Services
"The cost for reactor head segmentation ultimately proved to be less than the contract award amount and in fact was approximately equal to what costs for transport and packaging an intact reactor head would have been."
- Michael Snyder, Principal Radiological Engineer
Diamond Wire Sawing of Metal
IMG_0701_1_m.jpg
Copper-Cutting_26_m.jpg
ANO_Big-Block_1_m.jpg

Bluegrass is the world leader in diamond wire sawing of metal.  Our unequaled equipment resources, diamond wire inventory and teams of cutting technicians have been supporting contractors around the country and across the construction industry spectrum for 28 years.

Bluegrass’ diamond wire sawing services allow for segmentation or modification of metal: armor plating, 28” diameter crank shafts, discharge rings, process piping, base plates, reactor nozzles, heat exchangers, copper, aluminum, steel, nickel, furnace spills into any size or shape.

Our metal cutting specialists operate with 40 hour hazwoper, 10 hour OSHA, Radworker, in addition to plant or site specific training.  Daily safety meetings incorporating job hazard analysis are mandatory.  Background checked, drug tested and US citizens, committed people are the backbone of our demolition company.

With 40 plus diamond wire saws and 100,000 linear feet of diamond wire, Bluegrass can rapidly mobilize to your site with the required equipment needed to satisfy your metal cutting requirement.

Our small footprint but powerful wire saws can access any area to satisfy your need.  Our proprietary CO2 cooling and dust suppressant system is available wherever use of water is prohibited.

Recent Segmentations:

Anchor plates, furnace flameouts, steel boiler plate end caps, cast iron pipings, crank shafts, inconel, condensers, reactor vessels, steam generators, zinc, stater, copper, and aluminum cutting.

Related projects:
ANSONIA    

The Bluegrass controlled demolition company uses a diamond wire saw for precision cutting, including metal cutting and concrete cutting, in many situations from nuclear decommissioning to very selective demolition during industrial renovations, which may also involve Brokk robotic hammering when diamond wire cutting would be less efficient.