Reversible Blade Spin
📞 1 225-424-8804Reversible Blade Spin
You choose which way debris comes of the diamond blade.
Operation
To utilise the reversible blade spin feature, connect the saw to a two way hydraulic circuit.
If you do not have a two-way circuit, you can swap the hose connection to choose the direction of spin. This usually does not work with single-direction saws.
Why Have Reversible Blade Spin?
Keeping your excavator clean
Fine, silty slurry leaves the cut at speeds up to 50m/s. Being able to reverse the spin direction allows you to decide where they end up.
Most of the time you want to send it away from your excavator, for safety and reduced maintenance.
Safety
In most situations it is safer for the operator to spin the blade so that the debris flies away from the excavator. This keeps the operator safe from projectiles.
For site protection, it allows the operator to control he direction of spin at will, so that the debris can be directed away from exposed property or persons.
Horizontal Cutting
Being able to control the spin direction allows the operator to spin the blade in the direction that tries to push it out of the cut, which takes up the backlash it the excavator articulation and slew.
Without it, the blade will be drawn into the cut where it will most likely jam, abruptly stopping the blade, and potentially damaging it. After the blade has stopped in the cut, the saw must be removed from the cut so that it can be brought up to speed again.
Horizontal cutting
Reversible blade spin as an essential feature for horizontal cutting.
Q & A
Do diamond blades work in both directions?
Most general purpose diamond blades supplied for use with excavator saws can be spun in either direction.
Some blades, particularly for concrete cutting, are designed to be spun in one direction only.
Do all Echidna rocksaws have reversible blade spin?
Reversible blade spin is a standard feature of all Echidna diamond saw drives.
OmniCut and Tungsten Carbide saws have only single direction spin as the blades will only cut in one direction.
Does reversing the blade spin hurt the saw / excavator?
No
Other Echidna Diamond Rocksaw Features
Through-Hub Water Distribution
Improve blade life and cutting rates with optimised water distribution.
Reversible Blade Spin
For site protection and horizontal cutting.This is a feature of all Echidna diamond tipped saws, including high speed and multiple blade models.
Narrow body for trenching
One of our design criteria is to minimise the width of the saw, to allow it to be inserted into trenches.
Bearing Hub
The construction of the front bearing hub and its sealing arrangement gives a life time warranty for protection against any dirt entering the bearing space and even allows to use the saw fully submerged in water.
Adjustable shield
Composite, rotating safety shield provides maximum protection and allows flush cutting
Rotating Stand
The standard stand for all Echidna diamond saws has a rotating cradle. Rotating the cradle allows easy regripping if cutting on alternate sides of the excavator.
Convert to Multiblade saw
The robust construction of the spindle bearing support or all of the Echidna diamond rock saws allows for the mounting of two or more blades, with an offset spacer for cutting of trenches.
Trenches from 20mm up to 500mm in width can be cut this way.Multiple blades can be fitted for quarrying finished slices of stone.
For wider trenches, we recommend using our DX2 range of diamond saws, with blade(s) on either side of the saw.