A device for cutting a mat or panel made of mineral wool or a board or panel made of porous construction material, including a system for moving the mat or panel made of mineral wool or the board or panel made of porous construction material, which includes at least one conveyor, capable of moving along a direction, an endless diamond element designed to cut the mat or panel made of mineral wool or the board or panel made of porous construction material, a device for running the endless diamond element in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the mat or panel made of mineral wool or the board or panel made of porous construction material, the endless diamond element being an endless diamond wire, an endless diamond cable or an endless diamond strip.

A cutting apparatus and the method of operating same is provided. The apparatus includes a feed tower assembly configured to be attached to an object and a frame base plate movably attached thereto. The frame base plate has a pivotable arm assembly and an arm wheel thereon which accept a cutting member. A visual tension indicator is operably connected to the frame base plate and the arm assembly and configured to indicate an amount of tension applied to the cutting member.

An additive manufacturing system includes a printing surface for supporting a printed part, and a part removal system, including at least one wire configured to move relative to the printing surface and configured to engage the printed part for removing the printed part from the printing surface. In another embodiment, an additive manufacturing system includes a printing surface for supporting a printed part, and a part removal system, including at least one saw configured to move relative to the printing surface and configured to engage the printed part for removing the printed part from the printing surface.

A method for using a vehicle-mounted wire saw for cutting an object (such as a wind turbine blade) includes coupling a wire saw having a continuous abrasive wire to a vehicle, engaging a wire tension to between about 100 PSI and about 5000 PSI, engaging a speed of an engine of the vehicle to between about 500 RPM and 4000 RPM, and cutting the object with the wire saw.

A cutting apparatus and the method of operating same is provided. The apparatus includes a feed tower assembly configured to be attached to an object and a frame assembly movably attached thereto. The frame assembly has arm assemblies thereon which accept a cutting member. A liquid spray system is provided for cooling components of the cutting apparatus.

A device for cutting a plate or panel of porous construction material includes a movement structure that moves the plate or panel and includes at least one conveyor, and which is able to move in a direction (X). The device also includes a wire to cut the plate or panel and a structure for passing the wire in a direction (Y) perpendicular to the direction (X) of travel of the plate or panel. The device for cutting allows a cut to be made that greatly limits the waste and dust generated.

A cable saw for cutting a workpiece includes a circulating saw cable, a guide device, and a cable storage device and cable tensioning device. The saw cable is driven by a drive and includes a sawing section. The guide device is arranged to move the sawing section along a cutting direction for cutting engagement with the workpiece. The guide device is arranged to allow several movement directions including the cutting direction and at least one lengthening or shortening of the sawing section. The cable storage device and cable tensioning device is arranged for storing, releasing and/or tensioning the saw cable when changing a position and/or length of the sawing section. The guide device includes a lever gear with a pivot lever rotatably hinged to a base holder. The lever gear is arranged to convert a rotational movement of the pivot lever into a movement of deflection rollerswhich form the sawing section therebetweento lengthen and/or shorten the sawing section.

A cutting apparatus and the method of operating same is provided. The apparatus includes a feed tower assembly configured to be attached to an object and a frame assembly movably attached thereto. The frame assembly has arm assemblies thereon which accept a cutting member. At least one arm assembly can be pivoted relative to the other arm assembly and relative to the feed tower assembly. One arm assembly can further be moved relative to the other arm assembly and relative to the feed tower assembly in a vertical direction.

The invention relates to a wire management system for a wire saw having a cutting wire guided through a cutting area. The system comprises a wire supplying unit for supplying cutting wire to the cutting area and a wire receiving unit for receiving cutting wire from the cutting area. At least one of the wire supplying unit and the wire receiving unit comprises: at least one rotatable reservoir spool for carrying the cutting wire in overlapping windings, at least one rotatable storage spool for temporarily receiving the cutting wire in windings, wherein the rotational axis of the storage spool coincides with the rotational axis of the reservoir spool, a wire guiding means for guiding the wire when being wound up on the storage spool, such that the wire windings on the storage spool do not overlap each other and/or have a lower density than the windings on the reservoir spool.

A diamond wire cutter, using an adjustable length pulley system, a diamond wire saw, and a movable pulley cart, can perform a through-cut of complete sections of a structure such as a tubular subsea by fitting a chain about an outer surface of the structure, securing the chain to the movable pulley cart and using the chain to move or otherwise guide the movable pulley cart about the outer circumference of the structure to cut while using a diamond wire to effect a cut between the movable pulley cart and the diamond wire saw.