This guide is for workshop supervisors, plant managers and buyers who cut steel and must choose a Kinkelder blade. Start with your steel, not with the blade name. Tell us the steel and its tensile class from your specification, and we will confirm which line to quote.
Start with your steel and our labels
Find the steel name or grade on your drawing, order sheet or cutting list. Note whether your specification calls it low, medium or high tensile. If it does not say, send us the steel name and grade and we will help.
Note whether the steel is stainless. Our catalogue also gives stainless its own rows. Also note the shape you cut: solid bar, tube, pipe or profile.
Do not guess the class. Take it from your specification, or send us the steel grade.
The catalogue uses three labels in its blade ratings: Low Tensile, Medium Tensile and High Tensile. It gives no strength figures for them, so we do not give ranges here. Use the class from your own specification.
The rating rows differ from line to line. A line may show only some of the three labels. A score is shown for each blade, so compare blades inside the same line on the row that matches your steel.
KINS' RED for solid bar
KINS' RED is our TCT solid stationary line. Our catalogue describes it as developed for cutting solid steel bars or other dense metal materials. These examples show how the tensile rows differ between blades:
- LF: Low Tensile 9 and Medium Tensile 8.
- MT: Low Tensile 4 and Medium Tensile 8.
- HT: Medium Tensile 4 and High Tensile 8.
The High Tensile row appears on the HT blade in this line. The RED line also lists LT Performance, MT Performance and two stainless versions, Stainless Small and Stainless Large.
KINS' BLUE for tube, pipe and profile
KINS' BLUE is our TCT line for tubes, pipes and profiles on stationary and semi-automatic machines. Its rows are Low/medium tensile and High tensile.
- Stabilizer Performance: Low/medium tensile 9 and High tensile 8.
- Performance: Low/medium tensile 8 and High tensile 9.
- Multi Performance: Low/medium tensile 10 and High tensile 7.
KINS' BLUE Stainless is rated on a Stainless Steel row, with Low/Med. Tensile 4 and High Tensile 4. The catalogue notes that blade size and specification depend on your machine, the cutting task and the material.
KINS' GREEN for low and medium tensile
KINS' GREEN is our HSS line. Our catalogue says it is typically used for low-tensile and sub-range medium-tensile applications, with lower cutting speeds and wall thicknesses. Its rating rows show Low Tensile and Medium Tensile only. There is no High Tensile row.
- Performance: Low Tensile 9 and Medium Tensile 8.
- Universal: Low Tensile 9 and Medium Tensile 9.
- Vapor: Low Tensile 8 and Medium Tensile 3.
The GREEN line also lists Stabilizer, Stainless Performance and Stainless Stabilizer versions.
When your steel does not fit one row
If you cut more than one grade on a machine, tell us the mix and how much of each you cut. The scores can differ from one grade to the next, so we confirm each case. Send us a sample of the cutting list if you have one.
Tensile class is one point to check. The same pages also rate other points, such as blade life, cutting speed and cut surface. Your machine and your wall thickness matter as well.
If you plan to change the line you use now, tell us the blade you run today and we will confirm the match. See our saw blade range for all five lines.
What to send us for a quote
- The steel name and grade, and the tensile class from your specification.
- Whether it is stainless, and which grade.
- The shape: solid bar, tube, pipe or profile, with the size and the wall thickness.
- Your machine: stationary, semi-automatic or flying cut-off.
- The blade you use now, with its size, and what goes wrong with it.
- If you cut a mix of grades, the list.
- The quantity you need.
Request a quote on our website or message us on WhatsApp, and we will confirm the right blade for your steel.