
Why Shear Blades Crack: 4 Root Causes & Fixes
A plate shear blade that cracks at the edge is almost always one of four things: chamfer too small, hardness too high, blade gap wrong, or plate out of spec.

A plate shear blade that cracks at the edge is almost always one of four things: chamfer too small, hardness too high, blade gap wrong, or plate out of spec.