February 09, 2010
Troubleshooting Machine Blade Performance
It’s especially challenging when your current setup seems to “stop working” out of nowhere. Problems Like These in Your Cutting Operation… Degradation of your cut-off or perforated edge Knife no longer cuts through material Significant decline in knife life …Are Likely Caused by the Following: Change in raw materials supplier New raw material that requires […]
Read moreDecember 11, 2009
History of the Circular Saw
Today we’d like to pay some well-earned honor to one of the most important inventions in our industry (particularly the lumber-processing part of it): the circular saw. Like many products of the industrial revolution, the history of the circular saw is a story founded on legend as much as fact — both of which are equally as interesting. What […]
Read moreApril 09, 2009
Shark Tooth Cut-Off Knife
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, […]
Read moreJanuary 14, 2009
Test Cutting at YSK Earns an A
YSK recently assisted a University of Illinois student undertaking a senior design project at a major packaging company. The company provided the student a set of parameters and tasked her with developing the “best” blade to cut a new material the company developed. The student read about YSK’s in-house test cutting capabilities and contacted us […]
Read moreOctober 14, 2008
C or V-Tooth Depends on Application, Preferences
We see a lot of confusion out of the foam production, plastics, film, packaging and food processing industries regarding usage of V-Tooth and C-Tooth knife blades. While the C-Tooth blade is very similar to the V-Tooth, it delivers some clear-cut advantages. The C-Tooth is designed to point the blade teeth into the material, cutting more […]
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