A pocket knife is an excellent tool that can be found in almost every grocery store. Designed with a small blade, these knives have the ability to quickly open cardboard boxes, remove packaging tapes and other packaging used in cargo transportation. Due to the excessive use of cutters, they are often made of very hard plastic or metal.
Many warehouse workers consider utility knives to be disposable items. Once the blades wear out, warehouse workers typically start looking for a new one. Fortunately, your business doesn't have to waste money repeatedly purchasing new cutters every week. A simple solution is to replace the blade. And the best part? They usually come with extras!
Opening the knife
The first step when replacing a pocket knife blade is understanding how it opens. In our example, we just need to use a Phillips screwdriver and remove a side screw. After removing the screw, you can simply remove the top part that divides the knife in half.
Component identification
In fact, there are only five components to our pocket knife. The handle, screw, blade, blade housing and replacement blade package. Once the blade is open, we can remove the blade housing and the knife blade.
When you get to this point, pay attention to how the knife sits in the housing. Once you realize this, you can remove the knife from the box and safely discard it.
Replacing the blades
Replacement blades are typically packaged in a small package. They usually come in sets of three to five. You will want to carefully remove these blades from the knife handle so you don't cut yourself. Then, unwrap the blades and remove one from the packaging. After removing a new one, place the other blades back on the handle.
Now take the new blade and insert it into the housing the same way the old one came out. The blades of this knife have a system of two notches that must be repositioned correctly in the housing. This creates a nice, firm grip on the blade.
Reassemble the mower
At this point we want to start reassembling the mower. Replace the blade and housing on the handle, make sure the additional blades are seated correctly, then replace the top of the handle on the bottom. Then screw the screw back into place and your mower will be as good as new.
*When you screw the screw back into place, be sure to tighten the screw securely, but do not overtighten. If you overtighten the screw, it will compress the handle and block the movement of the blades in the handle. To mitigate this, tighten and check by opening and closing the mower a few times to make sure it has a comfortable opening and closing resistance.
In short
In our example, we used a standard metal cutter, but many blades work the same or in a very similar way. Using these blades will end up saving your company a fortune in the long run. Be sure to educate employees about additional blades (if available) or have a changeable employee readily available to replace other employees' blades. The type of cutter we use, after taking about five minutes the first time, we were able to change the blade in about two minutes. Making it significantly cheaper to have someone change the blades instead of buying more.
