Great Lakes Industrial Knife is recognized throughout the Packaging Industry as a leading manufacturer of high quality Straight, Circular, Perforator and Tooth knives. Performance engineered, our Straight, Circular, Perforator and Tooth knives meet or exceed OEM specifications.
- High-Tech Metallurgy
- “Super finished” razor edge technology
- Match Ground Sets
- Expert regrind/sharpening service
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Product List
Custom Machine Knives Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife is a leading manufacturer of machine knives and blades spanning a multitude of industries and applications. Proudly made in the USA by skilled engineers and machinists, machine knives and blades from Great Lakes deliver the performance and durability you need to keep your plant running. We specialize in quick-turn manufacturing and can producce knives in just weeks. Call us today at (888) 665-1200, email us at sales@glknife.com, or use the form at the bottom of this page to leverage our decades of experience to solve your various machine knife challenges.
Our Machine Knives are precision manufactured to extremely close tolerances.
- Short lead time on custom orders
- Expert regrind service
- Made in USA
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability, toughness and performance
Performance Engineered Metallurgy
- Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome tool steel
- High speed steels
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- Composite tool steels
- High performance stainless steels
- Solid Stellite®
- Inlaid Stellite®
- Zirconia ceramics
- Tungsten Wc & Titanium carbide hard metals TiC Ferro-Tic®
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
Stellite® is Registered Trademark of Deloro Stellite Company Inc.
Ferro-TiC® is a registered trademark of Pacific Sintered Metals
CPM 10V®, CPM M4® are registered trademarks of Crucible Materials Corp.
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Perforator Knives Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife manufactures Perforator Knives for every paper converting operation and for all machine makes and models.
All of our Perforator Knives are precision manufactured to extremely close tolerances to produce razor sharp edges.
- Precision ground tooth profiles
- Cut & Tie widths to meet any profile
- Mini-Perfs
- Dust free edge technology
- Mirror bevel finishes – razor sharp
- Available from stock
- Computerized inventory control
- Expert regrind service – match ground sets
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability and production
Performance Engineered Metallurgy
- Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome tool steel
- High speed steels
- High performance stainless steels
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- Zirconia ceramics
- Solid tungsten carbide
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
CPM 10V®, CPM M4® are registered trademarks of Crucible Materials Corp.
Pneumatic Air Knife Holders Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife stocks:
- Pneumatic Air Knife Holders
- Hot Cut Knife Assemblies
- Pneumatic Holders with Optional Quick Clamp Locking Device
- Manual Adjust Score Knife Holders
- 3/8” & 1/2″ wide standard, other sizes are available
- Dove tail mounting
- Quick release clamping
- Available from stock
- Computerized inventory control
- Expert regrind service – match ground sets
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability and production
Performance Engineered Metallurgy
- Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome tool steel
- High speed steels
- High performance stainless steels
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- Zirconia ceramics
- Solid tungsten carbide
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
Click here to download a larger version of our Pneumatic Air Knife Holder Assembly Drawing
Pneumatic Air Trim In-Line Chopper Knives Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife Inc manufactures pneumatic air trim in-line granulator rotor and bed knives for all machine makes and models, Including (PAC) Precision Airconvey 78 and (PAC) Precision Airconvey 811, BloApCo (Blower Applications) as well as all others.
Quality replacement knives manufactured to OEM tolerances and specifications and shipped from stock.
| Replacement Knives for PAC Precision Airconvey | GL Part # | |
|---|---|---|
| Tungsten carbide rotor / fly knives for PAC 78 | 87006870B | |
| Tungsten Carbide Bed / Stationary knives for PAC 78 | 87006870C | |
| T-1 Tool steel rotor / fly knives for PAC 78 (out performs D-2 knives 2-3x) | 54006870A | |
| T-1 Tool steel bed / stationary knives for PAC 78 | 54006870E | |
| Tungsten carbide rotor / fly knives for PAC 811 | 87010500A | |
| Tungsten Carbide Bed / Stationary knives for PAC 811 | 87010500B | |
| T-1 Tool steel rotor / fly knives for PAC 811 (out performs D-2 knives 2-3x) | 54010500D | |
| T-1 Tool steel Bed / Stationary for PAC 811 | 54010500E |
Sharpening Service:
Great Lakes Industrial Knife Co. will sharpen and return your in-line cutter/granulator knives in one week or less. All knives are precision sharpened and balanced in matched sets – Call or email for details.
Score Knives Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife manufactures Score Knives for every paper converting operation and for all machine makes and models including Appleton, Cameron, Coretech & Dusenbery.
All of our Score Knives are precision manufactured to extremely close tolerances to produce razor sharp edges.
- Dust free edge technology
- Mirror bevel finishes – razor sharp custom edge radius
- Available from stock
- Computerized inventory control
- Expert regrind service – match ground sets
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability and production
Performance Engineered Metallurgy
- Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome tool steel
- High speed steels
- High performance stainless steels
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- Zirconia ceramics
- Solid tungsten carbide
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
CPM 10V®, CPM M4® are registered trademarks of Crucible Materials Corp.
Sheeter Knives / Pulp Cutter Knives Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife manufactures Sheeter Knives for every machine make and model.
We manufacture Sheeter Knives for Beck, Bielomatik, Clark-Aiken, Didde, Egan, ECH Will, Harris, Jagenberg, Hamblett, Lamb-Grays, Lenox, Maxson, Moore & White, Smith & Winchester & Rosenthal.
Standard web, cross-cut, and folio precision sheeter knives.
Our Sheeter Knives are manufactured to extremely close tolerances.
- Dust-free cutting edge technology
- Mirror surface finishes on bevels
- Machined honed accuracy
- Expert regrind service – match ground sets
- Straightening service insures maximum parallelism
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability, toughness & production
- Made in the USA
Performance Engineered Metallurgy
- Solid D-2 high carbon/high chrome tool steels
- Inlaid 18% tungsten high speed steels
- Inlaid Stellite®
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
Stellite® is Registered Trademark of Deloro Stellite Company Inc.
CPM 10V®, CPM M4® are registered trademarks of Crucible Materials Corp.
Slitter Anvils / Rolls Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife manufactures hardened & ground Anvils for every paper converting operation.
- Through Hardened Tool Steel
- Flame hardened carbon steel
- Mirror finishes
- Hard Chrome Surface Plating
- Computerized inventory control
- Expert regrind service – match ground sets
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability and production
Performance Engineered Metallurgy
- Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome tool steel
- High speed steels
- High performance stainless steels
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- Zirconia ceramics
- Solid tungsten carbide
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
CPM 10V®, CPM M4® are registered trademarks of Crucible Materials Corp.
Slitter Knives Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife manufactures and sharpens Slitter Knives for virtually every paper converting operation and for all machine makes and models including Arrow, Arpeco, Cameron, Dusenbery, Goebel, Harris, Stahl, and Tidland. And we manufacture them right here in the USA!
All of our Slitter Knives are precision manufactured to extremely close tolerances to produce razor sharp edges. Call us today at (888) 665-1200, email us at sales@glknife.com, or use the form at the bottom of this page to leverage our decades of experience to solve your Slitter Knife challenges.
- Proudly manufactured and sharpened in the USA by skilled machinists
- Leverage our rapid response manufacturing to get your parts in a matter of weeks – not months!
- Dust free edge technology
- Super finished bevels
- Mirror bevel finishes – razor sharp
- Available from stock
- Computerized inventory control
- Expert regrind/sharpening service – match ground sets
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability and production
Performance Engineered Metallurgy Options Include:
- Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome tool steel
- High speed steels
- High performance stainless steels
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- Zirconia ceramics
- Solid tungsten carbide
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
CPM 10V®, CPM M4® are registered trademarks of Crucible Materials Corp.
Knife-Edges: Regardless of the material being slit, score-cut knives should have rounded edges. Experience may show that other combinations of included angles and edge radii may give more satisfactory results on particular materials. These illustrations, however, should be used as a guide. The cross-sections show the mean radius of each class of edge magnified approximately 60 times.
“A” Edge .002 to .004 Radius
“B” Edge .006 to .008 Radius
“C” Edge .010 to .012 Radius
A – 30° Included Angle
Cellophane • Board Pressure • Sensitive Tape • Cork – Linoleum • Acetate
B – 30° Included Angle
Paper back foil • Waxed paper • Rubber • Plastic (over .01) • Surgical Adhesive • Pulp
C – 45° Included Angle
Waxed paper • Impregnated Paper
B – 60° Included Angle
Gauze • Textiles • Non-woven
B – 45° Included Angle
Glassine • Plastic (to .01) • Tissue • Newsprint • Light Paper • Crepe Paper • Kraft Paper • Mica Tape • Masking Tape
C – 60° Included Angle
Sandpaper • Abrasive Fabrics
Shear Cut: These two illustrations show the cutting edge angles that have been successfully used on converter and mill-type winders. Our specialists will recommend the best cutting edges for particular materials.
30 °
Used on smaller diameter shear-cut knives such as those used on converter type winders.
45 °
Used on larger diameter shear-cut knives such as those used on mill type winders.
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Slitter Sleeves / Shafts Find out more
Great Lakes Industrial Knife manufactures Hardened and Ground Slitter Sleeves for virtually every paper converting operation. All of our Slitter Sleeves are precision manufactured to extremely close tolerances by skilled and experienced machinists right here in the USA!
Call us today at (888) 665-1200, email us at sales@glknife.com, or use the form at the bottom of this page to leverage our decades of experience to solve your strand pelletizer feed roll challenges.
- Proudly made in the USA by skilled machinists
- Leverage our rapid response manufacturing to get your parts in a matter of weeks – not months!
- Through Hardened Tool Steel
- Mirror Finishes
- Available from stock
- Computerized inventory control
- Expert regrind service – match ground sets
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum wearability and production
Performance Engineered Metallurgy
- Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome tool steel
- High speed steels
- High performance stainless steels
- Powdered metals, CPM 10V®, CPM M4®
- Zirconia ceramics
- Solid tungsten carbide
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
CPM 10V®, CPM M4® are registered trademarks of Crucible Materials Corp.
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Tooth Cut Off Knives / Packaging Knives Find out more
Tooth Cut-Off Knives and Packaging Knives from Great Lakes Industrial Knife are precision manufactured to extremely close tolerances by skilled machinists right here in the USA!
Call us today at (888) 665-1200, email us at sales@glknife.com, or use the form at the bottom of this page to leverage our decades of experience to solve your packaging knife challenges.
- Proudly made in the USA!
- Leverage our rapid response manufacturing to get your packaging knives in a matter of weeks – not months!
- Precision manufactured to extremely close tolerances
- Mirror surface finishes
- Form ground tooth profiles
- Burr-free cutting technology
- Short lead times on custom orders
- Proven extreme condition materials for maximum durability
Performance Engineered Metallurgy Options Include:
- Carbon and Alloy tool steels
- D-2 High carbon/High chrome steel
- ICE™ Inlaid Carbide Extreme
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