Bandsaw blade having set teeth and exhibiting reduced lateral force

摘要

A bandsaw blade (10) includes set teeth (14,16) each having a side relief angle (16) and a lateral rake angle (18). The side relief angle (16) should be positive for all metal cutting; for cutting in tough deformation-hardening materials the angel (16) should be at least 15 degrees, to avoid a hardening of the cut surfaces and to keep cutting forces low. This can normally be achieved by letting the hammer of the setting machine strike the tooth only near the rake face (20) and near the top (tip) T of the tooth, which thereby causes the tooth to twist during setting. The lateral rake angle (18) near the tip of the tooth is between 5 and 10 degrees negative to minimize the size of lateral forces during cutting.;According to the invention, the side clearance angle (16) and the lateral rake angle (18) of the set teeth can be chosen independently of one another by performing a grinding operation on the front rake force (20) of a blank (10B) prior to the setting operation. That is, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, at least the upper part of the front rake face (20) is ground at an acute angle (22) relative to a transverse line L extending perpendicular to a centerline CL. The angle (22) corresponds to the desired difference between the side clearance angle (16) and the lateral rake angle (18). The angle (22) is preferably at least 5 degrees.;In accordance with the invention, the side relief angle can be made large enough to keep the cutting forces low and avoid a hardening of the cut surfaces, while the lateral rake angle can be made low enough to minimize lateral forces generated during cutting.