Nottingham-based Vollmer (UK) Ltd (
www.vollmer-group.com) says it is shortening the processing time of carbide-tipped circular saw blades with its new CC 355 production system.
This allows circular saws for cutting wood to be fully sharpened — including all tooth faces, tooth tops and side angles — in a single working cycle.
Four grip arms automatically carry the saw blades from the loading system to the three machining stations. Working through up to 800 teeth per hour, the Vollmer system can process circular saws with diameters between 150 and 355mm.
The CC 355 is equipped with two machining stations for tooth faces and tooth tops, plus one station for side angles.
Users can position a stack of un-machined parts either on the left or on the right, thus providing a free choice of the machining-sequence direction and the order that saw teeth are machined.
There are 17 CNC axes controlling the procedure.