Different kinds of cutting tools and their applications

1. Different kinds of cutting tools and their applications Email:-littlehampton.cuttingtools@yahoo.co.uk PHNO;: 0800 028 3915 Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd

2. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Alligator Shear  Also known as a crocodile or lever shear with a hinged jaw and powered by a flywheel or hydraulic cylinder.  They are sued for cutting long metal stock or scrap, generally where accuracy is not so important.  It is often used with large metal shredders to clean or prepare the scrap for shredding.

3. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Abrasive Saw  Also known as cut-off saw or metal-chop saw.  It is specifically used to cut hard materials such as metals.  Portable abrasive saws have made site jobs quite easier.

4. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Bandsaw  It uses blades consisting of continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge to cut various work-pieces. Bandsaw helps in uniform cutting as it has evenly distributed teeth load. They are used in cutting meat, metals and even hard timbers.

5. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Diamond Saw A variety of diamond saw blades like circular diamond blades, drills and surface grinding wheels are used in construction work. They are used in cutting stone, cobalt, asphalt, bricks, glass in the construction industry. Diamond saw tools are sued in cutting semiconductor materials in IT industry and cutting gemstones like diamonds in the gem industry.

6. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Hacksaw  A fine-toothed saw for cutting metal. Also used in cutting plastic and wood. For eg. Plumbers and electricians often use them to cut pipes and plastics.

7. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd High Speed Steel It is a subset of tool steels, and is commonly used in tool bits and cutting tools. It is often used in power saw blades and drill bits. They allow cutting faster than high carbon steel. The main use of HSS continues to be in the manufacture of various cutting tools: drills, taps, milling cutters, tool bits, gear cutters, saw blades, router bits etc.

8. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Jigsaw A tool used for cutting arbitrary curves such as stenciled designs or other custom shapes into a piece of wood, metal or other material. Modern jigsaws are power tools made up of electric motor and a reciprocating saw blade.

9. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Milling Cutters They are cutting tools used in milling machines or machining centers to perform milling operations. They remove material by their movement within the machine or directly from the cutter’s shape.

10. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Bimetal Bandsaw They are metal cutting blades used on the bandsaw to cut carbon steels, tool steel, structural steel, stainless steel, pipes and tubes. They can even cut ferrous and non-ferrous metals such as brass, aluminium bronze or steel.

11. Littlehampton Cutting Tools Ltd Tungsten Carbide Tipped (TCT) TCT saw blades are used for industrial use in cutting metals, aluminium, wood or plastic. The cutting edge consist of a separate piece of material either brazed, welded or clamped on to a separate body.

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