There are three possibilities for cutting the teeth in strip steel to produce a band saw blade: the most common one is tooth-cutting by means of punching, because it is the most cost-effective for small quantities. For saw blades which can be hardened after cutting, such as metal-cutting saw blades, tooth-cutting is carried out by means of milling, and the most expensive but best in terms of quality is deep grinding. We have three production machines for punching with a very high feedrate and one deep grinding machine. There is also another machine available for special production requirements.

The accuracy of the tooth pitch and tooth shape when punching depend substantially on the precision of the forward feed and on the quality of the tooth-cutting tool when it is ground. Both factors are, therefore, subject to constant inspection by the staff used.

Manufacture by means of deep grinding links tooth-cutting with precision grinding of the band saw blade. The surface quality of the ground material is outstanding as the grinding wheel is held permanently in the same place by a diamond dresser and the heat generated is dissipated by means of a cooling liquid. This process is, however, only cost-effective for very high quantities.