b'Productive TimesConventionaltoothedsawmachine to use the blade. Afterstays together before it snaps.blades are typically flat, cut in a for- consulting Bestway Products, Pana- Panetta said the parts are tum-ward direction and need to be po- fab designed and built a custombled, but the saw-cut edge does sitioned so the teeth face the ma- bandsaw to rapidly and sequen- not require secondary polishing, terial at the right angle, said Stu- tially cut handles from an extrudedsanding or grinding. The cost of art Gordon, owner and president ofaluminum profile, calling for twosawing the parts is about 80% less Bestway Products. Our Spyral sawaxes of motion to produce a part inthan the previous method.blades cut in all directions, evenone cut with the blade. This actionThey could have gone in other sideways and backward. They willis repeated continually until the en- directions,Gordonsaid,but cut in the direction of the feed pres- tire extrusion is consumed. those systems would likely have sure, which can make a significantIt was right in our wheelhouse tocosted hundreds of thousands of difference when cutting withoutbuild our own machine, he said. Itdollars to produce.rigid fixturing. took a few months. Weve been working with this Panetta said the wire blade thatPanetta said Panafab producesparticular client for nearly 20 years, Panafab uses is 1.27 mm (0.05") inabout 25 to 28 handles from eachPanetta said, and they keep com-diameter. 1.8 m (6\') long extrusion and thating back because they thoroughly The fact that Bestway can actu- a blade is repeatable within 0.254appreciate the quality of our work ally fuse that little blade into a loopmm to 0.381 mm (0.01" to 0.015").and ability to deliver on demand. is pretty impressive, he said. ItsHe said a blade can saw severalThis was a particularly tricky request like trying to fuse a strand of hair. hundred parts. that we fulfilled in an extremely Once Panafab determined thatThe joint where it is welded istimely fashion and with incredibly the wire saw blade was neededobviously the weak link, he said.precise and cost-effective results. for the job, Panetta said the man- We find some variation on the lifeTheres no way this could have hap-ufacturerrequiredasawingexpectancy on how long that weldpened without Bestway.CTEAd IndexADVERTISER NAME PAGE # ADVERTISER NAME PAGE #GF Machining Solutions7 LMT Onsrud LP15Greenleaf Corporation4-5 Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Inc.Cover 4The Grinding Doc23 Mitee-Bite Products LLC21GWS Tool Group9 Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc.Cover 2J.W. Done Co.25 Royal Products20The Advertisers Index is provided as a courtesy to advertisers. Every effort is made to avoid errors, but should one occur, CTE is not responsible.Reviewed by the Engineering Index.Cutting Tool Engineering (ISSN:0011-4189) is published monthly. Copyright 2022 by CTE Publications Inc., 1 Northfield Plaza, Suite 240, Northfield, IL 60093-1213. All rights re served. Periodicals postage paid at Winnetka, IL 60093 and additional mailing offices. Circulated in the U.S.A. to qualified individuals concerned with the material-cutting function in industry. For others, subscrip-tions are $85 per year in the U.S.A.; $145 in Canada. Other foreign subscriptions are $145 per year; overseas delivery via airmail, $225. EditorialProduced in the U.S.A.and advertising offices: 1 Northfield Plaza, Suite 240, Northfield, IL 60093-1213. Phone (847) 498-9100; Fax (847) 559-4444. This magazine is protected under U.S. and international copyright laws. Before reproducing anything from this publication, call the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. at (978) 750-8400. CTE Pub lications makes every effort to ensure that the processes described in Cutting Tool Engineering con-form to sound machining practices. Neither the authors nor the publisher can be held responsible for injuries sustained while following procedures described herein. Postmaster: Send address changes to Cutting Tool Engineering, PO Box 1487, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-1487. Canada Post: Publications Mail Agreement #40065725. Canada returns to be sent to 2835 Kew Dr., Windsor, ON N8T 3B7. 32DECEMBER 2022 ProTimes.indd 32 11/16/22 10:36 AM'