What would it take to cut through a railroad rail? I may have wondered that once or twice as I walked across the tracks that bisect our small downtown area. Amsaw (Advanced Machine & Engineering) has been making heavy-duty rail and specialty saws for some time. This week, they announced the new R-series saws which areย designed to produce smooth, accurate cuts on the high carbon steel alloy, resulting in improvedย efficiency and productivity. Make no mistake, these new saws are designed specifically to cut high-alloy rails for the railroad industry. It boasts a 32-second cut-time from clamp to unclamp. And, the Amsaw R-series saw has to not only cut well, it must be durable so the tool has some longevity.
Amsaw R-series Railroad Rail Cutting Saw Features
The Amsaw R-series railroad rail cutting saw features a saw blade change-over time of less than 3ย min. and hardened spindle gears ground for minimum backlash. Aย saw-blade guide and damping device are used to stabilize the blade for accurateย cutting. In the case of cutting high carbon steel, inaccurate cuts arenโt only bad for precision, they result in an efficiency loss that can lower the useful life of the blade and cost thousands of dollars. The saw/drill features a low maintenanceย design and can be used in dry operation (so no coolant is needed).ย An electronic overload device monitors cutting performance and stops theย saw feed when necessary. The heavy, welded machine base is also ribbed andย braced for rigidity, and a chip conveyor transports chips to the rear ofย the machine for deposit into a tote box.
Amsaw R-series Railroad Rail Cutting Saw Details
- Rugged building block design
- Heavy welded and stress relieved construction
- Hardened spindle gears ground for minimum backlash
- No coolant needed
- User-friendly controls
- Simple, maintenance friendly arrangement
- Easy chip disposal
- Flexibleย Setup โ can be combined with an integrated or inline rail hole drillingย for bolted joints at the rail ends or with infeed and outfeed materialย handling systems
The Amsaw R-seriesย railroadย railย cuttingย saw offersย flexible setup. It can be combined with an integrated or in-lineย rail-hole drill machine for bolted joints at the rail ends and withย in-feed and out-feed material handling systems. We thought this was cool only because itโs the type of saw you just donโt see very often โin the wildโ. If you ever get a chance to see one in action, do so โ itโll amaze you to see a blade slicing through that kind of steel so easily.
