Blades for the Food industry
by LUTZ BLADES
Blades for the Food industry
by LUTZ BLADES
Special blades
for any number of applications
Cutting processes in the food industry place the highest demands on the efficiency and quality of blades – whether they are used for rib pulling, derinding, skinning, degreasing or cutting potato chips.
Therefore, LUTZ BLADES manufactures a wide range of replacement blades and machine knives in this field and has been successfully cooperating with world market leaders for years.
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The wide range of materials for our blades
Our product portfolio offers you blades in thicknesses between 0.06 – 3.0 mm and with final hardnesses between 40 – 85 HRc. You also have a wide choice in our material program:
The versatile coating program
for our blades
TiN
Standard hard material with high wear resistance and relatively high coefficient of friction (against reference material steel approx. 0.4 to 0.7), usually gold-colored, safe application range up to approx. 300 °C.
TiAlN
Has greater oxidation resistance than TiN with comparable coefficient of friction, usually anthracite blue.
Blueing / Blackening
Applied over the entire surface, light corrosion and starch protection, also serves as a distinguishing aid.
Teflon® (PTFE)
Teflon® non-stick coating (PTFE); due to the very low surface tension, practically no foreign bodies stick to the cutting edge, resistant to acids and alkalis; significantly reduced frictional resistance; the very low static friction allows jerk-free cutting (therefore very suitable for the medical sector); low wear resistance; not suitable for contact with sodium and at temperatures above 250 °C.
TiC
Has lower wear resistance than TiN with significantly lower coefficient of friction (against reference material steel approx. 0.3 to 0.5), usually anthracite colored.
ZrN
With a wear resistance similar to TiN, but denser structure (morphology) than TiN and thus greater resistance to pitting under appropriate load, usually steel colored.
CrN
Has lower wear resistance than TiN. Advantage of CrN: lower residual stresses than TiN. Therefore partially useful for applications with high bending load.
TiCN
Intermediate coating material between the high wear resistance of TiN and the low coefficient of friction of TiC, relative position between TiN and TiC depending on the ratio of C and N, usually anthracite color.
DLC
Has high wear resistance with low coefficient of friction (approx. 0.1 against reference material steel); susceptible to impact loads and high temperatures (between 100 and 300 °C depending on structure).
Color varnish
Applied over the entire surface, serves as a sorting aid for different material thicknesses and as corrosion protection.
Customized quality
How you benefit
- Near-series initial samples.
- Maximum flexibility = customized blades.
- Smallest quantities possible.
- Efficient and accelerated product development.
- Development and optimization of the blade before series production.
The Lutz BLADES Rapid Prototyping
- Cutting of the blade geometry by state-of-the-art machinery and CNC-based grinding of all radii.
- Automatic measurement and testing of the tightest tolerances in the process.
- Customized heat treatment and coating.
Do you have individual wishes?
Do you have a question? A concern? Or a suggestion? Do not hesitate to contact us. We have the right experts for all matters, who can help you with certainty.
How can we help you?
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