Cold Saw or Band Saw? (The Most Detailed Comparison)
Cold Saw or Band Saw? We’ve been asked this question thousands of times. When you are going to start your operation, you are not sure which is the best metal cutting machine for you. Making choice is not only for the present production needs, you also need to consider if your decision fits your future production. Today, we are going to make the most detailed comparison to help you determine which one is best for your application:
The Diameter of Saw Blade and Cutting Material
These questions you may take into consideration: What material and grade you are going to cut? What types of metal material you are going to cut? tubes, rods, or profiles? What’s the size of the material you need to cut? Does this cutting machine only available for the current size? How about your future market?
Nowadays, the Max. diameter of the cold saw blade is 16’’ which is much bigger than the old version.
The cutting material can quickly get into and out of the cold saw cutting, our best cold saw made the material cut very quickly without causing more heating and friction. As you know friction will make the circular saw blade short lifespan and lower the quality of finish.
Compared to the metal cutting cold saw, the band saw cuts slower and the cutting edge is not very smooth, the blade is easy to generates excessive heat.
Material Hardness
Material hardness is also a very important factor to decide which is the best for your application. The HSS saw blade of a cold saw is 58/60 HRC, so the cold saws have limits on material hardness.
The band saw provides a wide selection for cutting the hard material.
Cutting Edges
If the cost is your consideration, you may come to have a look at a metal cold saw, the cold saw has a rigid HSS saw blade with different types of saw teeth and different teeth pitch according to different cutting materials. Once the saw blade tooth has been smoothed, you can use a cold saw blade sharpener to grind teeth and you can reuse this HSS saw blade. This is also why the metal circular saw is more popular than the band saw.
For the bandsaw blade, it is just one-time use, which means if the saw blade has been worn out, you have to change to a new one.
Finish
If the cutting finish is very important for you, then there is no doubt that you will choose the industrial cold saw which provides a super high-quality finish and you don’t need to reprocess it.
Angle
Are you going to cut angles for your current production? What’s your planning for future production? If you are going to cut angles on tubes or rods, the circular cold saw must beat the band saw.
Although the band saw also can cut the material into angles, the efficiency is low. Our cold saw from automatic cold saw to manual cold saw, we have various types and both of them can cut the material into angles, you can choose different types of metalworking cold saws according to your production capacity.
Practicability
It is hard to say the practicability of cold saw or band saw. The cost of cold saw is higher than band saw, but the saw blade can be reused after sharpening, so this saves a lot of money. The band saw is cheaper than a circular cold saw, but the saw blade of the band saw needs to be discarded once the teeth go bad.
Choosing which type of cutting machine? Band saw or circular cold cut saw? Cost is not the only factor, you need to make choice based on your production needs. Contact our expert below to choose the best ferrous and non-ferrous material cutting machine for you.
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