High-Quality Bandsaw Blades for Every Industry
Precision Bandsaw Blade Manufacturing Comprehensive Industrial Bandsaw Services Reliable Woodworking
Ernest Bennett have been supplying specialist wood bandsaw blades & industrial bandsaw services for 70 years and we pride ourselves on the quality and service we give to our customers. We offer sawmill bandsaw blades in a choice of high quality Swedish or German steel.
We supply stellite tipped saws, swaged resaws and toothed and welded bandsaws, for saw service companies or sawmills with their own saw maintenance shop. We also supply coils of toothed strip, for customers to cut to length and weld to their required size.
Ernest Bennett use the latest technology for producing, servicing and sharpening band saw blades. The teeth are pressed out using a CNC controlled press feed and cut-to-length line, ensuring accuracy of pitch and position of the weld. The saw blades are tensioned on automatic machinery before a manual inspection of the joint and the back edge. We then use Mig tipping machines to melt the stellite tip on to the teeth which gives a better adhesion to the saw blade to reduce tip failure and reduce the porosity of the stellite. The saw blades are then ground on CNC wet grinding machines before a final inspection and being packaged for dispatch to the customer.
Industrial bandsaw operators should be aware that a woodworking bandsaw blade has a tendency to stretch during the first time of use and it is for this reason that it is recommended a new saw blade should be run in on the machine the first time it is used to prevent damage to the bandsaws.
We always seek to provide a comprehensive service based around quality, value & the customer- and we'll always go the extra mile to ensure your blade is manufactured, repaired or sharpened, and delivered back to you as quickly & smoothly as possible
For our bandsaw blades we are the largest supplier of Uddeholm steel saws in the UK with purchases of over 60 tonnes of steel per year and have supplied Uddeholm 000 as our premium brand for over 50 years.
The benchmark for top quality sawmill bandsaw blades is Uddeholm's 148 grade steel, or "UDDEHOLM 000" as it is better known. This is the steel most suitable for industrial band saw blades, as it is tough enough to allow the teeth to be swaged without cracking and breaking during work and is also suitable for stellite tipping. Swaging, in particular, creates very exacting demands on the toughness of wood cutting band saw blades as the steel has to be formed to produce the swaged tooth.
The bandsaw steel must also have good resistance to wear if the life of the teeth is to be prolonged. Since resistance to wear is dependent on hardness the steel should be as hard as possible, but not too hard as to become brittle and unable to withstand swaging. Because wood band saw blades are subject to severe impact stresses while in use the steel must have good impact resistance. The steel must also have good resistance to fatigue as the bandsaw blade must withstand repeated bending and straightening over the bandsaw wheels. The steel must also have good straightness and flatness, combined with good elasticity and resilience.
