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In its pursuit of excellence in bandsaw blade cutting performance, Bahco’s design and manufacturing team has developed a new blade, the 3858 Sandflex P9000 PQ.

Now available in the UK and Ireland, this bi-metal blade is produced using highly alloyed powder metallurgic HSS, designed for high performance cutting of all difficult materials, including hard and exotic variants.

This manufacturing technique improves the hardness and toughness of the blade, resulting in excellent tooth edge performance, improved wear resistance and longer blade life.

Bahco claims the P9000 will cut a wider range of workpiece sizes and shapes than conventional blades and deliver a high quality surface finish on all materials. More consistency in the hardness from batch to batch increases blade reliability.

This advanced new blade retains all the benefits of a traditional PQ, thanks to a consistently precise tooth height, enabling every tooth to give the same chipload when cutting.

This results in more even tooth wear which extends tooth life. It also limits the risk of overloading a tooth, guarding against breakage. Additionally, the tooth design of the new saw blade improves cutting performance in special alloys with work hardening properties.

Bahco tools specialist Kevin Parkes says: “Powder metallurgy HSS provides an effective alternative to conventional HSS steels, delivering improved hardness and toughness properties.

“It also has the ability to use alloying which is not possible in conventionally melted HSS, allowing more advanced alloying while still having a superior microstructure and stability. This leads to excellent tooth edge performance.”

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