For selecting the right band saw blade for your specific sawing business the following aspects are to be considered:

- Band length   - The cutting material   - Tooth form
- Band width   - Tooth pitch   - Type of tooth set
   
 
Band length top of page

For each sawing machine a specific band dimension is given.

The machine documents will give you information on that. Below you may also select the manufacturer of your machine. You will get the information as pdf. You will need the Acrobat Reader to read it.

Please select your

   
 
Band width top of page

With horizontal machines the band width is specified by the manufacturer. Vertical band saw machines allow higher variations of the band width.

However, the general rule is the wider the band saw blade the higher its stability. If contours are to be sawn, the smallest radius to be sawn is the limiting factor for the band width.

The graphics below should make your choice easier.

 
   
 
The cutting material top of page

WIKUS produces four main groups of cutting materials:

  hardness: temp. resitance:
Carbon steel appr. 850 HV appr. 200° C
High performance
high-speed steel		 appr. 1000 HV appr. 600° C
Carbide appr. 1600 HV appr. 800° C
Diamond appr. 9000 HV -

The machinability of the material to be cut determines the cutting material.

 
   
 
Tooth pitch top of page

Choose between constant and variable tooth pitch. Here decisive for the right tooth pitch is the band saw blade’s contact length in the work piece. In order to offer a better overview you will find both respective limits (upper and lower) in the two tables given. The pdf - documents below will give you the respective overview. You will need the Acrobat Reader to read them.

constant
tooth pitch		   variable
tooth pitch		   tooth pitch
for tube sawing

For further information see Geometry of the band saw blade.

   
 
Tooth forms top of page

Our different tooth forms have been optimally combined with our cutting materials and band dimensions by our technologists.


For further information see Geometry of the band saw blade.

 

 

   Raker tooth (R)
for abrasive materials
Skip tooth (L)
for hard, brittle materials and large dimensions
Hook tooth (K)
for long-chipping, tough materIals and large dimensions
Trapezoidal tooth (T)
for great sawing performance and best surface quality
Profile tooth (P)
for hollow profiles, angle profiles and girders
   
 
Types of tooth set top of page

Our range of products offers you every important type of tooth set:


For further information see Geometry of the band saw blade.

 

 

  

For carbon steel band saw blades:
Raker set, Wave set, Right-left set, Group set

For bimetal band saw blades:
Raker set, Group set, Step set (special version)

For carbide-tipped band saw blades
Raker set

For carbide-tipped band saw blades FUTURA and FUTURA PLUS as well as for carbide-coated band saw blades:
no set