In October 2008 RSA presented to customers and interested parties the RASACUT XS, a newly developed type of saw specialized in tube diameters from 6 up to 30 mm.

In October 2008 RSA presented to customers and interested parties the RASACUT XS, a newly developed type of saw specialized in tube diameters from 6 up to 30 mm. The minimization of variants in the automotive industry is leading to larger batches for the production of semi-finished products made from tubes, hollow sections and solid bars. However, quality demands are also increasing. A machine concept aiming at a wide spectrum of workpieces mostly can cope only to some extent with demands made by highly specific parts e.g. line systems in the automotive sector where extremely strict requirements are applied concerning the degree of purity and precision of the tubes. However, the large quantities just allow comparatively low piece costs. This is a background for the development of the new high-precision RASACUT XS that achieves an extremely high total output.

Generally multicut or bundle cut saws are used for the production of large batches in the diameter range up to 30 mm. However, aiming at an improvement in quality and lowering of piece costs, the new RSA development counts on the single cut. The fully automatic processing cycle – even for large fixed lengths up to 2,000 mm or longer - presents an essential advantage. Example of feeding: when working with bundle cut saws, tubes are manually bundled. The workpieces are counted, fixed with an adhesive tape and inserted into a prismatic guide that feeds the tube bundle to the saw. In case of the RASACUT XS, tubes are automatically singled and fed. In this way personnel costs are lowered, because one person can operate several saws.