Leitz Tool Sharpening & Saw Blade Sharpening:
Leitz Tooling UK Ltd offer a broad range of sharpening and tooling services to the British market. With our large range of precision machinery and skilled technicians, we can sharpen almost all tooling regardless of their design, cutting materials or original manufacturer.
Tool Service At A Glance:
- High-Performance Tool Sharpening and Repair.
- Tool Re-Tipping & Recycling.
- Tool Management.
- Up To 16 Sharpens on a Panel Saw Blade.
Your Benefits:
- Extended tool life.
- Reduced costs.
- Improved finish quality.
- Reliable & consistent service.
Leitz Tool Sharpening & Tool Service:
Leitz Tooling stands as the global leader in tool sharpening and saw blade sharpening services. Our commitment to high-performance tool sharpening ensures that your used tooling returns to a 'like-new' condition, maximizing efficiency and reducing downtime.
Leitz consistently invests in cutting-edge tool sharpening and saw sharpening machinery, guaranteeing the highest quality service available. Our state-of-the-art tool sharpening equipment achieves accuracy within microns, ensuring exceptional precision when servicing your tools.
Our team of highly experienced engineers specializes in saw blade sharpening and the sharpening of all types of tooling including PCD.
Saw Blade Sharpening:
With 149 years of experience, Leitz are the UK’s premier saw blade sharpening specialists. Equipped with a whole host of precision saw blade sharpening machinery, we can offer unparalleled quality when sharpening PCD, HSS or carbide saw blades.
Our experienced saw blade sharpening technicians maximise your blade lifespan, typically achieving up to 16 saw blade sharpens on a panel saw blade.
Did you know that annually, the Leitz saw blade sharpening service sharpens enough blades to stack 10KM high? that's taller than the tower of piazza in Italy.
Knife & Planer Blade Sharpening:
Looking for better performance for your knives and planer blades? Leitz knife sharpening and planer blade sharpening is essential for achieving the high-quality, smooth finishes your workpiece deserves.
Our professional planer blade sharpening service ensures your blades are razor-sharp, delivering exceptional results and smooth surfaces every time. Our knife sharpening is precise, ensuring the maximum tool life for your cutters.
Leitz offer knife and planer blade sharpening for carbide, HSS and diamond knives. Meaning regardless of your workpiece, you can trust your sharpening to Leitz Tooling for reliable results.
Router Cutter Sharpening:
We understand that when routing or nesting, you need reliable router cutter sharpening to ensure minimum tear-out when machining. Leitz router cutter sharpening ensures a consistent finish quality and reduces rework.
That’s why we offer a comprehensive router cutter sharpening programme, covering all types of shank tools including: HSS, Carbide and PCD cutting materials. Regardless of your routers applciation, Leitz can sharpen even high shear router cutters.
Trust your router cutter sharpening to Leitz for tear-free and effective machining today.
Router Cutter Sharpening:
Drill bit sharpening from Leitz ensures that your drills are operating at peak performance and is available for HSS, carbide and diamond drill bits.
Particularly for punch / through hole drills, Leitz drill bit sharpening ensures that your drills cut cleanly through workpieces. Heavily reducing tear-out, increasing exit side accuracy and extending tool life. For drills with V-points, our sharpening ensures reliable and precise drill each time.
Our drill bit sharpening helps you maintain accuracy when machining and keeps your tools working for longer. Our drill sharpening extends tool life and lowers your tooling costs with no decrease in finish quality.
End Mill & Milling Cutter Sharpening:
Using end mill sharpening when machining metals is crucial because it directly impacts the quality of the finished part, the efficiency of the operation, the lifespan of the tool and machine, and the overall cost of production.
End mill sharpening from Leitz offers a reliable and cost effective end mill sharpening solution that prioritises tool economy.
Our precision machinery ensures we always maximise your tool life, at no cost to your finish quality. This means your tools will continue to provide excellent surface finish with minimal burring and reudces vibrations to support precise machining.
Tungsten Carbide Tool & Saw Blade Sharpening:
Leitz specialize in carbide sharpening for a vast range carbide tools, including drill bits, saw blades, router cutters, knives, blades, and more. Our comprehensive carbide tool sharpening ensures that your valuable tools maintain their peak performance, delivering consistent and high-quality results.
As manufacturers of high-grade carbide ourselves, we understand the unique properties of carbide and how to offer effective carbide tool sharpening that takes off the minimum cutting material.
Regardless of if you require carbide sharpening for intricate router cutters or robust saw blades, Leitz Tooling offers reliable carbide tool sharpening.
Diamond (PCD) Tool Sharpening:
For those who require ultimate precision and longevity in their cutting tools, Leitz Tooling offers specialized diamond tool erosion and PCD sharpening services.
Diamond tools demand exceptional care and expertise to maintain their superior performance. Leitz Tooling UK operates a growing range of precision PCD erosion machinery, that allows us to sharpen almost every diamond tool on the market.
Our PCD sharpening service is also available for high shear tooling and tooling made by other manufacturers. Try Leitz diamond tool sharpening today and experience the difference.
Tool Management:
In addition to advice, tooling and technical support, we also offer our customers a free tool management service.
Take back control over your production with Leitz tool management, our transparent reporting system is designed to help you avoid downtime and unexpected costs. By monitoring the wear and tear of your tools, we can ensure that you always have a new tool ready to go.
We can arrange pickups for tool servicing and monitor the efficiency of the tooling. This allows us to advise new techniques to help keep your finish quality high and your tool life as long as possible.
Enquire with the team today to see if our tool management system is the right fit for your business!
What Tooling Do We Sharpen and Service?
At Leitz we offer tool sharpening and saw blade sharpening on a massive range of tooling. If you don't see what your looking for on the list, then please give the team a call and inquire. We're always happy to try and help!
What Tooling Does Leitz Sharpen?
- Knives & planer blades.
- Drill bits.
- Chains.
- Chisels.
- End mills.
- Other small tools.
- Saw blades.
- Groovers.
- Router cutters.
- Cutter heads / cutter blocks.
- Milling cutters
- Bandsaws \ resaw Blades.
- High shear tools up to 75 degrees.
- Profiled tools.
- Chainsaws.
What Tool Materials Can We Sharpen & Service?
- High Speed Steel (HS / HSS).
- Tungsten Carbide (TCT / HW).
- Diamond Tooling (PCD / DP).
What Additional Services Can Leitz Tooling Supply?
- Tool cleaning and inspection.
- Re-tipping and tensioning of sharpened tooling, including PCD tips.
- Tool service & maintenance.
- Tool management & tool control.
- Technical support.
- Leitz Tool Recycling.
Book Your On-Site Tooling Review For Manual or Mechanical feed:
At Leitz Tooling, we understand that maximising efficiency and safety in your factory or workshop is paramount. Our on-site Tool Review Service offers a comprehensive on-site analysis of your tooling and is a great oppotinityy to get feedback on your manufcatiuriong processes and tooling selection.
Conducted by skilled technicians, Leitz inspect each of your tools for the following areas:
- HSE Compliance (BS EN 847) - Leitz technical reps make sure your tooling is safe to use, complies to safety regulations and is safe for your machine.
- Machine Compatibility - We make sure your tooling is right for the machine and will make new tooling recommendations where appropriate.
- Application Suitability - We make sure the tools are suitable for their applications and that there is no other tooling which could perform the same operations better, faster or easier. We may recommend new cutting materials, geometries or tooling types.
- Tool Performance Review - Leitz will also review the performance of your tooling. We can check you are running the correct feed speeds and RPM's for the tooling. We'll also look at your finish quality and recommend ways to improve. We may recommend new shar angles, tool geometries, cutting materials and much more.
Tool Modifications & Bespoke Tooling Solutions:
As a the global leader for innovation and technology in tooling for the woodworking industry, Leitz is well equipped to modify your tooling or create customised solutions to help you overcome manufacturing challenges.
Tool Modifications:
We are always happy to make modifications to our tooling to suit your specific needs or machinery. We offer a bore increasing service for all spinde mounted tooling.
For any other modifications such as pinholes, countersink pinholes or to increase bore to any other size, please contact Leitz UK where we will be happy to discuss your requirements.
Contact:
Email: Contact-uk@leitz.org
Tel: 01279 454530
Bespoke or 'Special' Tooling:
In addition to our standard range of over 8,000 tools, Leitz Tooling can design and manufacture bespoke tooling solutions just for you.
Our long history of innovation means we have likely tackled your manufacturing challenge before. Our global team of application engineers work together to ensure our bespoke or ‘one-off’ solutions provide excellent cutting results, every time.
Contact:
Email: Contact-uk@leitz.org
Tel: 01279 454530
Leitz Tool Information Management (TIM):
The ultimate tool management system, Leitz TIM is a transparent reporting system that helps you track how many tools you have. How many lives each tool has left before replacement and allows you track the sharpening and repair progress for each tool. This allows you to predict your tooling costs.
What Does Leitz TIM Track?
- Track the number of tools in you have in use and in stock.
- Get real-time progress updates on tool and saw blade sharpening.
- Track the number of sharpens on each tool and get predictions on end of life.
- Get notified before your tools need replacements, avoiding downtime.
- Get feedback on unusual wear and recommendations to improve tool performance.
- Predict sharpening and replacement costs based on real usage data.
How Does Leitz TIM Impact Your Business?
- Transparent reporting system that allows you to see the status of all your tooling.
- Accurate tooling & sharpening cost predictions based on past data.
- Get notifications of excessive wear and advice to reduce tool damage.
- Get technical advice to improve tool life and performance.
- Get new tool recommendations based on current tool performance.
Contact Leitz To Learn More About TIM or Tool & Saw Blade Sharpening Services:
Leitz Service Centres - Our Locations:
With 8 service centers across the UK, Leitz Tooling offer nationwide tool and saw blade sharpening to our customers. Find your local service center to arrange a visit from a Leitz service representative and we will get your used tooling sharpened back to its peak performance.
Distribution center, Sales office, service centre
Flex Meadow, The Pinnacles
Harlow,
Essex, CM19 5TN
United Kingdom
Sales office, service centre
Unit 14,
The Calvert Centre
Woodmancott
Winchester, S021 3BN
United Kingdom
Sales office, service centre
Unit 2, Fort William Ind Estate
Dargan Crescent,
North Foreshore
Belfast, BT3 9JG
United Kingdom
Sales office, service centre
Unit 3, Ferry Steps Ind. Estate
Albert Road
Bristol BS2 OXW
United Kingdom
Sales office, service centre
Unit 47B, Avenue 4
Chilton Ind. Estate
DL17 0SQ Chilton, Durham
United Kingdom
Sales office, service centre
01698 843117
Unit 8, Wren Court
Grovewood Business Centre
Strathclyde Business Park
Glasgow, ML4 3NQ
United Kingdom
Sales office, service centre
Unit 8, Wren Court
Grovewood Business Centre
Strathclyde Business Park
Glasgow, ML4 3NQ
United Kingdom
Sales office, service centre
Unit 8, Wren Court
Grovewood Business Centre
Strathclyde Business Park
Glasgow, ML4 3NQ
United Kingdom
Tel: 01279 454530
Email: Contact-uk@leitz.org
Leitz Tool & Saw Blade Sharpening - Reviews:
Leitz Tooling Uk Ltd is on a mission to become the UK’s most highly rated and reviewed tooling supplier. With well over 150+ Five Sar reviews in the last 2 years, we are well equipped to support your business with our expertise and dedicated technical advice.