Concrete Wire Sawing
What is wire sawing?
Originating in Europe, now become a safe, fast, and cost-efficient option when needing to cut through thick, large, irregular concrete blocks and walls.
Wire saws are a great versatile solution for complex jobs where other cutting methods are not practical and run much quieter than other concrete saws.
How does it work?
Wire saws use a multi-strand cable system with diamond beads attached. As the cable (wire) feeds through a sequence of pulleys, rotated by the hydraulic or electric powered saw, the wire is wrapped around the cutting object.
As the wire rotates, it easily cuts through the concrete while keeping tension on the wire flushed by free-flowing water. The excess wire is then stored onto another series of pulleys and stacking within a looping system.
This type of concrete sawing allows you to cut through any thickness of concrete and even allows you to cut through heavily reinforced concrete.
It is used to cut through reinforced concrete such as:
- Piers
- Towers
- Pillars
- Beams
The wire saw is also able to cut through load-bearing objects without getting caught mid-cut, as other blades can. It can also be used for cutting concrete underwater.
Wire saws can be used for vertical and horizontal angled cutting and can even be used to cut circular openings.
