Cold saw blades are circular-type blades widely used in cold saw machines. They keep the blade cold by dissipating the heat generated in the cutting process into the chip that falls off from the cutting area. Cold saw blades can sustain prolonged use due to its ability to stay cold during cutting. 

The blades are powered by the cold saw motor, and the operator can vary the speed even during the cut while still maintaining the torque. Providing the blade at a steady feed rate will ensure there is virtually no dust, and because there is no heat, the chances of discoloration are practically none.  

A properly maintained cold saw blade should last a long time, even with extensive use. Typically, cold saw blades can endure up to 1,000 cuts before it needs to sharpen. Also, a high-quality cold saw blade can be re-sharpened 40 times during its lifespan. Here are a few tips get the most out of your cold saw blade:

Choose The Correct Blade

Using the wrong blade for a particular material will dull the blade faster and will need to be sharpened quicker. Frequent re-sharpening will shorten the lifespan of the cold saw blade. 

Use a fine-toothed blade for thinner material and a coarser tooth blade for solid or thick-walled material

Properly Install The Cold Saw Blade

Proper installation of the blade is an easy process but requires great attention to detail. Make sure that the clamps and screws and tighten. Also, remove any debris from the saw machine and the spindle to eliminate the possibility of backlash. 

Let The Blade Do The Work

Applying pressure on the material during the cut will not only yield an uneven cut but will also damage the blade and shorten its lifespan. It is important to learn and understand your machine’s speed variations, feed rates, and chip load to get extract the maximum out of your cold saw blades. 

Use Appropriate Lubricants

Even though a cold saw blade can perform without lubricants, but it is highly recommended to lubricate the blade and the cutting material during the cutting process. Using coolants will keep the blade and cutting material cold by removing frictional heat. 

Coolants also wash away any residual chips which help in preventing the blade bonding to the metal surface. 

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Steel cutting cold saw blades are a staple to any metal cutting workshop and are also handy for cutting pipes and tubes. The name comes from the process of transferring heat energy in the cutting process. At the time of cutting, blade and the metal surface remain cold, while heat is expelled in the chip.

Cold saw blades are the way to go if you are looking for an optimum finish with a super square and accurate cut. These blades will make sure that there is no secondary operation of re-facing or cleaning the cut surface. The most striking feature of the cold saw blades is that they can be re-sharpened with ease.

Steel Cutting Cold Saw Blades: Designed To Perfection

Made in Italy, all the blades are made of super high-speed steel with a high tungsten and molybdenum content. These elements of composition ensure that, after heat treatment, extremely high hardness and suitable tenacity is achieved. The right tungsten percentage is essential to create the correct quantity of very hard wear-resistant carbides to improve the tool life under high temperatures.

The tungsten increases the mechanical endurance of the tool, improving the cutting performance and preventing the austenite grain enlargement (In Material science, austenite grain growth is the increase in size of grains in a material at high temperature). The tungsten is also essential to guarantee the formation of a fine martensitic structure, and increases the tool tenacity, maintaining a high mechanical resistance. Vanadium is the element that forms the hardest, wear-resistant carbides amongst all other alloys.

Tips For Using Your Steel Cutting Cold Saw Blade

The most important thing to remember is to let the blade do the work. Forcing the blade through the material during cutting will decrease the blade’s life drastically. Below are some additional tips to extract the best performance out of your blade:

• Let the blade do the work. Applying too much pressure will increase chattering and vibrations leading to decreased blade life.
• Make sure all the clamps and screws and tightened to prevent any backlash.
• Make sure the cutting material is tightly clamped to the vise. Loosely placed cutting material will permanently damage the blade.
• When cutting stainless or alloy steel, reduce the speed of the blade. Use a blade with a smaller diameter and high pitch.
• When cutting non-ferrous material, use blades at higher speed with a larger diameter and fewer teeth.

 

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When it comes to the metal cutting process, coolant misting oils are fast replacing the older method of flood cooling. Flood cooling is a method where both the cutting tool and the metal surfaces are covered with coolant oils. This method has been used in the past, but businesses are constantly looking for better alternatives to reduce the cost of coolants. Misting cooling has emerged as an extremely efficient method that could replace flood cooling in the future.

Coolant misting oils are applied by finely spraying exactly where the cutting tool comes in contact with the metal component. In this way, less oil is used in the cutting process and also produces less oil residual. Using misting oil not only keeps the working environment clean but also provides a better cutting surface to the operator.

Coolant Misting Oils: Formulated For Best Performance On Every Surface

Coolant misting oils should always be non-aromatic and water-soluble solutions because various amorphous materials such as acrylic and poly-carbonate are prone to cracking under chemical stress from reactive coolants. At sawblade.com.au, we have produced coolant misting oil that eliminates micro-carbon cracking on cutting tools and also increases the cutting efficiency by washing away the chips from the cutting surface.

The lubricant is projected to the cutting edge via a compressed air stream and forms a thin even coat on the cutting edge, greatly reducing frictional heat. The lubrication pulse can be adjusted from 3 per second to 1 per minute and the discharge from 0 mm^3 to 41 mm^3 per pulse. An economical and efficient method of lubrication, eliminating the expense and wastage of flood coolant systems.

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Coolant neat oils provide a solution to the problem of corrosion and rusting, while also increasing the life of metal tools and drills. Constant and prolonged use of metal tools renders them worn, which leads to diminishing productivity. Cutting metal surfaces with worn-out tools will inevitably damage the metal, which is the last thing you would want as a business owner.

Coolant Neat Oils: Essential For Metal Cutting

Coolant neat oils prevent overheating of the cutting surface hence elongating blade and machinery life. These oils also prevent chip formation around the cutting area by washing them away. By taking the step of using a neat oil, you avoid major expenses towards servicing the machinery and also buying a new blade sooner than anticipated.

Neat oils are applied to the cutting tool and the metal component being machined to lubricate the cutting process.

Benefits Of Coolant Neat Oils

The metal cutting industry uses coolant neat oils in heavy quantities to exploit the following advantages of using these oils:

• Prevents overheating of metal components and machining tools prolonging tool life.
• Cooling down the cutting process to avoid inaccurate final dimensions.
• Reduces electricity consumption because tools remain properly serviced.
• Reduces wear and tear of the cutting tools.
• It provides better surface temperature to perform the accurate cutting.
• Washes away chips that form around the cutting area.
• Prevents corrosion of the tools, metal components, and the cutting machine.

 

At sawblade.com.au, we produce oils that are used in various processes such as grinding, drilling, milling, turning, tapping, cutting, etc. Our oils have especially functioned chemistry to enhance performance, in both tool life and cooling properties.

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Coolant soluble oils are chemically formulated to perform various tasks in the metal cutting process. A high-quality coolant is expected to deliver a high level of cutting performance, along with impeccable chemical and biological stability. The need for machine tool and blade corrosion protection makes the use of coolants essential for the metal cutting process.

Benefits of Coolant Soluble Oils

Here are a few benefits of adding coolant soluble oils to the cutting process:

• Provide cooling to the metal piece and the cutting blade by eliminating thermal stress.
• Remove chips from the cutting surface.
• Provide improved cutting surface integrity.
• Provide lubrication between the cutting blade and metal piece.
• Prevent future corrosion of the work piece and blade.
• Prolong the blade life.

 

The failure to use good quality coolant soluble oils can lead to premature wear of the blade and eventual decrease in blade life. This, in turn, can lead to increased blade replacement costs and downtime.

Coolant Soluble Oils: Intricately Designed For Metal Cutting

Coolants have been developed as an economical cutting fluid that can be used on a wide range of machines, for ferrous and nonferrous metals. A carefully formulated chemical package has been added to the mineral-based oil to increase the life of the coolant in the sump. Extreme Pressure additives have been included to increase tool life in demanding machining operations and produce excellent surface finishes.

When added to water, it forms a stable milky solution providing excellent emulsion. It has been tested in almost all hard waters and has proven exceptionally stable. It has excellent Anti-Bacterial, Anti-Fungal, and Reduced Foam Properties.

At sawblade.com.au, we produce coolants that comprise of various necessary additives such as emulsifiers, anti-microbial pesticides, anti-oxidants, defoamers, and stabilisers. These coolants are widely used in cutting processes with long production run time. Our coolant soluble oils can produce a high level of lubricity providing maximum tool life and minimum downtime.

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Based in Hamilton, VIC, at Sawblade.com.au, orders are shipped the next day with our estimated delivery time for orders within VIC is an astonishing 1 day.We take 2 days for orders from NSW, ACT and SA and 3 days for TAS and QLD.