Watkins SAW-lutions Why it Works

Rotary Saw Cutting can have a big impact on your shop operations and costs!

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Background information

Why it works

Benefits:
More parts per hour:

Faster feed rates
Gang cutoff
Easy SPC
No stringy chips
Freed up tool station
Faster tool changes
More pieces/tool grind
Fewer stock ups

More parts per bar:

Kerf reduced by up to 75%
Less facing stock
Fewer pieces scrapped

Less/no secondary work:

Cutoff is flat, square, and smooth
Lengths repeat consistently
Small, flimsy burr
No nib

Increased capabilities:

Exotic materials
Irregular Shapes
Thin-walled tubing

Cutting Off, Grooving & Forming

Gang Cutting

Why it Works
Customarily during cutoff, either the workpiece rotates and the tool is stationary (single point cutoff) or the tool rotates and the workpiece is stationary (cold sawing). However, RSC brings the advantages of cold sawing to turning applications by having the workpiece and the tool rotate simultaneously. Using a rotating saw in turning applications dramatically reduces chip load because the saw is always cutting a convex shape.

Thus, only one tooth is cutting at a time and it is removing only a small amount of material. Due to the dramatically reduced chip load, workpiece deflection and cutter deflection are insignificant in most cutoff applications.