Morgantown, Pennsylvania – The VA-L 500 high-performance circular cold saw for production cutting of aluminum and non-ferrous materials features a frequency-controlled main drive system and adjustable cutting speeds. The VA-L 500 can saw the full range of aluminum alloys and other non-ferrous materials in solids, thin-walled pipe, and profiles highly efficiently.
The VA-L 500 saw comes standard with a 32hp frequency-controlled drive motor with 800rpm to 3,400rpm speed range and a servo-driven downfeed with an adjustable rate from .39”/sec to 19.6”/sec, to ensure the fastest possible cut times. The fully automatic high-performance circular cold saw has a cutting range of 6” (152mm) for round materials or 6” x 6” (152mm x 152mm) for square materials at 90° using a carbide-tipped circular saw blade with a diameter of 19.6” (500mm). With a robust overall design with the latest drive technology in the feed axis and stiff saw blade guiding, the VA-L 500 ensures optimum, low vibration sawing with excellent cutting performance and surface finish quality.
State-of-the-art drive technology in the feed axis and main drive system and an ultra-precise saw spindle bearing results is an optimized, low-vibration cutting process.
An automatic blade/material separation feature guarantees a free return of the saw blade, reducing blade damage and resulting in high quality material finishes. An NC controlled gripper feed unit, driven by a servomotor, ball screw spindle, and encoder with a single stroke capacity of 39.3”, ensures quick and precise movement of material.
A Lift-and-shift device for material feed, a standard feature of the VA-L 500 saw, ensures the material is lifted slightly over the material support table, enabling the material to be freely fed without touching the material table and clamping jaws, eliminating damage to the surface of the material. Furthermore, to reduce buildup of chips and scratching of material, a blowing device rapidly removes chips from the clamping area, providing a clean material clamping surface area and unobstructed material flow for increased service life. Also standard on the VA-L 500 is a material disposal/discharge unit featuring a support plate and a sorting chute that moves trim/remnants and parts into two separate areas.
Source: Behringer Saws Inc.