| Problem |
Possible Causes |
| Premature and excessive tooth wear |
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| Feed pressure too light |
| Band speed too slow |
| Insufficient coolant, improper coolant mix, or wrong
coolant |
| Improper tooth selection |
| Feed pressure too high |
| Guide hitting teeth alignment |
| Improper break-in with new band |
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| Teeth too coarse for material thickness (select finer
pitch blade) |
| Material not securely vised |
| Insufficient or improper coolant |
| Excessive feed pressure |
| Band speed too slow |
| Chips loaded in gullet (replace or adjust chip brush) |
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| Finished surface too rough |
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| Improper blade selection (select finer pitch blade) |
| Band speed too slow |
| Feedrate too high |
| Improper coolant for material being cut |
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| Thicknes of blade too heavy for diameter of guide wheels |
| Band tension too high |
| Improper speed |
| Excessive feed pressure |
| Brittle weld |
| Saw out of alignment |
| Improper coolant |
| Band wheels worn |
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| Incorrect band speed |
| Incorrect feed pressure |
| Blade pitch too fine |
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| Gullets loaded with chips |
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| Speed too slow |
| Blade pitch too fine |
| Chip brush not working properly |
| Insufficient coolant, improper coolant mix, or improper
coolant used |
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| Feed rate too slow |
| Insufficient coolant flow |
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| Improper blade tension |
| Guide arm is too far from workpiece |
| Blade pitch too fine |
| Excessive feed force |
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| Excessive feed force or feed rate |
| Possible hard inclusion (use cutting oil) |
| Chip brush not working properly |
| Blade tension too low |
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| Wrong blade width for radius being cut (select narrower
blade) |
| Binding in cut (adjust blade tension) |
| Saw guides too close to workpiece |
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| Feed pressure too great |
| Improper blade tension |
| Blade pitch too coarse for material being cut |
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| Burring or mushrooming of back edge |
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| Improper blade tension |
| Excessive feed pressure |
| Blade pitch too fine |
| Improper guide alignment |
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| Band has side wear or grooving |
| Improper alignment of saw guides |
| Worn guides |
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| Blade not running true against saw guide backup bearing |
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| Clicking noise against saw guide backup bearing indicates
burr on back edge of band |
| Weld not in proper alignment |
| Saw guide backup bearing worn |
| Improper blade tracking (check band wheel alignment) |
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| Band develops negative camber |
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| Band is riding on saw guide backup bearing too heavily |
| Excessive feed force |
| Poor tooth penetration (select a coarser pitch blade
for increased penetration) |
| Saw guide is too far from workpiece or not locked |
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| Guides poorly adjusted |
| Improper band speed |
| Blade tension too low |
| Feedrate too low |
| Blade pitch too coarse for material being cut |
| Workpiece not properly secured |
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| Excessive feed pressure |
| Excessive cutting speed |
| Chip brush not working properly |
| Insufficient or improper coolant |
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