The production of a circular saw blade

For more than 10 years already, WIKUS has also specialized in precision circular saw blades with its own circular saw center in Spangenberg, Hesse. In the early years of the center, intensive research was carried out to develop and produce the current range of circular saw blades, including carbide-tipped circular saw blades.

The WIKUS manufacturing process for precision circular saw blades

The base body of a saw blade is an essential element for the performance and effectiveness of the sawing process. Careful design and material selection can improve cutting quality, increase suitability for different materials, and maximize the longevity of the saw blade.


Carbide segments are welded onto the tooth supporting body of the precision circular saw blade using resistance-welding technology.


After the carbide teeth have been welded onto the circular saw blade, they must be ground in the following steps:

  • Face grinding
  • Flank grinding
  • Back grinding
  • Rake angle
  • Chip-breaking groove

The precision circular saw blade is coated by applying different layers of hard material.

The advantages of coating:

  • Increased service life because of higher heat resistance of the coating and less friction
  • Reduction of cutting time through improvement of the cutting performance
  • Lower noise emission

The precision circular saw blade is printed with the WIKUS logo, the direction of movement, and the dimensions. The circular saw blade is then cleaned and treated with an anti-corrosion agent.


  • Continuous monitoring of production by our in-house materials testing laboratory
  • Inspection of the raw materials supplied by our certified suppliers
  • Metallographic testing of the materials as well as geometric testing of the products at the end of production

Basic structure of a carbide-tipped circular saw blade

D = Diameter (mm), d = bore, NL = pin holes, TK = pitch circle, S1 = cutting width, S2 = steel blade thickness
D = Diameter (mm), d = bore, NL = pin holes, TK = pitch circle, S1 = cutting width, S2 = steel blade thickness
Example of variable tooth pitch of a carbide-tipped circular saw blade
Example of variable tooth pitch of a carbide-tipped circular saw blade

The carbide-tipped circular saw tooth

Technical structure of a carbide-tipped circular saw tooth
Technical structure of a carbide-tipped circular saw tooth

The back angle forms the wedge angle with the cutting angle, which defines the cutting edge.


The internal, upward length of the tooth.


Angle between the rake face on the cutting wedge and a perpendicular to the material surface.


Small phase at the transition from the tooth back to the lateral flank, which protects the tooth from premature wear.


Straight vertical edge of a tooth.


For controlled chip flow and defined chip breaking.


This is the lowest point between two adjacent teeth where the tooth face and tooth back meet.


Groove on the tooth surface that divides the cutting channel and thus optimizes chip flow.


Surface on the cutting edge on which the chip runs off.


The height of the tooth measured from the tooth tip to the tooth base. The chip space as such is located between the cutting edges. The cut chips are collected there during the cutting process.


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