Choosing the Right Meat Bandsaw Blade in NZ

Choosing the Right Meat Bandsaw Blade For your application

When you’re cutting meat or fish, the bandsaw blade is just as important as the saw itself. The right blade gives you clean cuts, reduces waste, and keeps your machine running smoothly. At United Products, we custom-weld every meat bandsaw blade in New Zealand, using premium European coil stock. That means we can supply almost any blade length or width to fit your saw — whether it’s for butchery, supermarkets, seafood processors, or commercial kitchens.

Our range of Meat Blades and Butchery products

Why the Blade Matters

A quality butcher saw blade ensures:

• Clean, accurate cuts without tearing.
• Less product waste, more yield.
• Safe operation, with smoother feeding.
• Efficiency, reducing strain on your saw motor.

How to Choose a Meat or Fish Bandsaw Blade

1. Blade Length
   Every saw has a specific blade length. With United Products, you don’t need to find a brand-specific spare — just tell us the length and we’ll custom-weld a blade to fit.
   How to Measure Your Bandsaw Blade Length
   
2. Blade Width (this is measured from the tips of the teeth to the back of the blade)
   
   12 mm ( ½”)blades → Flexible, great for curved cuts and trimming fish.
   Meat bandsaw blade 13mm (1/2”) x .022 x 3 tpi
   Meat bandsaw blade 13mm (1/2”) x .022 x 4 tpi
   
   16 mm blades → Stronger, straighter cuts, ideal for most butchery operations, our most popular width and frozen meat.
   Meat bandsaw blade 16mm (5/8”) x .022 x 3 tpi
   Meat bandsaw blade 16mm (5/8”) x .022 x 4 tpi
   Meat bandsaw blade Heavy Duty 16mm (5/8”) x .025 x 3 tpi (thicker blade for blade lengths over 2500mm)
   Meat bandsaw blade 16mm (5/8”) x .020 x 3 tpi – for short blades ( for small diameter wheels blades under 1645mm long)
   
   19 mm blades → Stronger, straighter cuts, ideal for carcass breakdown and frozen meat.
   Meat bandsaw blade 20mm (3/4”) x .022 x 3 tpi
   Meat bandsaw blade 20mm (3/4”) x .022 x 4 tpi
   
3. Tooth Pitch (TPI – teeth per inch)
   3 TPI → Coarse, ideal for large, frozen, or bone-in meat. (Our most popular TPI for Butchers and supermarkets)
   4 TPI → Finer, better for fresh meat, poultry,(Our most popular TPI for home users and fresh meat butchers)
   6 TPI → Finer, better for delicate fresh meat, poultry, or fish saw blades. (Very little used except by fish processors and gourmet butchers for things like Frenching lamp cutlets)
   
4. Material Quality
   We only use European carbon steel strip designed for food processing. From the Atlantic Service Company in the UK
   Benefits include:
   Food-safe, hygienic cutting
   Corrosion resistance in wet environments
   Long service life
   
5. Meat vs. Fish Applications
   Meat & bone → Coarse, durable blades for carcasses and frozen product.
   Any of the 3 or 4 tpi 13 , 16 or 20mm blades
   Our range of Meat Blades and Butchery products
   
   Fish Trimming → Fine-toothed blades that glide through delicate flesh.
   Meat bandsaw blade 13mm (1/2”) x .022 x 6 tpi
   Meat bandsaw blade 16mm (5/8”) x .022 x 6 tpi
   
   Fish processing → thin blades 0.36mm (0.014”)-thin blades that glide through delicate flesh. Reducing wastage of expensive produce
   Fish cutting bandsaw blade 16mm x .014″ x 3 tpi

Why United Products?

• Made in NZ — every blade is welded in our Auckland workshop.
• Fits any brand — from small countertop meat saws to commercial fish saws.
• Premium European stock — reliable quality for demanding butchery and seafood use.
• Fast turnaround — no overseas delays, local welding and dispatch.

How to Order

You only need three details:

1. Blade length (from your old blade or machine manual).
2. Blade width (stamped on the blade or listed in specs).
3. Application (butcher meat saw, fish saw, frozen product, or poultry).

Give us these, and we’ll weld a blade that’s ready for your machine.

With this information you can Choosing the Right Meat Bandsaw Blade and order with confidence from the web site by phone during working hours or Email

Final Word

The right blade transforms your saw into a precision tool. At United Products, we supply custom meat and fish bandsaw blades NZ-wide, welded to order and built to last. Clean cuts, less waste, and local service you can trust.