“It’s about taking pride in your operation. If there’s dirt on the machine, clean it up. Oil on the floor can lead to costly operator injuries. Regardless of the machine’s age, keeping it and the area around it clean also is important, Peterson said. If you don’t change the oil, it loses viscosity and breaks down. “People often don’t pick up an oil can and lubricate according to schedule. Much like a car, the machine’s oil and filters should be changed every 2,000 hours of use, he said.
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Clients may find if they change the blade every 40 hours or approximately every 4,000 cuts, they are changing the blade in advance of it getting very dull, before it damages material or the machine.”īasic lubrication keeps a cutting machine running smoothly. You can see how many cuts you get out of a blade. “When I go back (to a client) a year after installing a new blade and the edge is more like a round pipe, I know they aren’t being sharpened properly. Peterson recommends changing blades every 40 hours of cutting. It is an easy problem to solve – just keep the blade sharp.” The five early warning signs of a dull knife include a rough or chipped cutting edge a banging sound when cutting through a pile the cut material sticks together the cut edge is ridged or turned down and inaccuracies in cutting, like overcuts and undercuts. “The stresses a dull blade places on a paper cutter are astronomical,” Peterson said. Neglecting the blades on paper cutters can damage product and lead to costly reruns. Regular Maintenance Can Reduce Production Issues These are things he has learned over his nearly 40 years in the paper cutting industry. Peterson says “Cutter Common Sense” can go a long way to keeping an operation running smoothly.
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“If you pay attention to your machine, you’ll hear or see small problems and you can alert a technician to them before they get to be big issues.” “Most of these are maintenance/management related issues,” he said. He said most cutter problems fall into one of three areas: dull blades dirty, run-down and poorly maintained equipment and poor operator training coupled with a lack of safety awareness. The self-proclaimed “Cutter Doctor,” who also happens to be president and CEO of Colter & Peterson, Inc., Paterson, NJ, knows a thing or two about paper cutters. by: Jen Clarkĭull blades cause cutting problems, and so do poor maintenance, lack of proper operator training and insufficient knowledge of safety procedures.
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Bruce Peterson, president and CEO of Colter & Peterson, Inc., Paterson, NJ, says neglecting the blades on paper cutters can damage product and lead to costly reruns.