Insights

If you’ve ever suffered poor cutting performance from your bandsaw or bandknife blades, it’s highly likely not to be the blade’s fault. It’s more often than not a question of tension – too much or too little. If you don’t set a blade up correctly, no matter how sharp the teeth are or how high […]

Don’t worry, “daft ‘apeth” (silly person) is just a term of endearment here in God’s Own Country (that’s Yorkshire). Every year, on the 1st August, we celebrate Yorkshire Day – a day dedicated to all things that make the biggest county in England great. Dakin-Flathers is Yorkshire born and bred, 125 years ago, and based […]

Band saw uses. You’ve probably come into close contact with Dakin-Flathers’ products for years without even knowing it. Basically, our bandsaw and bandknife blades have touched people’s lives all over the world. We’ve produced a video that not only showcases our products, it shows you just where and when you will have come into contact […]

We don’t just concentrate on the finer details of blade manufacture at Dakin-Flathers, such as the difference a micron can make to a CNC milled blade tip. We think wider… in fact, we think about the whole world and how we can reduce any impact we make on it. Every business should take corporate and […]

At Dakin-Flathers, we live and breathe our values every single day and never lose sight of our vision. It helps when you’ve a dedicated team that are up for the challenge and believe in what we do. Want to know what our values are? Keep reading. We put our phenomenal growth and success down to […]

interzum in Cologne in May was a roaring success. Over four days, 69,000 visitors from 152 countries saw 1,732 exhibitors from 60 countries. A huge thanks goes out to all who flocked to our stand. It was fantastic to meet many existing customers and potential prospects, striking up new and exciting relationships with some major […]