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LENOX ® Band Saw Blade Construction |
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Terminology
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- Blade Back The body of the blade not including
tooth portion.
- Thickness The thickness of the blade.
- Width The nominal dimension of a saw blade as measured
from the tip of the tooth to the back of the band.
- Set The bending of the teeth to right or left to
allow clearance of the back through the cut.
- Tooth The cutting portion of a saw blade.
- Tooth Pitch The distance from the tip of one tooth
to the tip of the next tooth.
- T.P.I. The number of teeth per inch.
- Gullet The curved area at the base of the tooth.
- Gullet Depth The distance from the tooth tip to the
bottom of the gullet.
- Tooth Face The surface of the tooth on which the
chip is formed.
- Tooth Back The surface of the tooth opposite to the
tooth face.
- Tooth Rake Angle The angle of the tooth face measured
with respect to a line perpendicular to the cutting direction of
the saw.
- Tooth Tip The cutting edge of the saw tooth.
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Bi-Metal
The tooth tips are made of high speed steel that is electron
beam welded to a high strength spring steel alloy backing material.
The result is a durable, fatigue resistant blade able to withstand
the heat generated when cutting steel and other alloys. |
- Most metalworking applications
- Carbon steels
- Alloy and tool steels
- Stainless steels
- Nickel brass alloys
- Woodworking
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Carbide Tipped
Solid carbide tooth tips are welded to a high strength spring steel
alloy backing material. The result is a fatigue resistant blade
which performs well cutting abrasive materials, tough to cut steels,
nickel and titanium base alloys. |
- Stainless steels
- Nickel base alloys
- Titanium alloys
- Abrasive materials
- Tropical Hardwoods
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Carbide Grit
A tungsten carbide particle grit is metallurgically bonded to a spring
steel alloy backing steel. This blade performs well cutting abrasive
and difficult to cut materials that cannot be cut with ordinary
band saw blades. |
- Fiberglass
- Composite materials
- Formed glass
- Steel belted tires
- Chrome plated shafts
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Carbon, Flex Back
Constructed from one piece of carbon steel, with tooth hardness
of Rc 64-66. Excellent fatigue life, even at high band speeds. |
- Wood
- Plastics
- Abrasive materials
- Saws with band speeds in excess of 4,000 feet/min.
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Carbon Hard Back, NEO-TYPE
Constructed from one piece of carbon steel, with spring tempered back
and tooth hardness of Rc 64-66. The stiffer backing material promotes
straighter cutting and resists swaging and scoring of the band. |
- Wood
- Plastics
- Abrasive materials
- Non-ferrous materials
- Saws with band speeds below 4,000 feet/min.
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