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Bandsaw blades for difficult-to-cut materials
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Lenox TRI-TECH CT is a range of tungsten carbide tipped (TCT) bandsaw blades, designed for cutting large cross-sections of metals that are difficult to machine.

Bandsaw blades for difficult to cut materialsTRI-TECH CT has a proprietary set-style tooth pattern and the positive rake provides strength and durability at the cutting edge. With each pass, the tooth design creates three chips that are 50 per cent thicker than those produced by other bandsaw blades.

The sawing action produces straight cuts and eliminates the pinching and seizing that can occur when sawing high stress and work-hardening metals like Inconel and other super alloys. The blade therefore keeps running for maximum productivity.

Many metals have been successfully cut by TRI-TECH CT blades during several rounds of testing against competitive products. Materials processed spanned high-nickel superalloys such as Inconel, Nimonic, Hastalloy and Waspalloy, iron-based superalloys, tool and mould steels, stainless steels, high chrome alloys, titanium, non-ferrous alloys such as bronze, copper and brass, and aluminium.

High grade carbide tips are precision ground for efficient bandsawing and to balance the work load across all of the teeth in the cut. The high performance backing steel of the Lenox band goes through a detailed preparation process that minimises body breakage and extends the life of the blade.

The blades come in 14 specifications, ranging from 34 mm to 80 mm in width, and from 1.07 mm to 1.60 mm thick. There are five TPI (teeth per inch) configurations - 0.6/0.8, 0.9/1.1, 1.4/1.8, 1.8/2.0, and 2.5/3.4. Two of these are new, making it possible to cut high stress metals in an even wider range of sizes.


 
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Nicki McKenna
 
 
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