摘要 |
A method and a device serve to divide or slit a rigid material to be cut (10), in particular wood, having a modulus of elasticity preferably of about 50,000 to 400,000 kg/cm<2>. A narrow tool bearing cutting elements, in particular a circular saw blade (15), makes a gap (38) of final width in the material to be cut (10) at a cutting speed of more than about 40 m/s. To reduce the friction between the material to be cut (10) and the circular saw blade (15) and thereby lower the thermal stress on the circular saw blade (15), the material to be cut (10) is turned out away from the splitting plane (11) by means of a separating element (26) immediately after the passage of the cutting elements (Fig. 1). <IMAGE>
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