By Donovan Hoole, Sales Engineer, Amada
We believe quality work begins with quality tools, designed and built from the ground up to deliver outstanding performance, time after time. Every feature, function and configuration we offer has been developed to address the needs of our customers. We understand productivity is the heart of your business, and we can help you optimize it in multiple ways. The Amada Group is one of the leading international machine tool manufacturers.
No two manufacturing needs are exactly alike. Finding the right solution means thoroughly understanding your objectives and configuring a solution to match them precisely. Our engineers bring decades of industry experience to help you achieve your specified goals with a process that fits and enhances your workflow.
Amada is committed to helping its customers to deliver dependable service and top- quality work with exceptional sawing solutions. Whatever the sawing needs, we have the right solution for your specific application.
Throughout the steel processing world, the Amada name is known for its quality and dependability. Our line-ups of industry -leading saws brings a host of innovations designed to improve your productivity from operator friendly controls and intuitive CNC software to our patented pulse-cutting technology that offers dramatically improved cutting times while extending blade life.
Utilising years of research, Amada can supply band sawing machinery and blades to meet any requirements from the HK series for mitre cutting to the H series large diameters (semi-automatic), HA/HFA (fully automatic) or the VM (vertical series). The latest bandsaw technology is available from the Amada PC saws for pulse cutting, CM Dyna Guide high speed circular saws and the VT Series for vertical mitre cutting.
Some features of Amada bandsawing machines include out of square cutting detection, motion detectors to monitor the blade for jamming or breakage, while cutting, quick approach arms, no work limit switches and work lights to assist in quick set up of work pieces, hydraulic blade tensioning, variable blade speed control, vice pressure control units, positively driven wire brushes, 9 times feed for cutting long lengths and cut off counters to ensure the correct number of cuts. Through using these features, semi-skilled operators can operate these machines at high through- put rates. Certain models can also be left to run unmanned on larger batch runs, thus allowing your staff to do other important jobs at the same time. Take up conveyors and tri-pod stands are supplied in order to make material handling simple during the loading and cutting process.
HA 250 AND HFA 400W BANDSAWS
Various size models are available throughout the range with the entry level being a 250mm capacity. These 250’s, being the most popular, are favourably priced, and along with the professional back-up service from Amada and all larger steel suppliers utilising Amada bandsaws daily, testimony is given to their accuracy, reliability and longevity. With cutting accuracies obtained right down to 0,2mm, the need for secondary machining processes is greatly reduced and in some cases eliminated, resulting in reduced processing time and thus larger profit.
CM DYNA GUIDE HIGH SPEED CIRCULAR SAW
Dyna Guide is a completely new technology that is not available in conventional machines. It places a movable middle guide close to the cutting start point in order to suppress vibrations and swinging when the saw blade engages the material. Dyna Guide technology enables excellent cutting surface finish and high precision cutting by utilizing the combination of a servo motor and a high rigid saw head.
HPSAW310 – “HYPERSAW” CNC HIGH-PERFORMANCE BAND SAW
Extremely powerful bandsaw for section lengths up to 600mm
Pursue the fastest cutting performance by machine and blade and realize the amazing cutting speed with Amada’s new technology. The HPSAW310 high performance saw is the latest in speed innovation, making it the fastest bandsaw in the world, cutting at 1.5 times faster than a high speed circular saw.
The Axcela HP 1 blade design should be used in combination with the HPSAW310 for excellent anti- chipping, wear and stable cutting, plus highly accurate high speed cutting.
MITRE SAWS
Flexible mitre saws in space-saving design
VT- Series
- Vertical tilt cutting method (60˚left- 0˚- 60˚ right) improves work process and reduces operator’s burden.
- VT-series simplifies cutting of complicated products.
- VT-4555M bandsaw is a manual feeding machine, easy to set up for bundle cutting, single cutting and angle cutting in both directions (-60˚ :0˚ & 60˚)
- VT-3850A fully automatic bandsaw, featuring programmable tilt left or right, including feeding.
BANDSAW BLADES
Amada SGLB – High Production M-42 Bi-Metal Blade for Metal Cutting Band Saw
Amada AXCELA G Series – High-performance Carbide Tipped Blade for Metal Cutting Band Saw
A full range of bandsaw (Bi-Metal) blades are produced by Amada to compliment machine technology. A bandsaw demonstrates the ability and limitations of a blade, meaning that a machine is only as good as the blade being used. Amada blades have earned the reputation of extreme reliability and longevity. Manufactured in Japan to the most stringent quality standards and utilising the latest in Electron Beam Welding methods, Amada blades have become the benchmark of the industry. These strict manufacturing measures ensure that premature blade breakage is almost unheard of. The comprehensive variety of blades offered is designed to cater for all types of cutting conditions on all different types of steels and profiles.
CIRCULAR SAW BLADES
For each application AMADA offers the appropriate tool. Like the machines, the saw blades are permanently improved and advanced. By using AMADA tools on AMADA machines, a perfect cutting result is always achieved.
In summary, benefits of these blades include longest possible blade life, higher cutting rate, minimal or no warpage during cutting operation and minimal burr, due to consistent chip-load. Add to this accurate cuts with high quality surface finish and lowest cost per cut in all types of material.
Through the dedicated backup of Amada, the robustness of their machinery, the longevity of their blades and the reputation built over many years, peace of mind is the most important part of owning an Amada.
For more information, please contact Amada – Tel: 011 453-5459
