Band knife
Precise, robust and versatile
Band knives for professional applications
Our band knives stand for precise cuts and high durability. They are ideal for professional applications in food, plastics, and wood processing. We offer the right material for your needs – because the highest quality is our top priority. Through consistent quality testing, we ensure that you always achieve consistent and reliable cutting results.
Band knife variants
Area of application
Hard textiles, paper, plastic, foam
Our band knives are specially designed for cutting tough and demanding materials such as hard textiles, paper, plastic, and foam. They guarantee clean cutting edges, long service life, and optimal results – even in complex applications.
Width: 10 – 25 mm
Thickness: 0.45 mm
Tooth shape: Double bevel, concave and convex
Area of application
Textiles
Our band knives for textile applications ensure clean, precise cuts in a wide variety of fabrics and technical textiles. Whether delicate fabrics or robust materials – we offer the right solution for every requirement.
Width: 6 – 30 mm
Thickness: 0.45 mm
Bevel: single-sided, double-sided, or quadruple-sided
Area of application
Plastic
Our band knives for plastic applications are ideal for clean and controlled cutting of hard and soft plastic materials. They impress with high cutting accuracy, long service life, and reliable performance in industrial processing.
Width: 10 – 25 mm
Thickness: 0.45 mm
Tooth shape: serrated, 6 x 6 or 3 x 3 mm, double bevel
Area of application
Rubber and foam
These band knives are ideal for cutting a wide variety of rubber and foam materials. Whether soft foams or rigid rubber compounds, they enable precise cuts, high repeatability, and a long service life in series production and processing.
Width: 10 – 25 mm
Thickness: 0.45 mm
Tooth shape: double or quadruple bevel, roof tooth | Tooth: 1.5 – 3 mm
Hardened cutting edges available upon request.
Other dimensions and designs available upon request.
Band knife for bread
Our specially developed bread band knives ensure clean, even cuts for every type of bread – whether fresh, baked, or frozen. They are optimally tailored to the requirements of bakeries, large-scale bakeries, and industrial food processing facilities and guarantee reliable results under heavy loads.
Explanations
Individual, durable and powerful
Our band knives for bread are specially designed to meet the demanding requirements of the food industry. They impress with their long service life, versatile applications, and precise workmanship. We manufacture each knife precisely according to your specifications – whether as a single band or in sets.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Maximum durability: High-quality materials ensure reliable cutting performance and long service life.
- Individual production: Custom-made in length and quantity – exactly according to your requirements.
- Assured quality: Permanent length control and random tensile tests of the welded joint.
- A variety of tooth shapes: Choose between fine and coarse toothing – to suit your application.
Do you need help choosing? Let us advise you.
Band knife for foam processing
Our band knives for foam processing are ideal for precise cuts in soft, dense, or textile-coated materials. Whether for industrial manufacturing, processing technical textiles, or foam cutting – we offer the right solution for your application.
Explanations
Versatile cutting solutions for soft and demanding materials
Our band knives for foam processing offer maximum flexibility for a wide range of materials and machines. Thanks to our in-house production, we can respond quickly and precisely to individual requirements. Whether you need a smooth edge or a serrated profile – we supply the exact knife that’s right for your application.
Available options include:
Simple wadding – ideal for foam rubber
Double or quadruple wadding
Convex and concave shapes – e.g. for hard textiles such as jeans or lining fabrics
Serrated with roof tooth – for rubber and foam
Double-sided serrated – for forward and reverse cuts on foams
Double-sided toothed and set – for hard materials with cutting function
We’re happy to advise you on your selection and, upon request, conduct cutting tests for your application. Our band knives are available for all common machines – welded to length or as coiled goods. Any questions? Please contact us.
Band knives for the textile and paper industry
Our knives for the textile and paper industry are designed for the highest cutting quality and versatile applications. Whether it’s fine fabrics, technical textiles, or delicate paper types – we offer the right solution for your cutting application.
Explanations
Precise cutting solutions for textile materials and paper
We supply band knives in numerous designs and sizes – either as ready-to-use rings or in rolls. Whether double or quadruple bevel, smooth edge, convex, concave, or serrated – we manufacture what you need.
We also offer:
Vertical blade made of HSS
Circular knives made of WS and HSS
HSS cutter knife
Our knives are compatible with machines from renowned manufacturers such as Eastman, Bullmer, Gerber, Kuris, Investronica, Lectra, and many more. We also offer customized solutions based on drawings or sketches.
Contact us – we will be happy to advise you on the optimal knife design for your textile or paper processing needs.
Doctor Blades
Our doctor blades are indispensable components in processes that require clean rolls and defined coatings. They contribute significantly to the quality and consistency of your production.
Efficient cleaning and coating with the highest precision
Our Doctor Blades – also known as doctor blades – are crucial for consistent, streak-free results in the printing, paper, and film industries. They reliably remove excess ink, coatings, or contaminants from rollers, ensuring a clean printing or processing result.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Highest precision: Fine edges for even stripping without damaging the rollers.
- Diverse materials: Available in steel, stainless steel, plastic or coated – depending on the application.
- Long service life: High wear resistance for low-interruption production processes.
- Custom dimensions: We manufacture exactly according to your specifications and machine requirements.
Our scraper blades are suitable for a wide range of industrial applications and are precisely tailored to your process. Contact us – we’ll be happy to advise you on the right solution!
FAQ – Quck Guide
Which materials are band knives suitable for?
Band knives are suitable for a wide range of materials including bread, foam, rubber, plastics, paper, cardboard, textiles and technical fabrics. Depending on the material, different cutting geometries, tooth profiles and bevel configurations are used to achieve optimal cutting performance and long service life.
Why are different tooth profiles and cutting geometries used?
Different materials behave differently during the cutting process. Bread, paper, textiles, foam and rubber each place specific demands on the cutting edge. The correct tooth profile or cutting geometry influences cutting quality, blade life and material handling. In bread processing, suitable wave profiles help prevent tearing or crushing of the product. In paper, textile, foam and rubber applications, specific geometries are used to achieve clean cut edges, reduce fraying and minimize cutting resistance.
Why are band knives used in so many applications?
Band knives enable a continuous cutting process and can be adapted to a wide variety of materials and applications. With the appropriate cutting geometry, they can produce clean cut edges in paper processing, reduce fraying in textiles or cut bread without crushing or tearing the product. As a result, band knives are widely used in the food, paper, textile and plastics industries.
Which cutting geometry is suitable for bread, foam, paper or textiles?
The optimal cutting geometry depends on the material and the required cutting quality and blade life. For bread applications, profiles such as the Serrated Wave, Wave 4–12 mm, Combiwave, as well as concave and convex tooth geometries are commonly used. Textile applications often require straight cutting edges with single, double or four-sided bevels. For foam and rubber, flat toothed, pointed tooth, concave or convex geometries are frequently used. Paper processing applications typically use single straight edges, single symmetric bevels, double straight edges, as well as concave or convex geometries.
Which factors influence the service life of a band knife?
The service life of a band knife is influenced by several factors. In addition to the material being cut and the selected cutting geometry, machine settings and machine condition also play an important role. Blade tension, feed rate, cutting speed, guide systems and the overall maintenance condition of the machine can directly affect wear, cut quality and blade life. A knife design matched to the specific application and process significantly contributes to longer service life.
What are Doctor Blades used for?
Doctor Blades are used to remove and meter excess inks, coatings, adhesives, lacquers and other media from rollers. They ensure a controlled material distribution and contribute significantly to process stability and final product quality. Typical applications include printing, coating, laminating and converting processes in the paper, film, packaging and processing industries.
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