KASTO's VisualAssistance online system speeds fault finding and maintenance by a customer's own personnel. If
smart glasses are worn, the person has their hands free to carry out instructions given by helpdesk staff.
recent move into new premises. Advanced technology
is the other cornerstone of Kasto’s provision and
there are many examples. One is the development of
KASTOwin amc, an innovative, automatic bandsaw
designed to increase productivity in the additive
manufacturing sector. The saw incorporates a
180-degree turning device that allows 3D-printed
parts on their build platform to be inverted so that
the components fall into a container after they have
been sawn. Efficiency, reliability, precision and safety
are increased and upside-down sawing prolongs blade
life, as wear on the teeth is reduced because swarf
also falls away under gravity, so less is drawn through
the cutting channel. cutting parameters including control of the downfeed
pressure minimises vibration while at the same time
maintaining a constant chip load throughout the cut,
irrespective of material cross section.
Another innovation is the invention and patenting
of KASTOrespond, which in tandem with the use
of ballscrew-driven rather than hydraulic downfeed
allows bandsaw frame and blade oscillations to be
sensed and managed. Automatic optimisation of the Not only is productivity raised but so also is blade
life, which is between 10 and 12 m2 when cutting
C45 and from 5 to 7 m2 when processing stainless.
It makes the range of saws ideal for use in all
industries, including those sectors processing
The system is used on KASTOwin and KASTOwin pro
bandsaws, as well as on the latest KASTOtec, which
are all designed for cutting with tungsten carbide
tipped (TCT) blades but are equally capable of using
bimetal blades. Employing this technology, the latest
cutting data shows that a C45 unalloyed medium
carbon steel bar of 250 mm diameter can be sawn
with TCT in 2.5 minutes, while a similar diameter of
stainless steel takes less than 7 minutes.
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