Shear Blade Essentials

Buying a shear blade is easier than ever through online stores that offers different methods of payment. Since it is easy to buy shear blades, it doesn’t mean that you should take this decision lightly. The quality of the blade really matters and knowing how to take care of the blade is just as important as buying a good one. Luckily, keeping a blade sharp, clean and fresh is fairly simple.

Today, we’re going to give you some tips on how to maintain your very own shear blade.

Set the Blade and Clearance Properly

If you are starting with your cutting process, make sure to set the blade properly first. Setting the shear blade properly is a main key to extending the blade’s life and machinery efficiency. Set proper clearance to ensure proper cut quality. Before setting the blade, check the blade seat is flat to ensure that the tooling is set properly to eliminate blade chipping during shifting of the machine.

Clearance is also important for blades. If the clearance is too high, metal jams between the blade and machine. If the blade has no clearance at all, it will break. Setting the clearance are too loose will cause premature wear and failure.

Basic Maintenance Plan

Here are some of our recommendations for your basic maintenance plan:

The Air system should be properly maintained to ensure clean air. Regulators should also be maintained to help the pneumatic mechanism to properly function.

Lubrication should be checked before you begin operation. The lubrication system should be cleaned, filled and properly filtered.

Machine clutch and brakes must be examined for lining, thickness, clearances and signs of failure. If these are worn out, they should be replaced immediately to avoid costly repairs.

Air leaks or failure on the counterbalance cylinders should be dealt with immediately.

Repair Immediately

Call in the experts quickly if you find unusual wear or need for adjustment.  Disastrous failures often start with little problems that are ignored. Addressing these problems quickly is less expensive in the long term.