HRC hardness and toughness: interpreting an industrial knife specification
Hardness is a useful piece of information, but it must be evaluated together with the steel, the type of wear and the cutting conditions.
Materials and heat treatment
Heat treatment of industrial knives: checks for each batch
Hardening, tempering and dimensional control: what information should be reviewed when purchasing or manufacturing industrial blades.
Industrial blade wear: distinguishing abrasion, chipping and plastic deformation
Industrial blade wear does not always call for higher hardness. Learn to distinguish abrasion, edge chipping and plastic deformation before selecting a replacement.
Used tires: how to analyze the wear of cutting tools
Tire recycling combines rubber, reinforcements and components that require several preparation and separation operations.
Scrap Shear Blades: Interpreting Burrs and Wear
Scrap shear blades must cut materials of varying geometry and thickness.
Anti-wear screens: material, manufacturing and replacement control
Mill and crusher screens receive abrasion, impacts and assembly efforts. A correct replacement combines material, perforation, thickness and support geometry. Choosing solely by hole size can alter the operation of the equipment.
Materials and heat treatment, Technical blog, Technical guides
How to choose the right steel for industrial knives
Guide to select 1.2379, 1.2080, S5 and 1.7131 steels according to abrasion, impact, processed material and maintenance.
Powder metallurgical steels for blades: when to study an alternative
Powder metallurgical steels can be studied for industrial blades that work in demanding applications. Its choice requires relating the properties of the grade to actual wear: a steel denomination does not by itself guarantee a specific duration.