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[foodie87]

Hello!

I was wondering if anyone has had experience with bladeless knives and what kind of programs were in place for them.

I am in a warehouse that only needs knives to cut shrink wrap on skids. All of our products are enclosed. We were thinking to use the EZ box opener in lieu of knives and then eliminate a knife control program. Instead of a sign in and out, we thought we could move to to a weekly inspection or plastic control. 

Just wondering if my thought process works. If we move to a plastic bladeless knife, where there are no pieces that break off easily and is large enough to not lose could I move it to a program (e.g Foreign Material Control) with less frequent monitoring and eliminate our knife program (strict sign in and out, cleaning, condition monitoring).

Your feedback is greatly appreciated :)

Thanks.

 

[SHQuality]

Even if you've got the foreign material risks of the knives covered, you still need a regular procedure in place for cleanliness and monitoring the condition of these new bladeless knives. I don't see how this would save much time or effort.

[dominik_t]

You would still need to monitor the cleanliness of the knives and control if they are intact, in good condition, etc...

 

If one of those plastic knives would break during the day/week and an employee wouldn't report you would potentially contaminate your product and wouldn't even know about it until next inspection/audit.