Kobelco Research Institute, Inc.

Akinori Uratsuka

Kazuo Yoshikawa

Kazuhisa Fujisawa

Hiroshi Yaguchi

Yoshitake Matsushima

Masanori Anan

Provided is a resin-coated saw wire that, when used to cut a workpiece, has a shallow depth of a damaged layer and can give a cut article having a smooth surface. The resin-coated saw wire is used in cutting of the workpiece using a sawing machine and includes a steel wire and a resin coating covering the steel wire surface. The resin coating contains substantially no abrasive grain, has a hardness at 120&#xb0; C. of 0.07 GPa or more, and has a hardness controlled so as to prevent abrasive grains from coming into the resin coating, which abrasive grains are sprayed during workpiece cutting.

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Akinori Uratsuka