The Wire Saw as a Tool for Cutting Slate and Building Stone
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 8
- File Size:
- 318 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1936
Abstract
WHEN a new type of equipment revolutionizes methods of quarrying one kind of stone, producers of other kinds focus their attention on its potentialities in their particular fields. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the accomplishments of the wire saw in slate, to show its more limited attainments in other kinds of stone, and to point out the possibili-ties of much wider application. A wire saw consists of a 3/16-in. or 1/4-in. three-strand wire cable that runs as a belt and cuts the rock by abrasion. (Fig. 1.) The teeth of the saw are sand grains carried in the grooves between the strands.
Citation
APA: (1936) The Wire Saw as a Tool for Cutting Slate and Building Stone
MLA: The Wire Saw as a Tool for Cutting Slate and Building Stone. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1936.