A. M. Castle & Co.

Sawing

Sawing

Customers calling Castle Metals to help with their metal product needs also ask us to perform simple sawing operations on their bar, tube, or plate items. Carbon, alloy, stainless, aluminum, and nickel bars and plates are the most common steel products for sawing. Depending on the required tolerances and the inquired quantities, Castle Metals relies on an expansive network of saws to meet this need.

Band Sawing

Vertical band saws (contour saws) and horizontal band saws use conventional, fluid cooled blades to friction cut even the hardest steels. Using Castle Metals saws, customer benefits include:

• Low cost cutting for virtually any product.
• Laser guided blades (selected locations) to assure straight, close tolerance cuts.
• Minimum kerf loss means lower overall material cost.

Width and length tolerances are generally +/- 1/16 inch, though tighter tolerances are possible, depending upon the application.