motofab555
Plastic
- Joined
- May 30, 2013
- Location
- buffalo NY
Hello everyone. We need to purchase a new automatic band saw and have been looking at a Kasto win3.3 or a Daito GAIVII. The kasto seems more modern than the Daito but the Daito is a proven design. Both are similarly priced.
95% of the cutting it will be doing will be 6" diameter 6061. The saw will need to run 10 hours a day 6 days a week solely cutting aluminum. The saws we have had in the past did not do a very good job of handling the amount of chips it was producing.
Pros of the Kasto are:
Higher blade speed 495 vs 330
dual column
Touch screen control (can store lengths and speeds and feeds)
ball screw down feed
16' 8" blade
Pros of Daito:
Proven design that has been around forever
Keep being told their saws are tanks and will cut for years
Short 11' blade
Info on Kastowin:
KASTOwin - KASTOwin - Microsite - United States - en
Daito info:
GAIV260W | GAIV series | DAITO U.S.A., INC.
I would really like to hear opinions on both machines/companies
Thanks for the help
Greg
95% of the cutting it will be doing will be 6" diameter 6061. The saw will need to run 10 hours a day 6 days a week solely cutting aluminum. The saws we have had in the past did not do a very good job of handling the amount of chips it was producing.
Pros of the Kasto are:
Higher blade speed 495 vs 330
dual column
Touch screen control (can store lengths and speeds and feeds)
ball screw down feed
16' 8" blade
Pros of Daito:
Proven design that has been around forever
Keep being told their saws are tanks and will cut for years
Short 11' blade
Info on Kastowin:
KASTOwin - KASTOwin - Microsite - United States - en
Daito info:
GAIV260W | GAIV series | DAITO U.S.A., INC.
I would really like to hear opinions on both machines/companies
Thanks for the help
Greg