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5.5 Malfunctions on the metal band saw
6 Appendix
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6.2 Liability claims/warranty
Besides the legal liability claims for defects of the customer towards the seller, the manufac-
turer of the product, OPTIMUM GmbH, Robert-Pfleger-Straße 26, D-96103 Hallstadt, does not
grant any further warranties unless they are listed below or were promised as part of a single
contractual provision.
Malfunction
Cause/
possible effects
Solution
Saw motor overloading • Engine cooling air intake obstructed
• Motor not correctly fixed
• Power unit for saw blade not properly
fixed
• Check and clean
• Requires technical service! Have
the machine repaired in the work-
shop
Motor does not start. • Engine protective switch released
• Magnetic coil undervoltage release or
motor defective
• Reset the motor protection switch
on the push button.
• Call an electrician for help.
Short saw band life
(Teeth blunt)
• Quality of saw band not suitable for this
material
• An incorrect tooth spacing causes break-
age of teeth (the broken tooth in the work-
piece blunts the other teeth)
• Missing cooling
• Cutting speed too high
• Saw band with higher quality
• Select correct tooth pitch
• Use cooling agent
• Reduce cutting speed
Breakage of tooth • The chip space in the saw band is over-
charged, tooth pitch incorrect
• Use saw band with other tooth
pitch
Oblique saw cut (Saw band
runs incorrectly)
• Saw band blunt
• Cutting pressure too high
• Saw blade defective (irregular set)
• Replacing
• Reduce
• Replace
Saw hits excessively or
breaks
• Cutting speed too high
• Teeth too blunt, gaps between teeth too
small
• Saw hits because chips remain in the saw
gap
• Saw blade installed incorrectly to the
direction of rotation
•
Cut not rectangular but
parallel
• Material does not rest on both vice jaws
• Metal band saw not set to
0
• Insert material properly
• Set the metal band saw correctly
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