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There's a lot to be said for simplification whether you're thinking about clearing the clutter in your office, streamlining our schedules, or committing to meal planning at home. The idea of simplifying boils down to making life easier. If you've ever consolidated your bills or cleared out items by donating to charity, you're familiar with how effortless things can be when they are simpler.

This concept extends to manufacturing operations of all kinds when organizations look at their vendor and procurement policies.

-Edsger Dijkstra

What is Vendor Consolidation?

Vendor consolidation is a cost-reduction strategy that involves reducing the number of suppliers for your business to a few or in some cases even one. While it might seem that reducing the number of sources for the things

Supplying the highest-quality blades to the medical industry requires knowledge, experience, and expertise.

Medical research facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and healthcare facilities rely on the expertise of the experienced medical blade specialists at American Cutting Edge to ensure that their knives meet the needs of the business and the application.

The best medical blade suppliers work as partners with their customers. At ACE, our experts safeguard your orders by knowing when to ask if specific certifications and inspections are necessary. We also understand the limitations of working with an FDA-approved drawing.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. “ Mahatma Gandhi

Find the Best Blade

The right blade for your synthetic cutting application provides an ideal mix of blade lifetime and cut quality without going over budget.

Whether cutting polyester, nylon, Kevlar, or Carbon fiber, American Cutting Edge has a well-stocked inventory of industrial blades to ensure the right fit in your standard chopping machine. These blades are often available for quick delivery to ensure that you never lose a moment of uptime.

Operating a customized chopper? ACE is an industrial blade supplier with decades of experience designing and manufacturing knives for a wide variety of applications. We have a team of engineering experts to assess your cutting operation and develop a blade that meets your business and operational needs.

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. - Kim Colins

Chopping Polyester and Nylon

Most underwater pelletizers look to their blades when pellets change consistency or production decreases. As the most common wear-out part, underwater pelletizing blades should be inspected at routine intervals. However, many operators miss-out on cost reduction opportunities by skipping die inspections and maintenance.

Both carbide-faced and solid D2 or M2 pelletizer dies can be sent out for maintenance to dramatically reduce maintenance costs. Carbide-faced dies provide longer useful life than standard tool steel dies and are generally utilized in polypropylene and polyethylene pelletizing applications in clean environments. If minimized upfront costs are the primary concern, dies manufactured of solid tool steels provide a less expensive alternative to carbide-faced dies.

The best approach is to dig out and eliminate problems where they are assumed not to exist. “ Shigeo Shingo

How to Implement a Die Maintenance

Understanding the many supply chain options available for procuring industrial knives allows businesses to recognize suppliers that are eager and able to provide the best option for their cutting application.

The blade material, tolerances, size, and volume all play a role in determining the most efficient and effective supply chain. Industrial knife suppliers that investigate the needs of their customers and take the time to understand how the knife will be used, inventory demands, and budgetary constraints can leverage this information, their long-standing relationships, and experience to create a supply chain that best meets the needs of the customer.

For industrial cutting applications, optimal sourcing can be just as critical optimizing the design of the blade. From in-house manufacturing to overseas

Many industrial knife customers prefer to order blades that are made in the United States. For most, this distinction connotes quality and provides a sense of patriotism in that American jobs are supported by the order. But, where are your American made knives really from?

However, understanding the origin of your blades is not as simple as a Made in America stamp. True understanding requires taking a deeper dive into each step of the procurement and manufacturing process.

5 Questions to Ask About the Origin of Your Industrial Knives

1. What is the country of origin for your tool steel?

Tool and High-Speed steels are the raw material used to manufacture many industrial blades. Most of this is produced outside the United States. It is only available from within

Underwater pelletizers know that machine uptime is paramount. When pelletizers are down, production suffers. Minimizing blade and die change-out ensures that maximum productivity is achieved and increases the lifetime of the pelletizer.

In an effort to reduce pelletizer downtime, some operators push dies past their limits. As a result, pellets become inconsistent and may require re-processing and pelletizer blades must be changed more often. If pellets are not re-processed, customers may be shipped inferior product resulting in customer dissatisfaction and eventual loss of business.

Forgoing maintenance also negatively impacts the pelletizer machine and leads to breakdowns. Significant pelletizer breakdowns require failure analysis and extended repair times. This increases long-term shutdowns and contributes to decreased production and loss of profits. In extreme cases, pelletizer machines can be ruined by

Industrial improvement projects often boil down to a central theme: do it better, for less cost. However, these two goals can seem run at odds with one another, but their opposition is only surface deep, especially where maintenance is concerned.

Most of us have experienced the frustration of a dead car battery or a flat tire. It always seems to happen at the most inconvenient time, causing us to miss out on an important meeting at work or a much anticipated social event.

In the moment, our actions are fueled by heightened anxiety. The issue must be resolved¦now! This urgent need drives us to spend more money on a fix than we would typically deem acceptable just to find a resolution as quickly as possible. If our tire blows-out on the highway or our battery dies in a dangerous part of town, our failure to perform preventive maintenance could even pose a physical threat, both to us and those around us. If we fail to get our oil changed on time, we are putting undue stress

Wood chipper blade suppliers play an essential role in any arborist's business. Without a reliable and knowledge supplier, you may be left without a critical tool for your business when it matters most.

For many tree trimmers, landscapers, and arborists there are times when the demand for your services increases dramatically, such as after a heavy storm. At these times, and throughout the year, it is important to have a dependable source for your wood chipper blades, one that can meet your inventory demands and provide thoughtful advice based on decades of experience.

What is the best way to select a wood chipper blade supplier? While price plays an important role, there are many other considerations to take into account. How long has the supplier been in business? Is the supplier capable of making blades to OEM specifications? Does the supplier provide

As a busy business owner, you probably do not spend much time thinking about your wood chipper blades, until something happens and then that is all you think about. How much should you be paying for chipper blades? Does it matter which supplier you choose?

Your wood chipper is a workhorse, without it, your business does not run. So why not maintain it in the best possible way, starting with the right blades. In this post, we answer a few of the common questions we get from arborists and tree care owner/operators just like you.

70 percent of small business are owned and operated by a single person. “ US SBA Office of Advocacy

Why do replacement wood chipper blades vary significantly in price?

First, know that high-quality blades are going to last longer, perform better,