Panel saw

Saws are standard equipment in carpentry and are usually used for cutting solid wood and wood materials, but increasingly also for cutting nonferrous metals and plastic.

Machine principle

The differences between the sliding table saw to conventional table saws for woodworking were significant. So far, possessed a normal table saw no equipment for trimming. For the first and second longitudinal section on untreated solid wood clippings therefore always had to be done freehand by the saw blade.

When the sliding table saw, the material is pushed lying on a sliding table by the saw blade. This principle allows for improved accuracy when cutting enormous: previously had to be irregularities at the interface eliminates additional dressing, the longitudinal and cross-sections are now parallel from the machine. The carpenter achieved by only one operation a verleimfähigen section.

Design / Function

The saw unit is the engineering technical heart of each saw. It is height adjustable and swivel depending on machine equipment up to two times 46 °. An important feature is the smoothness in all speed ranges, without which no precise cut possible.

The sliding table saw has attacks both the left and right of the blade. With the rip fence to the right of the saw blade can be split, for example disks. The crosscut fence left of the saw blade enables cutting of 90 ° angles. Also the left of the saw blade can be in the miter, with the mitres and face angle can be cut. Angle stop and miter fence can also be combined to act as crosscut-miter fence. To adjust the cutting dimensions are attacks provided, the setting of analog or digital displays can be controlled. The cutting height and the pivot angle of the blade can be adjusted usually with a foot pedal, by hand wheel or via the machine control. There are sliding table with electric motor drive, alternatively, worked with sliding sticks etc..

With the sliding table a stationary workpiece is guided by the rotating blade. So lets achieve a straight trim cut, which in turn is a prerequisite for precise parallel and angular cut. The large double wheels of the sliding table hold the superstructure in connection with the undercarriage in the guide rods.

Areas of application

Saws are no longer alone woodworking machinery, they also saw plastic or non-ferrous metals. Furthermore, they are not only used for cutting, but can also mill grooves. Saws are to find in traditional wood processors, such as carpenters, but also in industry, eg for large furniture manufacturers, window manufacturers, etc.