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News Release from: Walter GB | Subject: Woodtronic CNC circular saw blade grinder
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 March 2001
Saw doctor offers longer blade life
The Walter Woodtronic CNC circular saw blade grinder being installed by SR Tools will enable this South Coast saw doctor "to provide customers with quality finishes and longer blade life".
As well as being at the centre of a strategic business expansion plan, the Walter Woodtronic CNC circular saw blade grinder being installed by SR Tools of Hailsham, East Sussex, will enable this established South Coast saw doctor "to provide customers with quality tooth finishes and longer blade life" Designed for the single-setting grinding of carbide blade teeth faces and tops, the Walter Woodtronic CNC 5D can handle blades from 80 mm to 1000 mm diameter, up to 8 mm thick and with tooth pitches of 6 mm to 125 mm
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to SR's managing director, Ron Bond: "The Woodtronic - our first investment in CNC machining - will enable us to maintain our reputation of providing customers with finishes of the highest quality.
"It will also be the springboard to an expanded customer base, attracting additional companies that also regard longer blade life as central to their profitability." Ron Bond also points out that the Woodtronic's sturdiness, quality of finish and overall value for money were the selection characteristics that put it ahead of competitor machines.
Woodtronics are supplied as standard by Walter GB of Redditch with a series of software programs covering all tooth blade geometries - including the Brunswick geometry, where all types of deflection shoulders and chip grooves can be ground.
The machines also feature Walter's Free programming package.
This allows operators to quickly and easily create programs for any tooth shape and combinations of tooth shapes within the specified diameter.
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