Bandsaw Boosts Additive
Manufacturing Productivity
Separated 3D-printed
parts fall safely into
a container.
Kasto has introduced an innovative, automatic bandsaw
designed to increase productivity in the additive
manufacturing sector.
The KASTOwin amc incorporates a 180-degree
turning device that allows 3D-printed parts
on their build platform to be inverted so that
the components fall into a container after they
have been sawn.
Gains in efficiency, reliability, precision and safety are
claimed for the new machine. Moreover, upside down
sawing prolongs the life of the 5,090 x 27 x 0.9 mm
blade, as wear on the teeth is significantly reduced
because swarf also falls away under gravity, so less
is drawn through the cutting channel. Cooling is
provided by a minimum-quantity lubrication system.
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The welded, ribbed, torsionally rigid structure
minimises vibration for quiet operation and accuracy.
A build platform with additively manufactured parts
is bolted to a fixture by means of a handling unit or
crane, or can be fixed in position using an optionally
available quick clamping system. The operator loads
the 3D-printed parts, closes the doors and enters the
thickness of the build platform via an easy-to-use
wizard in the Kasto SmartControl CNC system. The
saw unit, which has a precise ballscrew drive, then
moves to the exact height required and the parts are
automatically separated within the specified tolerance.