Sharpening and Inventory Control

Sharpening

JSI’s “Superfinishing” process eliminates the burr and puts a highly polished edge on your blades producing the sharpest cutting edge possible. This keen edge helps reduce the amount of friction that occurs as the web passes through the blades, which will improve cut quality, reduce dusting, reduce maintenance cost and improve your operation. “Superfinishing” is an additional step to a conventional grinding process and is included in our sharpening prices.

We also control many other factors that are important to your slitting operation. When your blades reach our plant, we inspect them for wear or defects. We maintain the primary width and secondary angles on all slitters, which also includes maintaining the original angle profile throughout the life of the blade. A minimum amount of stock is removed, yielding more grinds per blade. We maintain a T.I.R (Total Indicated Run-out) of .003”, an Axial Run-out of .003” and a Radial Run-out of .003”. All angles are maintained at +/- 30 minutes.

TIP OF A HAND HONED BLADE	TIP OF A SUPERFINISHED BLADE

Inventory Control

JSI offers an “Automatic Replacement Program” that will maintain established inventory levels. We perform an initial inventory to be sure you have an adequate supply of blades, and as minimum sizes are reached through the grinding process, the blades are automatically taken out of service and replaced with new ones. This will eliminate the need for you to take inventory or to stock more spare blades.