Wire saw apparatus

摘要

A wire saw apparatus which is less susceptible to loosening of the wire and to breakage thereof, includes a wire supply spool, a cutting head having a plurality of main rollers around which a wire from the wire supply spool is wrapped, a wire take-up spool for taking-up the wire from the cutting head, and a plurality of guide rollers for guiding the wire which are arranged between the wire supply spool and the cutting head and between the cutting head and the wire take-up spool, wherein each of the guide rollers has a peripheral groove having a square-shaped section with a width of 2-20 times the diameter of the wire, and the number of turns of the wire which is wrapped around each guide roller in the groove having a square-shaped section is not less than 1 and not more than 5.