Cutting tools in food processing require wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant BÖHLER steels with excellent edge retention and hygiene properties. Key quality features include ultra-clean materials, precise heat treatment, full traceability, and verified surface quality for safe food processing.
Cutting operations in food and beverage processing require materials that combine high wear resistance with excellent corrosion behavior and strict hygiene compliance. Blades, cutters, and slicing tools are exposed to continuous mechanical stress, abrasion from processed materials, and aggressive cleaning agents. Material requirements therefore focus on high hardness, edge retention, toughness, and resistance to pitting corrosion, as well as the ability to achieve smooth, cleanable surfaces. Dimensional stability and consistent cutting performance are essential for product quality and process efficiency.
BÖHLER high-performance steels and alloys are specifically developed to meet these demanding requirements. Martensitic stainless steels and specialized tool steels provide an optimized combination of hardness, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance. Advanced melting technologies ensure high material purity and controlled microstructures, enabling superior edge stability and extended tool life. Key quality features include precise chemical composition control, certified traceability, and validated heat treatment processes to achieve consistent hardness profiles. In addition, surface finishing and integrity are strictly controlled to meet hygiene standards. Comprehensive testing ensures compliance with food safety regulations. BÖHLER materials support efficient, reliable, and hygienic cutting performance in modern food processing applications.
BÖHLER K110 is a 12% ledeburitic chromium steel and corresponds to material number 1.2379 (X153CrMoV12, D2). This tool steel combines the advantages of conventional 12% ledeburitic chromium steels with those of advanced tool steels. In the group of 12% ledeburitic chromium steels, BÖHLER K110 offers the best combination of wear resistance, compressive strength and toughness, for which reason it is used in virtually all cold work applications. Its advantageous tempering behavior with a pronounced secondary hardness maximum also enables the use of advanced coatings. This also makes BÖHLER K110 suitable for complex tools requiring a high degree of dimensional stability and shape stability.
Read MoreBÖHLER K340 ECOSTAR belongs to the group of conventionally produced 8% chromium steels. Compared to conventional 12% chromium steels, this conventionally smelted tool steel has better toughness, hardening response and higher adhesive wear resistance. This combination of high adhesive wear resistance and toughness also offers advantages for industrial knives subject to high stress. This grade is also used for stamping and cutting tools.
Read MoreBÖHLER K490 MICROCLEAN is a high-performance cold work tool steel with a balanced property profile, manufactured using powder metallurgy. This powder metallurgical tool steel offers an outstanding combination of high wear resistance, compressive strength, toughness and very good machinability. Thanks to the resulting flexibility, BÖHLER K490 MICROCLEAN is used in virtually all cold work applications, and in many cases this material is the first choice for newly developed tools. The commonly used hardening temperatures of BÖHLER K490 MICROCLEAN also enable shared heat treatment with popular cold work tool steels (1.2379, D2), making it very economical in terms of heat treatment.
Read MoreBÖHLER M340 ISOPLAST corresponds to a corrosion-resistant, martensitic chromium steel with improved wear resistance. This is ideal for the application area of glass fiber reinforced plastics. In addition, the BÖHLER M340 ISOPLAST is approved for food and beverage contact.
Read MoreBÖHLER M390 MICROCLEAN is a corrosion-resistant, martensitic chromium steel produced by powder metallurgy. Due to its alloy design, this steel has very high wear resistance and good corrosion resistance. In addition, BÖHLER M390 MICROCLEAN is approved for food and beverage contact.
Read MoreAt voestalpine we combine premium material know-how with tailored application requirements. This results in premium high-performance solutions, which are ready to use for industrial food processing applications. Our Bowl Cutter Knives offer an outstanding balance of high wear resistance, ductility (safety against cracks), and corrosion resistance, allowing for a significantly extended regrinding interval for higher productivity and a lower total cost of ownership. voestalpine Bowl Cutter Knives are available for all brands of industrial bowl cutters.
Read Morevoestalpine Poultry Processing Technology incorporates our premium materials by BÖHLER/Uddeholm, including tailored heat treatment and machining. This ready-to-use solution offers an extended lifetime and improved processing properties. We have knives available for all industrial machine types and major producers of poultry processing machinery.
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