Fernite precision blades are made to customers specifications in steel quantities to meet the design requirements and are in use worldwide.
Tooth Form Knives Splice Knives Tucker and Folder Blades Ink Duct Blades Doctor Blades Circular Cutters and Perforators Trimmer Blades Sheeter Blades Polyurethane Faced Gripper Blades

Toothed knives are form ground on CNC precision grinding machines with the flexibility to produce any combination of shape and pitch accurately and consistently.	We manufacture a wide range of circular cutters and perforators, precision ground for accuracy and flatness to meet O.E.M. specifications. Illustrated is a small selection of perforators from a range with an infinite variation of diameter, tooth profile and pitch.
Our associated stockholding operation holds an extensive range of doctor blade materials in stock enabling us to provide an efficient and competitive service: Grades: Stainless Steel Carbon Spring Steel Phosphor Bronze Supplied in continuous coil or cut to length Bevelled Edge Ground Square Edges	We are able to meet any requirement promptly and cost effectively by employing laser cutting technology or precision presswork, using materials from our extensive stocks of carbon spring steel and stainless steel. Gripper Blades can be supplied with a moulded polyurethane band along the edge or with molybdenum or tungsten carbide deposition.
Fernite precision blades are manufactured to O.E.M. standards in special steels which are supplied by major accredited producers. We employ the latest CNC machine technology operated by an excellent and highly skilled personnel.	The grade of steel selected is subject to the application, our extensive experience is available to you and our technical staff will be pleased to advise you. Heat treatment is carried out in our own plant, the optimum combination of hardness and strength being dependent upon the steel specification and knife application, which is achieved by careful control of the tempering cycle. We are also able to advise on a range of specialised coatings for your specific application.

Listed below is a selection of the regular steel grades used together with their international equivalents:

STEEL TYPE	B.S.	AISI SAE	W-NR	AFNOR	JIS	EUROPEAN STANDARD Nr. / Designation
High Speed Steel 18%W	BT 1	T1	1.3355	Z80 WCV	SKH2
High Speed Steel 6.4%W	BM 2	M2	1.3343	Z85 WDCV	SKH51
High Carbon High Chrome	BD 2	D2	1.2379	Z160 CDV12	SKD12
Tool Steel	BA 2	A2	1.2363	Z100 CDV 5	SKD 12
Stainless Steel	301 S 21	301	1.4310	Z12 CN 17.07	SUS301	1.4310 / x 10 Cr Ni 18-8
Stainless Steel	410 S 21	410	1.4006	Z12 C 13	SUS410	1.4006 / x 12 Cr 13
Stainless Steel	420 S 37	420	1.4021	Z20 C 13	SUS420J1	1.4021 / x 20 Cr 13
Stainless Steel	420 S 45	420	1.4029	Z30 C 13	SUS420J1	1.4029 / x 29 Cr S13
Stainless Steel		440B	1.4112	Z85 CDMV	SUS 440B	1.4112 / X 90 CrMoV18
Carbon Spring Steel	CS95	1095	1.1274	XC 90	SK4
Carbon Spring Steel	CS80	1085	1.1269	XC 75	SK5

We also make blades in sintered metal or inlaid with steel or tungsten carbide