CATRASHARP Knife Sharpener

CATRASHARP

 

POWERED KNIFE SHARPENER
Designed and Manufactured by CATRA

suitable for use by
CATERERS - RESTAURANT CHEFS - BUTCHERS CHEFS - ABATTOIRS - HOTELS - CAFE FARM SHOPS – DELICATESSENS INDUSTRIAL KNIFE USERS - SMALL FOOD PROCESSORS - FOOD & SANDWICH SHOPS - LOW VOLUME KNIFE MAKERS - SMALL KNIFE SHARPENING SERVICES

 

Specifications

Sharpened angle - 30° (inclusive Gothic Arch) Grinding Wheel Diameter - 50 mm Twin Motors - 240 or 110 Volts (please specify) - 200 Watts Noise Level - < 82 dBA (whisper quiet) Size - 320 mm x 140 mm x 120 mm (shoe box size) Weight – 5kg

 

 

-Produces very sharp knives and blades with long lasting cutting edges with proved by extensive tests

• - Uses the unique CATRA "Gothic Arch" spiral grinding technique for a burr ( wire) free edge
• - Consistent sharpness on every knife, with every user
• - Less than 10 seconds/knife
• - Easy to clean and maintain
• - No adjustment required or possible
• - Lightweight and portable
• - Low cost, saves money through productivity improvements
• - No skill or lengthy training required
• - Just plug in and sharpen
• - Designed and made by the World's leading knife technology organisation
• - Magnetic particle entrapment system keeps food process areas free from metallic contamination

 

Over 370 of these knife sharpeners in use in supermarkets, over 420 in use in retail butcher shops, 55 in use restaurants, 200 in food manufacture/ processing and 25 in use in small sharpening services and shoe/heel bars

The sophisticated principle of Tapered Spiral Interlock grinding gives a convex section cutting edge of a constant angle( often known as Gothic Arch) without any burrs or edge protrusions. The edge generated is ideal for immediate use and can easily be maintained during the working day using a sharpening steel.

Small replaceable grinding wheels coated with the high-tech abrasive Cubic Boron Nitride give many advantages to CATRA knife sharpeners, including:

• - cool sharpening, not requiring water, without loss of temper of the blade (this reduces bacterial problems that are associated with water based machines) Knives sharpened with CBN spiral wheels can have up to twice the cutting edge life of knives sharpened on conventional wheels or belts as they don't overheat and therefore soften the first 2 - 5 microns of the edge.
• - minimal wheel wear, no loss of shape and no damage.
• - safer, the wheels will not break or splinter

The machine only generates metal dust which is kept within the main wheel guards by the use of magnets, any metal particles escaping from the knife entry slot are captured on the surface of the machine again by the influence of the built in magnetic field. this virtually eliminates any metal dust leaving the are of the machine and contaminating work surfaces and foodstuffs. Note however the knife blade is not magnetised within this system.

The grinding wheels have a life normally in excess of 6,000 sharpenings dependent on the size of knives sharpened and can then be replaced in less than 5 minutes. This makes the cost of resharpening less than 1.5p( 2c)/knife, but the gains in productivity through using a sharp knife can save you significant amounts of cash.

In stores, butcher shops etc typical sharpening wheel life is 2 to3 years

Typical sharpening times for a 6" (150mm) blade are:

Brand new never been sharpened	50 seconds
Heavily worn blade never been sharpened by CATRASHARP before	30-40 seconds
A worn blade after a good amount of work, but was last sharpened by CATRASHARP	5-10 seconds

This smallest machine of the commercial range of powered sharpeners produced by CATRA is ideal for businesses that have between 1 and 20 knife users or for low volume high quality knife makers.

Manufactured from stainless steel and aluminium, it is suitable for use in food processing environments. This is an extremely well-engineered and manufactured product, it is not a toy or a domestic sharpener, it is at the fore front of sharpening technology and will give you many years of service.

Safety overload system built in to the machine prevents overloading the motors and more importantly prevent excessive sharpening and rapid loss of blade width which can easily happen on other more aggressive knife sharpeners.

Note - with the alternative fixing of micro-fine diamond coated honing wheels the machine is ideal for sharpening CERAMIC knife blades to the original manufacturers standard or better.

Marinized version option is available for on board use in fishing vessels, trawlers and factory ships.