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US 8,210,080 B2Granted
Workpiece cutting method and band saw machine
AssigneesAmada Company, Limited, Amada Cutting Co., Ltd.
InventorsToru Tokiwa, Isomi Washio, Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh
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Abstract
A workpiece cutting method utilizing a band-saw machine, includes the following steps of: guiding tooth tips of an endless band-saw blade provided on the band-saw machine in a direction of a workpiece by a band-saw blade guiding apparatus; and applying vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction to the workpiece so as to perform cutting of the workpiece by a vibration applying unit provided on the band-saw blade guiding apparatus.
Claims10
A band-saw machine comprising:
- an endless band-saw blade having a plurality of teeth having tooth tips;
- a band-saw blade guide apparatus that is configured to guide the tooth tips on the band-saw blade toward a workpiece to be cut;
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- a vibration applying mechanism provided on the band-saw blade guide apparatus which is configured to apply vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction with respect to the workpiece,
- wherein a frequency of the vibrations and a running velocity of the band-saw blade are set, such that a single oscillation of the vibrations occurs substantially in a time that a tooth moves by one tooth pitch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.