Cutting-off apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus A for cutting off an unnecessary object deposited on a casting includes a motor having a rotary shaft 3 adapted to be rotated at a high speed, and a disk-shaped diamond tip saw 2 mounted at a tip end 4 of the rotary shaft 3 and adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the rotary shaft 3 to cut off the unnecessary object 9 on the casting 8, so that the tip saw 2 is rotated at a rotational speed in a range of 6,000 rpm to 8,000 rpm. Thus, the rigidity of the diamond tip saw 2 rotated at the high speed is increased by a centrifugal force provided by the diamond tip saw 2 itself and a gyroscopic moment effect to reduce the thickness of the diamond tip saw 2 can be reduced by a value corresponding to an increment in rigidity of the tip saw 2, whereby the amount of diamond tips (diamond blades) used can be decreased; an energy-saving for a cutting power can be achieved, and the amount of chips produced upon the cutting of the unnecessary object can be reduced.

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