COVID-19’s final impact on the world remains to be seen. The ripple effects are being felt at every turn, in every community both on a personal and professional level whether businesses have had to temporarily close during lockdowns or convert production operations to help overcome…Continue reading Flexible and Single-Use Plastics Peak during the Pandemic

We’re ushering in a new decade and with that comes insightful thoughts about what’s to come in the next 10-years. Like many industries, packaging is forecast to change significantly within the coming years. Some the anticipated shifts are the typical, predictable trends – pricing…Continue reading Packaging Industry Trends: Three to Watch in 2020 and Beyond

As a true partner with over 50-years of industrial cutting blade experience, American Cutting Edge is often called upon to help customers and their engineering staff overcome their more difficult cutting blade challenges. We see a host of cutting applications daily and frequently…Continue reading Packaging Machine Knife Success Stories

As a supplier of industrial knives, American Cutting Edge relies on decades of expertise to solve some of the most complex problems facing our customers.Continue reading Packaging Knife Success Stories

Maintaining a sharp blade is essential to optimized shear slitting processes. A sharp blade ensures the highest-quality cuts and lowest dust production. Precision-fit, sharp knives also enable optimum nip point setting to provide the longest blade life.Continue reading The Best Blade Material for Your Shear Slitting Application

Razor slitting is a versatile cutting method commonly used for creating slit widths of light gauge films, tapes, ribbons, plastics, and non-woven materials. Choosing the right blade material for your razor slitting application ensures that you achieve maximize runtime and blade…Continue reading Advantages of Tungsten Carbide and Zirconia Ceramic Blades in Razor Slitting

Films, vinyl, fabrics, non-wovens, laminates, paper, and heavy film are often manufactured onto large, bulk material rolls. These rolls are too large to utilize in the end product, so the material is converted into smaller rolls for final production using a process called…Continue reading Selecting An Ideal Blade Material for Your Slitting Process