Wire Saw Concrete Cutting for Industrial Facilities
The plant comes back online on schedule or it doesn't.
We show up with the equipment and the crew to make sure it does.
Wire Saw Concrete Cutting in Norhwest Louisiana
Every cutting contractor says they can handle your shutdown job.
Most of them have never worked inside a paper mill. Never cut a reinforced section in a confined space with three other trades waiting on them. Never watched a 4-hour job turn into a 2-day problem.
Wire saw is how you cut concrete when the section is too thick, the space too tight, or the vibration limits too strict for a standard saw. Diamond wire loops the section, cuts through steel and concrete in one pass, and comes out clean.
Edge Concrete Cutting has worked industrial facilities across East Texas, North Louisiana, and South Arkansas for the past decade. Paper mills, refineries, manufacturing plants. We've cut inside facilities where the timeline doesn't move for anybody.
Your shutdown window opens. We're already in position.
When Wire SawIs the Right Call
Diamond Wire Saw Cutting
When the section is too thick, the access too tight, or the surrounding structure too sensitive for blade vibration — wire saw is the call. Diamond wire wraps the section and cuts through steel and concrete in a single pass. Clean edge. No damage to what surrounds it. Used for plant shutdowns, structural removal, and cuts inside active facilities where a standard saw isn't an option.
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Track-mounted diamond blade for straight cuts on vertical walls and inclined surfaces. Openings, penetrations, access points. Accurate enough that the concrete around it doesn't move.
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Horizontal cutting for floors, roadways, and slabs. Plant maintenance, utility access, infrastructure repair. We match the blade to the depth — tell us what you've got.
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Circular penetrations through concrete, brick, and masonry for pipe, conduit, and equipment. We drill to spec. Not close to spec.
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When you need part of a structure gone without touching what surrounds it. We take out what you need removed and leave the rest intact.
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Concrete removal without saw noise, vibration, or airborne dust. Hydraulic bursters apply controlled internal pressure and crack the section in a specific direction. The right call when the facility environment won't tolerate cutting.
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Scheduled shutdowns are where we do our best work. New foundations, pipe penetrations, structural modifications, partial demolition — we schedule around your window and work inside your safety system. When the plant comes back up, the cutting is done.
We Work Within Your Safety System
OSHA-compliant. Full PPE on every job. We follow your hot work permits, confined space protocols, and site-specific requirements. Our crew has worked inside some of the most controlled facility environments in the region. They know how to function in them because they've been doing it for years.
Licensed and Local
Louisiana Contractor License #27684. Based in Keithville, Louisiana. We work regularly in East Texas, North Louisiana, and South Arkansas. When we list Longview or Texarkana as a service area, we're there — not considering it if the price is right.
A Number. Not a Runaround.
Tell us the thickness, reinforcement type, access constraints, and timeline. You get a number — not a range, not a ballpark. A number, and what the job takes to hit it.
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Why Industrial Facilities Call Edge
Wire Saw Isn't a Side Service
Most concrete cutting contractors don't run wire saw. It takes dedicated equipment, trained operators, and a history of industrial jobs where the margin for error was zero. We've run wire saw on industrial facilities for years. It's a core capability — not a machine we rented for your job.
Four Decades on Industrial Job Sites
We've been inside plants long enough that nothing on a job site surprises us. Shutdown timelines. Confined space protocols. Three trades stacked on top of each other in a tight space. Four decades of that. We don't need an orientation.
We Work Clean
Wire saw produces less vibration and less airborne dust than conventional cutting. In a partially active facility, that's not a nice-to-have — it's what makes the job possible. We control the work area, manage the slurry, and leave the site the way we found it.
Where We've Done It
The facilities that call us have reinforced sections, tight access, and surrounding structure that can't be touched. Here's what that looks like when we show up:
National Paper Mill — Mansfield, LA
Full plant turnaround. Multiple wire saw cut points running on the shutdown schedule. Every one cleared on time. The plant came back up when it was supposed to.
That's the job. That's how we run it.
Plant Shutdowns — East Texas & North Louisiana
We've supported scheduled and emergency shutdowns at manufacturing plants and processing facilities across the region. When the cutting is inside an active facility, the timeline is non-negotiable, and there's no room for a second try — that's where we work best.
GC's, Industrial Contractors & Municipalities
We cut for general contractors, industrial maintenance firms, and public works departments throughout the region. Forty years of that across North Louisiana and East Texas. If you've had significant concrete work done in the region, there's a real chance our crew was on that job.
What Contractors and Plant Managers Ask
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Wire saw uses a diamond-embedded wire looped around the concrete section to make cuts conventional saws can't. You need it when the section is too thick, access is too tight, vibration needs to stay controlled, or you're cutting underwater. If a standard blade won't get there, wire saw will.
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Yes. Wire saw produces less vibration, noise, and dust than conventional methods — that's what makes it viable inside partially active plants. We follow your protocols and keep the work area contained.
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No practical upper limit — that's one of the main reasons wire saw exists. Most of what we see runs 18 inches to 6 feet. We handle it without issue.
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Depends on section size, reinforcement, number of cuts, access, and travel. We price by the job, not by the hour. Call with the scope and we'll get you a number fast — not a ballpark, an actual number.
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Section dimensions, reinforcement type if known, number of cuts, access constraints, and location. The more you give us, the faster we can quote it.
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That's exactly the point. Tell us when the plant goes down and when it comes back up. We build the cut schedule around your window.
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Yes. Diamond wire cuts through rebar and post-tension cable without slowing down. That's one of the reasons it exists.
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Yes. Call (318) 925-1383. Tell us what you've got and we'll get there.
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East Texas, North Louisiana, and South Arkansas. Longview, Shreveport, Texarkana, Tyler, Monroe, Marshall — and beyond. Call us with the location and we'll give you a straight answer.
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Office - 318.925.3745 | Fax - 318.925.9238
10017 Dragstrip Road | Keithville, LA 71047
Edge Concrete Cutting — Keithville, Louisiana | Louisiana Contractor License #27684 | Serving Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas