Saw & Tooling Services has bought a third Walter Woodtronic CNC saw blade grinder to keep pace with increasing demand for quality output.
The CNC 5D, a £50,000 investment, has joined the CNC5 and NC4 grinders at the company’s Edinburgh factory.
Managing director Andy Mcllwaine said the new machine has a compensating factor ensuring minimal carbide is removed from the saw blade every time. He said this feature, not available on the other grinders, increases the life of the saw blade by around 30%.
The 5D, designed for single-setting grinding of teeth faces and tops, can handle circular saw blades of 80-850mm diameter up to 8mm thick and with tooth pitches of 4-125mm.
The grinding spindle drive is 1.1kW producing spindle speeds of 3,500rev/min and a cutting rate of 26m/sec.
Free programming allows operators to quickly and easily create programs for any tooth shape and combinations of shapes within the specified diameter. It can be pre-programmed without interrupting a grinding operation, minimising downtime and increasing use and output.
