SAWING, FILING & BROACHING
SAWING: Chips are produced by a succession of small cutting edges
a traditional cutting process with multiple cutting point tool;
small teeth ( cutting edges) produce chips progressively when passing through a work piece
chips transported by the space between the teeth gullets
-the most economical of the basic machining process from the point of view of
material/energy wastage (narrow tools)
- more recently- sawing is used to produce a desired shape of pieces (machining)
CUTTING TOOLS Saw Blades three basic configurations
- Hacksaw blade (rigid blade), straight,limited length,teeth on one edge
- Band-saw blade (flexible band –turned around) flexible, long, continuous band
- Circular saw (rigid disk)
Standard nomenclature for a saw blade.
Note how teeth are offset to provide tooth-set to the blade.
Common features: related to all types of tools
A. Material for blade
B. Tooth form
C. Tooth Spacing
D. Tooth set
E. Blade thickness
Electron-beam
A. Material: welded into a
Small blades single, solid band
- high speed steel
- carbon steel
High-flex,
Longer blade high-tensile-
strength,
- combined strips of HSS strips alloy-steel
back
Large size
High-speed-steel
- carbide insertions cutting edge
Method of providing HSS teeth on
a softer steel band.
B. Tooth form:
1. Straight tooth
2. Undercut tooth (clear tooth)
3. Skip tooth for rough cutting
C. Tooth spacing: determines
- size of the teeth
- size of the gullet, the space for chips
- strength of the tooth
- number of teeth engaging with the workpiece
< 1.5 mm hand saws (0.8 1.8)
> 1.5 mm power hacksaws (1.4 6.4)
D. Tooth set: -advantages for cutting: staggered
-the kerf is wider than the blade gage thickness
no friction between blade and kerf
E. Blade thickness
- hand hachsaw blades - 0.64 mm
- power hacksaw blade – 1.17 2.54 mm
Length of blades
- hand hacksaw 10-12 in long ½ in wide
- power hacksaw 12-24 in long ½ 2 in wide
As a general rule:
BLADE: TWICE LONGER THAN THE WORK PIECE
SAW BLADES for long band are sold in reels
-Use combinations of tooth pitch, to reduce noise.
- blade width 1/16 ½ the minimum radius that
can be cut as profile is related to width
- the narrower blades, easier is change of direction
Circular saw blades (Cold Saws) – up to 18in DIA
- large blades use segments or inserted teeth
(the disk is made of softer material – teeth is tungsten carbide or HSS)
-Teeth segments (several teeth) are fastened
by means of screw or rivets when one
teeth is broken – only a segment must be
replaced.
Bevelled teeth each tooth is bevelled
each side
Cold saws conventionally cut, mechanical
Hot saws friction type disk saws,
cutting by melting the metal
Hot band –saw blades – can melt the work at
the bottom of the kerf by friction.
Figure 26-20 Left to right: inserted tooth, segmental-tooth, and
integral-tooth, and integral-tooth forms of saw constructions.
(Courtesy of Simonds Saw and Steel Company)
SAWING MACHINES
1. Reciprocating saws : (Hack - saws)
* manual hacksaws –60-100 strokes/min
* power hacksaws – are machines- with slope feeding
mechanism consists of : - bed
- frame
- power mechanism
Low efficiency:cutting in only one direction of the stroke
Power hacksaw with reciprocating blade
2. Band sawing machines
Horizontal metal- cutting band – sawing machines
- acting similar way as hacksaw
- fed vertically – a feed system
- the stock bar can be fed automatically after the cut is completed,
and clamped for the next cut
Horizontal bandsawing machine
(left) sawing an I-beam;
(right) horizontal bandsaw with machine blade guards
removed for blade installation.
2. Band sawing machines
-the ends of the band are welded at two ends
Combinations cut-off & contour machines
- the saw band is very narrow
- the table can be tilted up to 45o
- a welding device for the band and a grinder are provided with the machine
- speed 50 to 2000 ft/min (15-700m /min)
Upright cutoff band sawing
Machines work help on table
* blade machine can be tilted 45
* have power feed &coolant
Friction band sawing machines
- very high speed 5000 m /min
- hot saw material cut by friction high
temp at the bottom of the kerf
- good to cut hard materials (hardened steel)
- some ceramics can be cut
Circular blade sawing machine (cold sawing)
- used mainly for cut - off of metal
- Small size – simple machines (spindle, disk
and table – no power feed )
- power operations – small ones
- power feed – large one (cooling system)
- friction saw disks - up to dia. 6ft, speeds
8000/ min
- abrasive disks can be used too (made by resin
and rubber)
SAFETY HAZARD ISSUES
- high speed, easy to break blades
- shield, hand & eyes protection
Power hacksaw with reciprocating blade
FILING
-similar kind of metal cutting as in sawing
- Used mainly for surface cleaning and finishing.
* chips are very small
* Teeth are much wider
* Less control of feed poor control of size
TOOLS: Files
1. Single cut file: - for hand use mainly,
different kinds of cuts and shapes
2. Band segments for hand filing machines
3. Disks – for disk filing machine
• Low productive and NO SHAPE CONTROL
Filing machines
• Die filing machines – Reciprocate a file
- table can be tilted
- 300-500 strokes/min
- low productivity
* Disk filing machine
- grinders – simple but not accurate
- lower speed than for grinders
Figure 26-29
Disk-type filing machine;
(left) some of the available
types of disk files
•Band filing machines – contour band sawing machines used for
filing too
- band segments are used and are led by a groove in the table
- speeds 50 – 250 ft/min, not accurate
Band file segments (a) are joined together to
form a continuous band (b) which runs on a band filing
machine (c).( Courtesy of DoALL Co)
BROACHING
Internal/External
BROACHING
- The machined surface is produced with a single linear stroke of the tool
across the surface.
-Finishes entire surface in one pass
- Broach- the tool is made of a series of single point cutting edges; every consecutive
edge is protruding further from the axis of the broach than the previous one.
- The step (RPT) determines the depth of cut by each tooth (chip thickness)
- NO FEED IS REQUIRED Simple machines
- the contour of the tool determines the shape of the machined surfaces
-An initial space must be provided in order to pass the tool a preliminary
hole has to be machined
- a very accurate method to get holes – dependent to the broach size
-Spiral motion for the broach can be assumed for production of spiral
grooves (helical grooves )
- very expensive tools (but high productive) – it pays off through the volume
of production
-Work is translated past the work with a single stroke of velocity V.
-Rise per Tooth (RPT) provides the feed
-Roughing, Semi-finishing, finishing teeth.
Basic shape and nomenclature for a conventional pull (hole) broach. Section A-A shows the cross section of a tooth
Broaches
Method of reducing the cutting force with large RPT:
•Jump or Motor Teeth.
•Double cut
•Progressive
-Every tooth is a single edge cutting tool, similar to the tooth of a milling cutter
- depth of cut 0.025-0.15mm (tooth)
- ROTOR TYPE:
- for rough cuts
- the tooth type called rotor
- cut is used such that three teeth in series cut only a part of the circumference
“double - cut” construction of teeth – can be also used
here, the teeth are working in pairs
Progressive
-shell broaches progressive surface broach to machine side & flat surfaces
- the gullet must be large enough to keep the chip inside
An 80-in, long broach constructed from
insert is cheaper to build and sharpen in
sections.
Broaching machines (Pullers)
- speeds less than 15ft/min *hydraulic drive
- a hole can be trimmed in 5-30 sec. 5-50 tones force
- broaches wears out not too fast, life is long
-vertical (up to 60’’) and horizontal (non - limited)
Arbor press used to broach
keyway in a gear. Vertical pull-down broaching machine shown
with parts in position ready for the two broaches to be inserted.
An extra part is showing lying at the front of the machine
Broach materials & design
- usually designed for particular machine
- materials: HSS and alloy steels
- some times – tungsten carbide inserts are used
- shell type the cutting edges assembled on a arbor
Type of broaching machines
- Push – down (buckling) pull-up
• Horizontal machines – long broaches and strokes
• Vertical pull-up many broaches
• Vertical surface broaching machines (to shape surfaces and develop
lateral forces )
• Continuous surface broaching – broaches rest and workpieces are
pushed through
