Tips for correct use of saw blades

Kyocera Unimercos saw blade product lines are primarily used for sizing wood based materials such as particleboards, MDF, HPL and veneer.

Our precision sharpening service restore tools to “new”, therefore we offer the performance guarantee Re•New™,  which means that saw blades are handled after optimum standards.

To reach best possible result with saw blades, the handling is important. Correct saw blades must be chosen for certain applications and different tooth type and cutting speed must fit exactly to the desired situation.

Below you find recommendations for cutting speed and tooth geometry.

 Application (fig. 1)

Icon	M/sec	Description
	60 - 100	Soft solid wood cut along the grain
	60 - 100	Soft solid wood crosscut
	50 - 85	Hard solid wood cut along the grain
	50 - 85	Hard solid wood crosscut
	60 - 100	Wood with nails
	50 - 80	Raw board material
	50 - 90	Plywood
	60 - 100	Board material faced on one side
	60 - 100	Board material  faced on two sides
	40 - 80	Concrete material veneer on one side
	40 - 80	Gas concrete
	50 - 80	Plastics laminated board material
	15 - 40	Plastic and acrylic
	30 - 60  20 - 30	Alloyed steel  Unalloyed steel
	50 - 70	Aluminium
	60 - 100	Printed circuit board
	40 - 65	Mixed and recycling material
	40 - 80	Veneer
		Scoring blades

To obtain best performance with your saw blade we recommend following these quite simple instructions:

• The machine must be in good condition and free of vibrations.
• Flanges must be at least 1/3 of the saw blade diameter (fig. 1).
• Flanges must be parallel to each other. Also, sideway tolerance must be measured by using a clock gauge.
• Flanges and saw blade must be absolutely clean when mounted.
• Spacers mounted in between the saw blades must be perfectly parallel and clean (fig. 2)
• Before starting up, make sure the blade is correctly locked according to machine specifications.
• After continuous use, remove the blade and clean flanges, spacers and the saw blade with appropriate solvents making sure to get rid of built up resin.

 Tooth type (fig. 2)

	Flat
	Top bevel
	Hollow ground
	Inverted-V / Hollow ground
	Triple chip / Hollow ground
	Flat /  Hollow ground
	Hollow gound with chamfer
	Alternate top bevel
	Hollow ground /  Alternate top bevel
	Triple chip /  Flat
	Alternate top bevel with chamfer
	Inverted-V /  Flat
	Triple chip
	Flat with chamfer
	Triple chip /  Flat with chamfer
	Facet ground
	Inverted-V
	Group teeth
	Bombastic