DIENES offers straight knives and straight shear blade solutions that are primarily used in the steel industry, transformer sheet industry, and in the non-ferrous metal industry. Our product range includes a wide variety of shear blades (bowtie or straight shear design), scrap chopper blades, and customer-specific blades with a length of up to 236 in. (6000 mm).
DIENES straight knives and straight shear blade knives are made of high-alloy tool steel, powder metallurgical steel or proprietary alloy tool steel. Whether for precision applications in the thin strip area or heavy gauge slitting up to a material thickness of 0.787 in. (20.0 mm), in combination with different material strengths, our tools will be tailored for the particular application.