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Services
Lancaster Knives, Inc. offers a variety of services in addition to manufacturing high quality industrial knives. Lancaster Knives, Inc. offers Custom Grinding and Sharpening & Reconditioning Services to extend the productive life of your knives.
Lancaster Knives, Inc. also provides Heat Treat and straightening of all types of industrial knives. Our years of experience and modern heat treat capabilities allow us to provide some of the best results in the industry.
Other services we provide include corrugating and cryogenic treatment. In certain applications cryogenic treatment of knives has resulted in improved knife performance or extended life.
We can also recondition a variety of machine parts as well as modifications to parts or tooling. Below is a list of our capabilities:
Precision & Profile Surface Grinding (Horizontal Spindle)
- 170” x 18”, Max. Work Height 28-1/2”
- 97” x 36”, Max. Work height 23”
Precision Surface Grinding, Verticle Spindle
- 250" x 25", Max. Work Height 6”
Precision Surface Grinding, Rotating Chuck for Bevel and Taper Grinding (Vertical Spindle)
- 165” x 10”, Max. Work Height 10”
- 255” x 10”, Max. Work Height 5-1/2”
Production Surface Grinding (Horizontal & Vertical Spindle)
- 179” x 25-1/4”, Max. Work Height 10”
Planer Milling
- 150” x 56”, Max. Work Height 30”
CNC Machining Centers
- X - 40" , Y - 20" , Z - 18"
- X – 178-1/2” , Y – 19-1/2” , Z – 15”
- Dual Spindle – X – 140” , Y – 32” , Z – 18”
Plate Saw & Band Cutoff Sawing
- Plate Saw – 161” x 25” wide x 12” high
- Band Cutoff – 24” wide x 12” thick
Hardening & Annealing
- Gas Fired Hardening Furnaces – 176 ‘ x 72” x 21”
- Salt Tempering Bath – 185” x 24” x 12”
In addition to the above, we have support equipment used in the manufacture of machine knives and shear blades such as abrasive cutting, sawing, straightening presses and inspection equipment.
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Sharpening & Reconditioning Services
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Precision Grinding
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Machining
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Heat Treat
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Straightening
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Corrugating
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Cryogenic Treatment
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Markets & Products
Since 1896, Lancaster Knives, Inc. has earned the enviable reputation of manufacturing the highest quality and best-performing knives in the U.S. market. Lancaster Knives are acknowledged by their customers to be the quality benchmark of the United States machine knife industry.
Markets & Applications Served: Plastic & Rubber, Recycling, Metal, Wood, Paper & Cardboard, Food, & Machinery.
Precise manufacturing techniques have been developed by Lancaster Knives, Inc. throughout the last century. Close supervision, attention to detail and CNC precision have become a way of life at Lancaster Knives. All Lancaster Knives are heat treated under rigid controls to exacting specifications, producing the best combination of toughness and consistency in hardness throughout the entire length of the knife. Lancaster Knives are precision ground on the most technologically advanced equipment to ensure the keenest cutting edge and longest life. Both mechanical and bench work, performed in the straightening process by highly skilled personnel, provide the straightest, flatest knives in the world.
We manufacture knives for all industrial cutting and shearing applications. We can also manufacture knives for your obsolete or custom made machinery from a sample knife, your drawing or our CAD produced drawing.
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Wood Knives
Lancaster Knives manufactures knives for hardwood and softwood veneer as well as other wood related products. Our modern heat treat and grinding equipment allow us to maintain the highest quality and provide our customers cost saving performance.
Other Wood Industry Knives: Lancaster Knives also manufactures knives for other applications including flaker knives for the OSB Industry, chipper Knives for a variety of industries and planer knives for hard and soft wood applications.
Knives manufactured for these industries include:
- Bed Knife
- Chipper Knife
- Clipper Knife
- Composer Knife
- Cooperage Knife
- Corrugator Knife
- Counter Knife
- Cutter Bar
- Flaker Knife
- Fly Knife
- Hog Knife
- Hy Roller Knife
- Jointer Knife
- Knife Holder
- Lathe Knife
- Molding Knife
- Nose Bar
- Planer Knife
- Pressure Bar
- Scoring Bit
- Score Knife
- Shaper Steel
- Slicer Knife
- Spur Knife