FERNITE OF SHEFFIELD LIMITED

As granulators, shredders and pelletizers are among the most commonly used blades, we offer a wide variety of common and specially designed knives for them. The life of a granulator blade life is a tough one. That’s why at Fernite, we use only quality steel from European accredited mills,manufacturing every blade with absolute precision. We manufacture to OEM specifications across a wide range of brands. We’ve a large catalogue of blade drawings, but we’re equally happy to create drawings from your samples, which we do free of charge. We’ll even sharpen your blades whilst we have them, so that you can keep your production going (charges apply).

The global food industry is vast, and the processing machinery that supports it constantly demands high quality, durable and reliable knives to sustain and protect output. Safe in the knowledge that every Fernite knife is manufactured in our own Sheffield plant from the finest steel on the market, you can rely on us to keep your machines running to the max. Proud to support the world’s greatest brands, we supply a huge range of standard and bespoke machine knives and blades for the food industry including: Scraper blades for rotary moulder, drum dryer machines and refiner blades Freezer blades Rotary cutters Guillotine blades Peeler machine knives Potato chipper knives Specialist bakery knives Chopper blades Vegetable peeler knives Slicer and dicing blades Flow wrap knives Packaging machine blades. Tray seal knives Bowl chopper knives Extruded food cut-off knives Nut slicers Onion cutters Pizza cutters Cheese cutter knives

Partnering packaging customers and distributors worldwide, our Made in Sheffield quality, flexible delivery and enduring support and advice keep your business ahead of the competition. We supply a vast selection of blades that are compatible with different machinery: Belca, Bosch, Hayssen, Ilapak, Multivac, Siat, Ulma, and more. Also we manufacture packaging knives and blades for bespoke applications. We supply a wide range of precision machine knives and blades for every stage of the packaging process including: form-fill seal knives sack and bag-making knives parison cutters / stab knives cardboard cutting blades adhesive scrapers converting knives die face cutters extrusion knives flow wrapping and overwrapping blades shrink-wrapping knives sleever blades special purpose cut-off knives tape-sealing knives tray sealing knives toothform packaging knives tear notch knives

Our range of paper, converting and print machine blades includes: Web cut-off knives Tucker and folder blades Toothform knives Ink duct blades Doctor blades Circular paper cutters Cardboard cutters Trimmer blades Sheeter blades Splice knives Perforator blades Slitting Blades Splice Knives Circular cutters and circular perforators Polyurethane-faced gripper blades Working in partnership - delivering results We work with you to meet your own specifications and workflow, manufacturing your products with world-class expertise and precision in our ISO9001 certified Sheffield plant.

Circular knives, perforators, slitting knives & more - developed to your exact requirements. Fernite of Sheffield specialize in developing converting blades to optimize your production processes. Whether you have a particular cutting issue to solve, or want to improve the efficiency of your production process, we can help. With world-renowned expertise, advanced manufacturing capabilities and a helpful, supportive approach, we work with you to meet your needs. We offer a vast range of converting products, including: Core cutters Creaser blades Crush cutters Mill knives Perforation wheels Perforating knives Scoring blades Sheeter knives Slitter blades Trimmer knives Web cut-off knives

Our granulator knife sharpening service is provided from Fernite’s ISO 9001 certified factory in Sheffield. Our professional and experienced knife sharpening experts look after your knives as they would if they were sharpening a brand new knife. We recommend sending your granulator knives to us as a complete set, so we ensure that the knives tolerances required by the granulator manufacturer are maintained. Please let us know what type of material you are processing, as thinner materials often require tighter blade tolerances. We have the capacity to sharpen blades of up to 6 metres. We are using less rigid porous grinding abrasives for minimal-loading and cool surface sharpening. Therefore, your knife doesn’t produce overheat and doesn’t become more brittle as a result. Correct equipment for sharpening either Carbon, Alloy, or even Tungsten Tipped granulator knife. On custom request, a Granulator Knife can be finish ground to profile.

A blunt blade “pushes” paper instead of slicing it, resulting in poor quality edges, tearing and shredding paper when cutting. To achieve faultless quality of cut paper it is important to regularly check and sharpen the blades of mechanical paper cutting guillotines.