We promised some follow up on the Shark Tooth blade a little while back…

York Saw and Knife recently assisted a major consumer products, pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials producer in creating a new cut-off knife for a Winder/Rewinder machine.

The company developed a new, very tough film that typical knife designs could not cut cleanly and completely, resulting in a shredded, undesirable edge. Aware of York Saw and Knife’s free test cutting a perforating services (of flexible films utilizing a plunge cut with a straight, serrated edge blade), the company contacted York Saw and Knife and we quickly started to tackle the challenge.

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Tough material or film affecting your production and wrecking your bottom line? Or just giving you a headache you don’t need?

The YSK shark tooth cut-off knife will be the topic of an upcoming post.

Stay tuned…

Apple has the iPod nano. An Indian car maker (Tata Motors) launched its Nano this week.

Related, there’s buzz building re: nanotechnology in some of the industries York Saw & Knife serves. But, it’s only buzz, and it’s only building.  Packaging World notes a January report on nanotechnology in packaging by the Swiss Center for Technology Advancement TA-SWISS.

From PW, the Swiss group noted nanotechnology:

“…is already incorporated into some food packaging, for example in films, nano-silver layers or layers in PET bottles to improve barrier properties. They even cite greenhouse gas reductions associated with ‘nano-PET bottles.’ The study recognizes that th

ere is a huge market potential for nano-materials in packaging.”

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We wanted to share the video of YSK’s free, in-house test cutting machine (ol’ Cutty) in action…

This instance is from our involvement on the University of Illinois student’s senior design project. We utilized knife (E) from the picture in the previous post. It made a clean cut with the lowest cut forces.

As you can see…

YSK offers free, in-house test cutting and perforating of flexible films utilizing a plunge cut with a straight, serrated edge blade.

If you are interested in using YSK’s test cutting capabilities, email York Saw & Knife and we’ll get you on the right track.