Ultrafast Cutting of a Wide Range of Metals
The coating technology on the Armor VP band saw blade from LENOX protects the blade teeth from heat for extremely fast cutting rates and longer blade life needed by steel service centers and metal fabricators competing in aerospace, oil and gas, defense and other industries.
Posted: January 3, 2019
Ideal for steel service centers and metal fabricators competing in the aerospace, oil and gas, and defense industries that need to cut faster to meet customer demands, the Armor® VP™ band saw blade from LENOX® (East Longmeadow, MA) boasts extremely high cutting rates and long blade life across a wide range of materials. Important benefits of this blade include:
- Faster cutting increases productivity vs. non-coated carbide blades: state-of-the-art coating technology enables an enhanced AlTiN (aluminum, titanium and nitrogen) Armor coating to protect the blade’s teeth from heat, allowing for faster cutting rates and increased productivity vs. non-coated carbide blades.
- Consistently long blade life: An advanced grade of carbide that is honed with HONEX technology limits tooth wear, enabling long blade life consistently, blade after blade.
- Quick cuts on a wide range of metals: the Armor VP can handle a wide range of materials at high cutting rates vs. non-coated carbide blades, allowing users to limit blade changes and increase their productivity.
For cutting carbon steels and mild alloys, LENOX offers their CircTech® Precision CM 100 Circular Saw Blade for steel service centers, machine shops, automotive and aerospace operations. It features:
- Long blade life. Cermet tooth tips help to withstand heat and offer wear resistance, while a honed tooth edge helps to reduce noise, tip fractures, and extends blade life.
- Straight cuts and excellent finish. Unique tooth geometry maximizes cutting efficiency and provides straight cuts with a mirror-like finish. An optimized, radius-shaped chip breaker helps eliminate weak points in high stress areas on the blades’ tip, providing durability to the teeth, resulting in straight cuts and an excellent finish.
- Consistency. Plates are laser cut and expertly flattened, while an advanced tensioning system maintains plate flatness and keeps tight tolerances. Precise grinding, plate flatness and balance offer consistency and high performance, cut after cut. Run out and flatness are considered among the best in the industry.
LENOX | Stanley Black & Decker, 301 Chestnut Street, East Longmeadow, MA 01028, 800-628-3030, www.lenoxtools.com.
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