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Cutting tools, abrasives and saw blades
Cutting tools, abrasives and saw blades covers the consumable tooling that machining runs on: cutting tools and indexable inserts, bonded abrasives and grinding wheels and industrial saw blades.
Cutting tools and indexable inserts carry a measured £0.32bn UK market, with bonded abrasives around a modelled £170m and industrial saw blades around a modelled £75m sitting just outside the research's top 25. Modest revenue, but strategically central: these are the products the machining audience buys weekly.
Special tooling (a form cutter, a dished wheel, a blade to bore and tooth count) is quoted constantly and follows parametric geometry, which suits the runtime well. Sellers in this category are served through the bespoke build service today.
What it covers
Example configurable products
- Form cutters and special profile tooling
- Grinding wheels to shape, grit and bond
- Circular saw blades to diameter, bore and tooth count
- Machine knives to drawing
The market
Sized and graded, never overstated
Every figure carries its confidence label. Measured comes from a named source; modelled is our own estimate and says so.
| Cutting tools and inserts UK revenue | £0.32bn | measured |
|---|---|---|
| Bonded abrasives UK revenue | £170m | modelled |
| Industrial saw blades UK revenue | £75m | modelled |
Questions
About this category
- Is there a round cutting tool configurator?
- A round tool builder for endmills and drills is in development separately and is not part of this launch. Special tooling in this category is served through the bespoke build service.
- Could a saw blade configurator work?
- Yes: diameter, bore, tooth count and pitch are exactly the kind of parameter set the runtime handles. Talk to us if you make blades and want one.
Bring us your product line
If it is dimensioned and quoted repeatedly, a bespoke build on the same runtime can serve it.