The Safety Blade: Everything You Need to Know

1. The Safety Blade: Everything You Need to Know

2. If you are looking for a safety blade, we can make two assumptions: one, you need to cut some material, and two, you don't want your skin to be that material. You can read safety blade reviews, but to really understand safety it is important to take a step back and look at the big picture. Ask yourself, "what is inherently dangerous in this task?" Surprisingly few people do this, even among security managers.

3. Of course, a safety sheet can never be completely secure because that would mean it couldn't cut anything at all. But if we understand what makes a blade unsafe for users, we can learn how different manufacturers try to mitigate those risks. In other words, to make blades more secure, it is important to examine what makes them unsafe in the first place, really digging into the question, "what is a safety blade?"

4. A few words about safety blades vs. safety blades • Here we distinguish between utility knives and safety knife blades. The two are often used interchangeably, but what really cuts you off: the handle or the blade? Handle designs can keep blades away from the skin, but if it comes into contact with the skin, it is the blade that matters, so it is important to thoroughly examine the safety of the blade.

5. Safety data sheets and their risks • Blade tips can pierce skin • The most common way to address this hazard is by rounding the tips of the safety cutters. With many brands, this is the only inherent safety feature of the blade. The rest of its safety claims are based solely on the design of the handle. Rather, SafetyCutters takes a comprehensive safety approach in the design and manufacture of our safety blades and cutting tools. • All SafetyCutters tools that offer replacement blades, including our general purpose knife blades, ship with the rounded tip version by default because the rounded tips are more secure. However, be aware that some materials require a pointed tip to initiate a cut. For example, some flexible plastics require a piercing action to penetrate the material effectively. In a case like this, a pointed blade is recommended for reasons of effectiveness rather than safety.

6. Cutting edges dull quickly • Sharpness is an issue that influences efficiency but also safety. The more often you need to replace safety knife blades, the more often you will expose your skin to them. Therefore, the more durable a blade is, the safer it is. • Blades are most dangerous when they are too sharp or too dull. Sheet metal spend much of their life cycle in these danger zones because steel is a relatively soft material that dulls quickly. Manufacturers sharpen the edges too much for the metal sheets to have a reasonable lifespan. This dangerous solution sacrifices safety for longevity. • By contrast, SafetyCutters ceramic blades are 100 percent zirconium oxide, an extremely hard material. Excess sharpening is not necessary because the edge lasts longer. All of our blades, including our box cutter blades, start with an effective edge and stay there much longer than metal. In fact, SafetyCutters blades last, on average, 11.2 times longer than comparable metal blades.

7. The edge cuts the skin • Because metal safety cutting blades are too sharp for cutting cardboard boxes, they are more likely to cut through skin. Its grind (the result of the sharpening process) has a deep "initial cut zone" that does not differentiate between skin and other materials. With metal sheets, there is so far no way around this danger. • To address the problem, SafetyCutters looked at the properties of the skin, as that's the only material you don't want to cut in a "safety knife" scenario. The leather has a soft inner composition and a flexible but resistant outer layer. Our proprietary mill uses a wider cutting foam entry angle to disperse the force of our blades against the skin. Our thicker blades, combined with a smaller initial cut area, require much more force to pierce the skin than metal blades. We use this same proprietary sharpening on our safety scissors, making their blades safe to touch and less likely to cut you.

8. Unclean blades can infect the skin • If a cut occurs, any contaminant on a blade, including rust, can get into the skin and cause an infection. Steel blade manufacturers coat their blades with oil to prevent rust. While this protects against one type of contaminant, it introduces another: the oil coating. Oil can be harmful in a cut and it also reduces the ease of use of the blade in a clean room manufacturing site. In fact, some industries take the added step of removing this oil coating after purchasing sheet metal. This puts employees at risk as it requires more handling of sharp blades. • SafetyCutters ceramic blades never rust and therefore do not require any additional coating. Our non-reactive, autoclavable ceramic material is easy to clean and chemically inert.

9. Blades come with electrical hazards • In the electronics manufacturing industry, conductive and spark-producing sheets pose a hazard to both workers and products. There is no way around this with a metal sheet. SafetyCutters's General Purpose Ceramic Blades are non-conductive, non-sparking, or magnetic, eliminating these hazards completely and creating a more versatile safety sheet.

10. About Us • SafetyCutters.net offers the best selection of utility knives, box cutters, blades and warehouse supplies. Your need is likely covered by a safety cutter or utility knife we offer.  • Website - https://safetycutters.net/