HBM720ALU-Z Nominated for the Aluminum Innovation Award
Speed, efficiency and sustainability combined and redefined in the HBM720ALU-Z high-performance bandsaw
The aluminum industry faces major challenges: rising energy costs, increasing international competitive pressure, and the growing need for sustainable and cost-effective production processes. Companies must balance productivity, quality, and resource efficiency. This is exactly where the HBM720ALU-Z comes in. It combines maximum cutting performance with a resource-efficient manufacturing process, enabling cost-effective and sustainable aluminum processing. Thanks to innovative cutting technology and high process flexibility, it sets new standards in the machining of aluminum bolts and non-ferrous metals.
Performance figures that impress!
With this band saw, Behringer has closed a technological gap. Through the combination of innovative machine kinematics, highly dynamic motion sequences, and a specially designed high-performance saw band, the system achieves a cutting speed of up to 3,000 m/min—a throughput previously typical only of circular saws.
At the same time, users benefit from the advantages of band saw technology: a significantly wider range of bolt diameters can be cut without changing tools. This reduces setup times, increases machine availability, and improves flexibility in day-to-day production.
The HBM720ALU-Z processes aluminum billets with a diameter of up to 700 mm and can cut 300 mm of material in just 10 seconds, achieving productivity levels on par with modern aluminum circular saws. However, the key added value lies not only in speed but in the unique combination of productivity and resource efficiency. While conventional circular saws operate with a 10 mm cutting channel, the HBM720ALU‑Z requires only 2.1 mm. This corresponds to a 79% reduction in material loss.
What does this mean in practice?
For a reference customer with approximately 120,000 cuts per year and an average bolt diameter of 300 mm, this results in a calculated material savings of over 180 metric tons of aluminum per year. Due to the low material loss, significantly less chip volume is generated. As a result, much smaller quantities of aluminum need to be collected, transported, and melted down in an energy-intensive process. Based on the emission factor of 0.5 metric tons of CO₂e per metric ton specified by the International Aluminum Institute for the recycling of virgin aluminum scrap, this results in a calculated emission reduction potential of approximately 90 metric tons of CO₂e per year. Annual cutting channel losses are reduced from approximately 229 metric tons of aluminum with a circular saw to about 48 metric tons with the HBM720ALU-Z.
The higher material yield does not come at the expense of productivity. Quite the contrary: In industrial use, production output has increased from approximately 3,500 to over 10,000 cuts per month. This corresponds to a performance increase of nearly 200%. The HBM720ALU‑Z thus proves that resource efficiency and maximum output do not have to be mutually exclusive.
An Innovation for the Future
Aluminum is a material with enormous future potential, but its production and processing require the responsible use of resources. With the HBM720ALU‑Z, we have succeeded in no longer viewing productivity and sustainability as conflicting goals, but rather in combining both objectives into a technology suitable for industrial use.
Vote for the HBM720ALU‑Z now
The HBM720ALU‑Z represents a new generation of aluminum processing: faster, more efficient, and more sustainable. It impressively demonstrates that higher productivity does not have to come at the expense of resource consumption and sustainability.
- 300 mm round stock in just 10 seconds.
- 79% smaller cutting channel.
- Over 180 metric tons of aluminum saved per year.
- Approximately 90 metric tons of CO₂e emissions avoided annually.
- More than a threefold increase in monthly throughput.
If you, too, believe that innovations must make a real contribution to the future of the aluminum industry, we’d love to have your vote for the 2026 Aluminum Innovation Award.
