of the same material and soon you will see scorch marks and a ragged edge... Read the entire article for free by adding to cart -
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