Vibrations and stresses in band saws - A review of literature for application to the case of aluminium-cutting high-speed band saws

The development of band saws for the cutting of aluminium plates has been growing up during the last 15 years. This technology faces several difficulties regarding blade vibrations and blade lifetime. Concerning the band sawing process, all the research works published up to now are dealing with wood-cutting. In this paper, a review of the most important literature published on the subjects of band saw vibrations and stresses into blades is presented with a special attention to the latest research developments. The application of this state-of-the-art to the case of aluminium-cutting using modern high-speed band saws is discussed and interesting research directions are highlighted. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.