SEGMENT FOR A SAW BLADE AND SAW BLADE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SEGMENT

The present invention relates to a segment (1) for a saw blade, with slots (3, 4) at right angles to the plane of the segment which define at least one receptacle for an interchangeable tip (5), preferably made of carbide. The present invention likewise relates to a circular saw blade, consisting of an essentially circular disc (25) with segments (1) which can be fastened along the blade periphery. In order to create a segment for a saw blade with the above-mentioned features, which with simple means permits quick and positionally accurate exchange of the cutting inserts and/or the segment together with the cutting inserts, it is proposed according to the invention that the receiving slot (3) have two walls (6, 7) located opposite one another at a distance apart and running at an acute angle to one another. Of the two walls (6, 7), one is provided on an elastically movable clamping finger (8) and the other is provided on an essentially rigid part (9) of the segment (1), the clamping finger (8) being formed by the part of the segment (1) left between two slots (3, 4), and one (4) of the two slots (3, 4) being provided for accommodating a clamping wedge (10).