Case Study: Aluminum Foil Slitter
A Vietnamese converter slitting 30 µm aluminium foil at 400 m/min was getting 5 days from a D2 slitter. The fix was a M2 HSS slitter with a ta-C coating.
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Real converters, recyclers and metalworking lines — what failed, what we changed, what it shipped at.
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Case Study: Circular Blades Poland
A Polish converter cutting 12 µm BOPP film at 600 m/min was burning through 4 D2 slitters per week. The fix was a 2-week field audit, a steel-grade change.
Case Study: Granulator Rotor Automotive
An automotive shredder residue recycler in Germany was getting 3 days from a D2 rotor knife. The fix was a YG15 carbide rotor + YG10X bed.
Case Study: Pharma Blade Stainless
An Indian pharma converter cutting 50 µm 304 stainless foil at 80 m/min was getting 7 days from a D2 slitter. The fix was a 9Cr18MoV stainless slitter.
Case Study: Shear Stainless Turkey
A Turkish service centre cutting 6 mm 304 stainless plate was getting 1,200 strokes from a D2 shear blade. The fix was M2 HSS at HRC 64, a 0.12 mm chamfer.
Case Study: Textile Nonwoven Slitter
A European non-woven producer slitting 25 gsm spunbond at 600 m/min was getting 4 days from a D2 slitter. The fix was a M2 HSS slitter with TiCN coating.