Benefits of sharp knives

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Our clients say

"Better knife sharpening techniques have resulted in higher yields, with workers able to cut much closer to the bone."
Pat Fitzgerald (Chief Knife Tutor), Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand
“Ensuring our people are working with the sharpest knives possible is a critical factor in achieving our health and safety objectives. Until the KST200e Sharpness Tester, there was no tool available that could quantitatively measure knife sharpness. Although it is still early days, we’re already realising benefits from using the tool."
Rebecca Michalik (GM Corp. Culture & Employee Dev), CRF, Australia
"We have been able to significantly reduce people’s injury risk by ensuring they are always working with a sharp knife."
Sonia Mavromatis (Plant Safety Manager), Tyson Foods, USA
“The results and benefits of the KST200e have been well in excess of our original expectations. It's proving to be an outstanding investment."
Andy Pickering (Safety and Ergonomic Coordinator), Cargill Meats, High River, Alberta, Canada
“We use the tool to identify the people who most need help, then we use it to provide accurate feedback regarding their progress during the training process.”
Murray Izzard (Meat Industry Trainer and Assessor), Central West Community College, Australia
“It has been a huge advantage to have factual data to work with. Good sharpening was previously a ‘touch and feel’ thing, it came down to experience and was very difficult to train. Now we can advise new staff exactly what level they’re achieving at any time.”
Paddy Luke (Knife Tutor), Silver Fern Farms, Hawera, New Zealand
“We have been able to identify people who have trouble getting their knife sharp (even when they think their knife is fine) so we can give them training and make their job easier. The tester is becoming a real asset to our facility.”
Connie Beinhart, Cargill Meats, Ottumwa Iowa, USA
"The sharpening skills improved very quickly once we started using the KST200e."
Andy Pickering (Safety and Ergonomic Coordinator), Cargill Meats, High River, Alberta, Canada
“By objectively measuring knife sharpness and then adjusting sharpening techniques, an outstanding payback can be produced in terms of increased worker productivity, improved motivation and a reduction in injuries.”
David Beard, TAFE
Manager, Science & Food Technology Dept.South West Institute of TAFE, Australia
“The Anago Sharpness Tester has been instrumental in achieving significant improvements in knife sharpness and usability throughout the facility. Employees that I’ve worked with have experienced a noticeable difference in what they can do, this has had a flow on effect in terms of staff health and morale.”
Brian Bramschreiber (Safety Manager), Cargill Meat Solutions
Ottumwa Iowa, USA
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Welcome to Anago

Anago /anargo/… Ancient Greek word describing the concept of leading people upward and onward to a better place.

Our goal is to provide services and products that allow our customers and clients to look back and see that their businesses have moved on …to a better place.

Anago’s services and products have traditionally been developed to benefit the food processing industry. We do this by assisting in the management and prevention of injuries via our Injury Management and Benchmarking Software (IMABS), and sharpness quality control technology that improves production and safety performance by measuring and improving sharpness levels of cutting blades (KST Sharpness Analyzer).

In addition to food processing, the sharpness analyzer is now widely used by training institutes, knife and sharpening equipment manufacturers, and knife re-sharpeners around the world.

Anago is also experienced in the facilitation of inter-organisational and industry co-ordination, with projects including national injury prevention strategies (Red meat, Seafood), collaborative innovation and the development of collaborative tertiary education programmes.

Consultancy

Troubleshooting safety and processing issues
Sharpness analysis and auditing
Effective solutions to meat industry related problems

KST eSeries

Sharpness Analyzer

Easy to use producing fast, accurate and reliable results, the KST eSeries consistently promotes maximum productivity and performance from your sharpening tools and staff.