SHARPENING SERVICES: Many ………… cost-effective alternative
Southern Carbide Specialists offers carbide slitting saws in a
variety of styles, sizes, and tooth configurations. We also offer
our slitting saws in coarse pitch, fine pitch, or microfine pitch to
accommodate your needs. In order to maintain maximum precision and
symmetry during repetitive machining, blade thickness and axial
radius are kept to strict tolerance figures. Slitting saws can be
used for machining cast iron, steel, and high temp alloys such as
stainless steel and other related steel alloys. Applications include
non-ferrous machining such as aluminum, brass, bronze, magnesium,
zinc, plastics, and non-metals.
If you’re working with non-ferrous metals (metals which don’t
contain iron), Southern Carbide suggests a Coarse Pitch, and we also
offer various levels of finer pitch saws for ferrous metals.
In addition to our various sizes, styles and pitches, Southern
Carbide can also meet your needs for blade thickness. Our slitting
saw thickness tolerance is +.0005 to -.0005”. Saw widths from .005
to .750. We also offer our saws in metric sizes.
Why Carbide?
Carbide metal saw blades provide longer
tool life and decreased cycle times; thus making them highly
effective in long production runs. In addition, carbide is a harder
material than steel and so is also more resistant to wear.
Optimum performance can be achieved by following a rigid set up
with accurate feed and speed, proper tooth geometry, and coolant
use.
Southern Carbide Engineering
At Southern Carbide we
have a solid engineering background and are also able to design saws
based on your job characteristics, tooling sketches, and drawings.
Contact our team of highly qualified engineers to assist you.
JEWELER’S SAWS:
Jeweler’s saws are precision cutting
tools designed for slotting and grooving thin material in which
minimum tooth engagement is desired. Applications include cutting
wire, delicate tubing, sheeting and extrusions. The larger diameter
results in a higher surface cutting speed even at lower revolutions
per minute. Coolant is recommended for the ground teeth. Southern
Carbide offers a range of Jeweler’s slotting saws with OD ranging
from 1 to 4 inches and thickness options between .008-.140. Metric
sizes are also available.
KEYWAY CUTTERS:
Southern Carbide keyway cutters are
made of premium quality sub-micron grain tungsten carbide. This
enables them to make faster, cleaner cuts compared to high-speed
steel. They are super finished to reduce cutter drag. Keyway cutters
are available in straight tooth configurations for working with
harder materials such as high carbon steel. Applications include
machining of keyway grooves including re-cut of worn keyways,
cutting slots, live tooling, and radius work. Finishes are
comparable to a ground surface. Southern Carbide Keyway Cutters are
American Standard with OD ranging from 0.25 to 1.5 inches and a 6 to
16 range of flutes. Metric sizes are also available upon request.
CONVENTIONAL & CLIMB MILLING:
In conventional milling
the cutter rotation is opposite to the direction of the table feed.
In this scenario the width of the chip starts at zero and increases
at the end of the cut. This type of cut requires lower force and is
preferred for roughing cuts. A disadvantage is accelerated tool
wear.
In climb milling, the cutter revolves in the same direction as
the table feed resulting in a better surface finish, longer tool
life, lower power consumption, and ease of fixturing. A disadvantage
is the possibility of backlash depending on the machinery.
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