Wear of teeth of circular saw blades

Abstract

Measured wear data is presented for three different carbide grades. The data were collected during rip sawing wood with a double arbour saw. The purpose of the test was to determine the suitability of different grades for sawing frozen timber. A set of circular saw blades of diameter 350 mm was equipped with teeth comprised of three different cemented carbide grades, denoted A, B and C. The double arbour saw was equipped with six saw blades for cutting two centre boards and two side boards. The six saw blades with different teeth were mounted in a mixed manner on the arbours, and after sawing a number of logs the wear of teeth was measured. The thickness of boards was also measured and the standard deviation was calculated. The results showed that grade A had the highest wear and grades B and C the lowest wear. There was no significant edge damage during the tests. Grade C did not suffer problems of chipping from cutting edges and was found to be suitable for sawing frozen timber. The thickness standard deviations were constant at about 0.2 mm, and not a function of the number of logs sawn.

Keywords:

• Cemented carbide
• circular sawblade
• tool wear

Acknowledgements

The authors express their gratitude to the European Regional Development Fund, Objective 2, Northern Sweden via Tillväxtverket (the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth) and Vinnova (the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems) for financial support.