Knife sharpener for urschel slicing and crosscut blades
Extend your knife life and reduce replacement costs with a bench-top honing solution that restores precision sharpness.
The Model WG Honer from Urschel Laboratories, Inc. is a manual bench-top honing machine designed to precisely sharpen slicing and crosscut knives used in food processing. Its unique working principle involves honing knives at a predetermined angle to restore original sharpness and extend blade life with minimal metal removal. Ideal for food processing companies and industrial kitchens, this machine efficiently handles applications such as vegetable and fruit slicing, julienning, and dicing, ensuring precision-cut produce and processed foods. The honing wheel operates at a low speed through a honing solution, cooling the knife and maintaining metal integrity. While the Model WG Honer doesn’t repair severely damaged blades, it excels in maintaining sharpness for optimal performance of slicing and dicing equipment. Supporting diverse knife models, it is an essential tool for maintaining productivity within food processing lines.
Benefits
- Extends knife life, reducing replacement costs and downtime.
- Ensures consistent, precision slicing and dicing, improving product quality.
- Maintains metal integrity with minimal material removal, preserving blade durability.
- Versatile sharpening for a wide range of knife models used in food processing.
- Operates with simple manual control, allowing for quick and easy maintenance.
- Applications
- Industrial knife sharpening,Slicing knives,Food cutting equipment,Food processing,Crosscut knives,Food cutting technology
- End products
- Diced cucumbers,Salad kits,Food processing blades,Processed fruits,Fruit slices,Salad mixes,Pre-cut vegetables,Vegetable slices,Diced onions,Potato chips,Julienned carrots,Apple wedges,Precision-cut produce,Shredded lettuce,Garnishes
- Steps before
- Knife Removal,Knife Holder Release,Pre-sharpening Honing
- Steps after
- Buffing,Wire Edge Removal,Size Matching
- Input ingredients
- Output ingredients
- Length
- 17.25" (438 mm)
- Width
- 9.25" (235 mm)
- Height
- 8.25" (210 mm)
- Net Weight
- 29 lb (13 kg)
- Motor Power
- 1/6 HP (.13 kW)
- Honing method
- Manual handling with operator
- Honing wheel speed
- Low speed
- Pass requirement
- Varies with knife dullness
- Sharpening approach
- Side to side movement
- Metal removal
- Minimal
- Cooling method
- Honing solution
- Wire edge removal
- Buffing if required
- Angle maintenance
- Predetermined angle
- Operation type
- Batch operation
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Knife size matching
- Yes,after sharpening
- Machine footprint
- 17.25" (438 mm) x 9.25" (235 mm) x 8.25" (210 mm)
- Net Weight
- 29 lb (13 kg)
- Motor
- 1/6 HP (.13 kW)
- Honing angle adjustment
- Predetermined angle
- Knife compatibility
- Slicing and crosscut knives
- Sharpening speed
- Low-speed rotation
- Integration with knife holder
- No direct integration
- Knives removed before honing
- Multi-honer configuration
- Possible for different knife sizes
- Honing method
- Manual movement between work rest and honing wheel
- Excessive nick repair
- Not directly repairable
- Requires filing
- Additional buffing
- Recommended for wire edge removal
- Market info
- Urschel is known for its expertise in precision cutting technology and manufacturing industrial food processing equipment, especially cutting machines. It has a strong reputation for quality and innovation in delivering engineered-to-order solutions for the food processing industry.