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December 10, 2023

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Scallop Blades for Foam, Meat, & More Cutting Applications

31 October 2023 by SIMMONS
If you’re looking for a blade with an extremely diverse list of cutting applications, including bread, meat, foam, and more, then you’ll want to stick around and learn more about Simmons’ Scallop blade. When Simmons Knife & Saw was founded, a consumer bread-slicing blade with a Scallop edge was the first blade we ever manufactured.
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Discussing SimCut Butcher Blades for Heavy-Duty Meat Cutting

26 September 2023 by SIMMONS
If your business’s operations involve cutting bone-in meats like beef, pork, fish, or poultry, then you’ll find butcher blades to be your new best friends.  Produced from specialized steel with a superior tooth configuration, the SimCut Butcher blade’s longer blade life helps lower cutting costs while still yielding fast, clean cuts with minimal waste. These
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Food Processing Blades: An Overview

22 July 2023 by SIMMONS
The food processing industry is one of the largest in the world. It can be broken into hundreds of sub-industries, some of which are massive in their own right. Simmons’ decades of experience in the industry have provided us with the knowledge to determine which food processing blades work best for each application, and now
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Breaking Down Foam Cutting Blades

16 June 2023 by SIMMONS
Various Simmons' foam cutting blades curve and catch the light against a dark background.
Have you ever wondered if you’re using the right foam cutting blade? What if you could find a blade that provided better cutting results for your foam fabrication operations? What if that blade was more cost effective and reduced machine downtime? There are plenty of foam cutting blades on the market that could offer benefits
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Simmons Teams Up With Feed My Starving Children

03 May 2023 by SIMMONS
On Saturday, April 29, Simmons’ employees along with their families spent the day volunteering at Feed My Starving Children’s location in Schaumburg, IL. This marks the third time Simmons has teamed up with Feed My Starving Children, and we’re proud to continue supporting their cause. Feed My Starving Children is a Christian non-profit organization whose
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6 Tips for Bandsaw Maintenance & Safety

10 April 2023 by SIMMONS
We tend to think of ourselves as blade experts, but when you’ve manufactured bandsaw blades as long as we have, you tend to learn quite a bit about how bandsaw machines work as well. More accurately, you learn a lot about bandsaw maintenance and how to adhere to safety standards so that your blade doesn’t
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5 Things to Look for in a Bandsaw Blade Manufacturer

27 February 2023 by SIMMONS
5 things to look for in a bandsaw blade manufacturer.
If your business uses bandsaws to cut high volumes of foam, meat, cardboard, or other materials, then working with a reliable bandsaw blade manufacturer is critical to the success of your operations. For the cynics out there, we’ll be the first to say that we’re biased when it comes to this. However, in the past
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From the President’s Desk: What to Expect from Simmons in 2023

19 January 2023 by SIMMONS
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In my “2022 Year-In-Review” blog post that was published last month, I mentioned that the past few years have created an extremely unique business environment. On the consumer side, things have obviously returned to a much more normal state throughout the past two years. On the business side though, 2021 and 2022 forced Simmons to
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From the President’s Desk: 2022 Year-In-Review

13 December 2022 by SIMMONS
President Colin Murphy's 2022 Year-In-Review blog post.
As we near the end of the year, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on Simmons’ performance in 2022. It’s been a great year for us as a business, but it hasn’t been without its share of challenges. Some of our existing customers may be aware of the various obstacles Simmons has faced
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Explaining Bandsaw Blade Performance

21 November 2022 by SIMMONS
A Simmons CNC blade cuts through polyurethane foam.
In our previous video blog, we defined blade life and discussed the importance of knowing your blade’s cost per cut. However, while blade life is an extremely important factor to consider when purchasing a blade, it’s not the only one you should consider. Usually, pricing is the first thing blade users care about. In other
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