High speed steel tooth tips combined with flexible alloy steel backing material results in band saw blades that are the most cost effective choice for most metal sawing applications. These band saws will cut faster and last longer than any other band saw blade in a wide variety of sawing applications. BAND SPEEDThe rate at which the band saw blade moves across the work to be cut.
QUIKSILVER® Carbon Flexback Band Saw Blades are ideal for wood production cutting and short production/maintenance/general purpose applications using low alloy steel and non-ferrous metals. Manufactured from a single piece of high carbon steel with individually hardened tooth tips. Low cost-per-blade/higher cost-per-cut in tougher materials.
Carbon blades are ideal for short production / maintenance / general purpose applications using low alloy steel and non-ferrous metals and also wood production. 14 and 18tpi are great for general purpose metal cutting. 32tpi is great for thin sheet metal or thin tubed material.
Wood is generally cut at blade speeds of 1000 to 4000 fpm. Soft metals are cut at speeds of 200 to 1000 fpm, as long as a good release agent is used on the blade to keep the metal from sticking in the blade gullets. Plastics are generally cut at slower blade speeds to keep the plastic from melting back together behind the blade as it cuts.