Effect of Number of Saw Blade Teeth on Noise Level and Wear of Blade Edges during Cutting of Wood

• Main Authors: Monika Kvietková, Milan Gaff, Miroslav Gašparík, Richard Kminiak, Anton Kriš
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: North Carolina State University 2015-01-01
• Series: BioResources
• Subjects: Number of teeth; Beech wood; Circular saw blade; Noise level; Wear of cutting edge
• Online Access: http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_10_1_1657_Kvietkova_Saw_Blade_Teeth_Noise_Level

The effect of varying the number of saw blade teeth while transversally cutting beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) wood on the noise level and saw blade lifetime between two sharpenings was tested. The experiment was carried out with raw beech wood samples with dimensions of 25 x 100 x 1000 mm and circular saw blades with cemented carbide tips (24, 40, and 60 teeth). The saw blade diameters were identical (D = 250 mm), as were the cutting wedge angle geometries (α = 15°, β = 60°, γ = 15°). The saw blades were selected based on commonly used blades (in the Czech Republic and Slovakia) for the transversal cutting of the given wood species. Neither the cutting speed (vc = 62 m/s) nor the feed force (Fp = 75 N) were changed during the cutting process. The results suggest that the number of saw blade teeth is an important factor that affects the noise level of saw blade during sawing as well as the wear of cutting edge.