BREAKING-IN A BAND SAW BLADE

ALWAYS BREAK-IN A NEW BLADE BEFORE RESUMUNG NORMAL CUTTING FEED RATES

1. Cut normal feed rate 50% for the first 50-100 square inched 3. Always check tension after making a few cuts
2. Watch chips being formed. Chips should look like watch springs 4. Never start a new blade in an old cut.
and hand warm. Powdery chips– increase feed rate. 5. Never stop a blade during a cut
Heavy blue chips-decrease feed rate 6. Avoid starting on sharp edges or corners.

Bi-Metal Band saw blades Carbide Band saw blades

Sharp cutting edges having extremely small
edge radii are required for high cutting power.
For keeping the optimal blade life, we recom-
mend to break-in the blade properly. Please
determine the correct cutting speed (m/min)
depending on the material to be cut and its
dimension. It is important to break-in a new
blade with only 50% feed rate. Micro break-
ages caused by too large chip thicknesses can
thus be avoided.
After choosing the optimal parameters for your
application, you should break-in a carbide
tipped band saw blade with approx. 50% feed
rate and 50% cutting speed.
It is very important to avoid vibrations and
noise. In such a case it should be helpful to re-
duce the cutting speed. After breaking-in period
of about 15 min. or 300 cm2 please slowly in-
crease the cutting speed and then the feed rate
up to the full value.

New band saw blades may tend to vibrations In addition to the band tension, which should be
and noise. In this case, a slight reduction of about 300 N/mm2 , please also check the oil
cutting speed is also helpful. With small work content of the cooling lubricant before first use.
piece dimensions approx. 300 cm2 of the ma-
terial should be cut to break in the blade. In
case of a large work piece dimensions we rec-
ommend breaking-in over a period of about 15 P.O. BOX 3185
7945 SOUTHERN BLVD.
min. After breaking-in, the feed rate may be YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44512
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