Back-edge ramping tech accelerates sawing rate

END USER: Special Quality Alloys Inc., (281) 548-1277, www.sqainc.net. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Industrial Diamond Products Co. Inc., (713) 991-1600, www.idp-tx.com; Simonds Saw, (800) 343-1616, www.simondsint.com. CHALLENGE: Extend bandsaw blade life while reducing cycle times. SOLUTION: Back-edge ramping technology to accelerate the sawing rate.

Whether it’s machined components or sawed metal bars, customers want short lead times. On the flipside, the manufacturers producing the parts and bars desire long tool life while satisfying their customers’ expectations.

Special Quality Alloys Inc., a Humble, Texas, distributor of bars and forgings, understands those requirements. The company has three bandsaws to cut precipitation-hardened stainless steel and nickel-base superalloy bars from ½” to 19″ (12.7mm to 482.6mm) in diameter with a hardness from 22 to 40 HRC, said Marco Deuterio, company president.

“We want to offer our customers good lead times. Having good saw blades and good equipment allows us to do that,” said Jimmy Carlile, SQA’s technical manager.

In a move aimed at improving bandsaw blade life, SQA allowed Houston-based distributor Industrial Diamond Products Co. Inc. to visit and test the SineWave blade from Simonds Saw, Fitchburg, Mass.

Special Quality Alloys applies SineWave bandsaw blades from Simonds to reduce cycle times while extending blade life. Image courtesy Special Quality Alloys.