Preventing cut accidents is a major safety issue in all paper mills. Open blades are usually the biggest source of these first aid incidents. With this in mind, William Kenyon has introduced a special safety knife for use with Carrier Ropes.

• Our unique Safety Knife has a 9mm mouth capable of cutting up to a 13mm rope. The stainless steel blades can be both reversed quickly and easily replaced. It provides a quicker, cleaner cut than most standard knives.
  
• While it is possible for a finger to be placed near to the blade, the risk of a stab or slashing injury is eliminated because of the protective plastic casing.
• The William Kenyon safety knife is the safest tool to use during splicing and cutting the majority of Carrier Ropes. It provides a really clean cut, minimising frayed rope ends and making the rope easier to work with.

William Kenyon has developed a new carrier rope, Alpha, which is showing significant improvement in rope life.  Controlled tests undertaken in house have seen an increase of around 40% additional running time, compared to current qualities. 

Field trials have also taken place around Europe and results have also shown a major increase on the previous rope life in some sections of machines.

Andy Barnes, Sales Manager commented: “The results seen on the Alpha rope are extremely encouraging and certain mills who undertook trials are already benefiting from the additional life, taking them from shut to shut, where this was not possible before. This has helped to reduce unscheduled downtime due to ropes, which is where the major costs arise”

The Alpha rope is available in three colours at present, red, green and orange, so colour coding on either two or three rope systems can be maintained.