Lancaster Knives, Inc. offers a variety of services in addition to manufacturing high quality industrial knives. Lancaster Knives, Inc. offers Custom Grinding and Sharpening & Reconditioning Services to extend the productive life of your knives.

Lancaster Knives, Inc. also provides Heat Treat and straightening of all types of industrial knives. Our years of experience and modern heat treat capabilities allow us to provide some of the best results in the industry.

Other services we provide include corrugating and cryogenic treatment. In certain applications cryogenic treatment of knives has resulted in improved knife performance or extended life.

We can also recondition a variety of machine parts as well as modifications to parts or tooling. Below is a list of our capabilities:

Precision & Profile Surface Grinding (Horizontal Spindle)

• 170” x 18”, Max. Work Height 28-1/2”
• 97” x 36”, Max. Work height 23”

Precision Surface Grinding, Rotating Chuck for Bevel and Taper Grinding (Horizontal & Vertical Spindle)

• 165” x 10”, Max. Work Height 10”
• 255” x 10”, Max. Work Height 5-1/2”

Production Surface Grinding (Horizontal & Vertical Spindle)

• 179” x 25-1/4”, Max. Work Height 10”

Planer Milling

• 150” x 56”, Max. Work Height 30”

CNC Machining Centers

• X – 178-1/2” , Y – 19-1/2” , Z – 15”
• Dual Spindle – X – 140” , Y – 33” , Z – 18”

Plate Saw & Band Cutoff Sawing

• Plate Saw – 161” x 25” wide x 12” high
• Band Cutoff – 24” wide x 12” thick

Hardening & Annealing

• Gas Fired Hardening Furnaces – 176 ‘ x 72” x 21”
• Salt Tempering Bath – 185” x 24” x 12”

In addition to the above, we have support equipment used in the manufacture of machine knives and shear blades such as abrasive cutting, sawing, straightening presses and inspection equipment.

Sharpening & Reconditioning

Custom Grinding

Machining

Heat Treat

Straightening

Corrugating