Quality made in Germany / Solingen - Knife production at Wusthof

Visto knives are produced exclusively using extremely modern production facilities in saingan over 40 individual steps are required to produce each knife Specialists work closely alongside the designers new knife designs are optimized ready for manufacture the basic raw material used in production is highquality chromium mulinum vadium steel the stainless steel sheets are cut to measure and heated to approximately 1200° or 2,200 F the knife bolster is precision forged in a [Music] [Applause] [Music] die the blade is cut from the forged piece with Precision using a laser this is how the knife gets its basic form the steel is still soft so now it needs to be hardened the blades are heated to approximately 150° C or 1,920 de F in a tempering oven this TF hardens its blades to 58 Rockwell they are now cooled back down again quickly the knives are now hard but they are also brittle in a separate a kneeling furnace the blades are now heated back up to approximately 180° C or 3 50° F the steel now has the optimum characteristics hard yet still flexible the blades are now ground using the grinding machine all transporting loading and unloading of the individual production units takes place automatically firstly the flat surface of the blade is coarsely ground by robots next the blades are polished to give them their fine satin surface robots are also used to sharpen each Hollow Edge in the blade qualified staff constantly monitors the production process oil and dirt is removed from the blades in a cleaning unit each blade is closely inspected only perfect knives receive the vistor Seal of quality the Trident the knives are electrolytically etched and then cleaned in ultrasonic [Music] units or engraved by laser and imprinted in two [Music] [Music] colors the handles are mounted automatically they are welded and attached firmly to the Tang using three rivets [Music] individually programmed robots polish the bolster handle and tang with the utmost precision and adapt the processes exactly as required the result is consistent and of the highest quality skilled specialist staff check each knife again at this stage now all the remaining edges are finished the surface of the handle is rubbed down but manual work continues to be essential for the special work [Music] processes now the surface of the handle and stainless steel rivets are polished to make them [Music] smooth the specially developed PC sharpening process gives the knives their ultimate sharpness the blades are measured by sensors and lasers a computer program calculates the optimum gangle the knife is then honed and sharpened on the Wet Stone fine honing removes any remaining Buzz the knives now have the optimum sharpness in the final stage each knife is tested for sharpness the finishing touches are then applied and the knives are submitted to rigorous quality control only the best quality knives are approved for sale the quality control Department carries out constant cutting tests and performance tests in accordance with European and dinin standards trust is a good thing checks or even better voff is a family business managed by the seventh generation of the family haral and V VOR VOR employs 300 committed and motivated people in singan Germany its products are sent out from Germany to customers in more than 90 countries VOR quality made in Germany singan

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Keywords: Wüsthof (Brand), Solingen (City/Town/Village), Quality, Germany, Knife, Facility, Company, Production, Wusthof, Trident (Brand), Design, Family Business (Organization Type), knife forging, steel, stainless steel, manufacturing facilities, production facilities, knives, robots

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Length: 5min 15sec (315 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 05 2014