According to various examples, an assembly can include a backing. The assembly can also include a polymeric surfacing film adhered to the backing, the polymeric surfacing film. The polymeric surfacing film can include a first geometric shape. The polymeric surfacing film includes a continuous first cut defining the geometric shape and a continuous second cut spaced apart from and substantially congruent with the continuous first cut in at least one of an x and y direction. A portion of the polymeric surfacing film, located between the first cut and the second cut, is removable from the backing. According to some examples, the assembly can provide certain benefits over state of the art assemblies. For example, according to some examples, providing the first and second cut can make removal of at least the first geometric shape to be quicker and easier, which can result in significant savings in time and wasted materials.

Provided is a tape cutter including a full-receiving portion, a full-movable portion that comes into contact with or separates from the full-receiving portion, a full-pressing portion that presses the full-movable portion, and a full second lever portion to which the full-pressing portion is fixed. The full-pressing portion has a full first pressing portion that presses a full first pressing target portion of the full-movable portion toward the full-receiving portion so that the full-movable portion approaches the full-receiving portion, and a full second pressing portion that engages with a full second pressing target portion of the full-movable portion and pulls the full second pressing target portion toward a side opposite to the full-receiving portion so that the full-movable portion separates from the full-receiving portion, and the full first pressing portion and the full second pressing portion are overlapping with the full second lever portion in a feed direction of the tape.

A method for cutting a metallic film is disclosed. The method includes: feeding the metallic film between a scoring blade and an anvil at a first speed; feeding a first protective film between the metallic film and the scoring blade; feeding a second protective film between the metallic film and the anvil; moving the scoring blade toward the anvil for applying a pressure onto the first protective film, the metallic film, and the second protective film disposed between the scoring blade and the anvil for making a score along a width of the protective film; and pulling the metallic film having passed between the scoring blade and the anvil at a second speed. The second speed being greater than the first speed. A difference between the first and second speeds causes the metallic film to cut at the score. A system for cutting a metallic film is also disclosed.

A cutting apparatus and a cutting device are disclosed including a modular insert arranged at least partially in a housing cavity, in which the modular insert includes a cutting element for performing a vertical or oblique cut and an abutting block which is interchangeable and couplable with the cutting element to fix a total dimension of the modular insert, in which an abutting face of the abutting block abuts on a back wall of the housing cavity so that a rear end of the cutting element is spaced away from the back wall. An assembly method is disclosed for assembling the aforesaid device including the steps of providing a plurality of interchangeable abutting blocks and of choosing an abutting block between the plurality of interchangeable abutting blocks on the basis of a desired total dimension of the modular insert.

A cutting apparatus and a cutting device are disclosed including a modular insert arranged at least partially in a housing cavity, in which the modular insert includes a cutting element for performing a vertical or oblique cut and an abutting block which is interchangeable and couplable with the cutting element to fix a total dimension of the modular insert, in which an abutting face of the abutting block abuts on a back wall of the housing cavity so that a rear end of the cutting element is spaced away from the back wall. An assembly method is disclosed for assembling the aforesaid device including the steps of providing a plurality of interchangeable abutting blocks and of choosing an abutting block between the plurality of interchangeable abutting blocks on the basis of a desired total dimension of the modular insert.

An electrical wire processing device (1) includes a pair of cutting blades (40A, 40B) capable of cutting an electrical wire (5) and circumferentially notching a covering (5b), a slit blade (43A, 43B) disposed farther in one side in a longitudinal direction (CL) of the electrical wire (5) than the cutting blades (40A, 40B) and capable of slitting the covering (5b) in the longitudinal direction (CL) of the electrical wire (5), and a slit blade actuator (35A, 35B) that moves the slit blade (43A, 43B) between a slit position in which the slit blade (43A, 43B) comes closer to the electrical wire (5) than the cutting blades (40A, 40B) and a retraction position in which the slit blade (43A, 43B) goes farther from the electrical wire (5) than the cutting blades (40A, 40B).

A device, system and method for making custom printed products. In one embodiment of the method, an image is received from a user device along with a size of for the printed product. Pixel edge detection is performed on the image to generate a plurality of polygons corresponding to all shapes in the image. Polygons below a size threshold are removed. An offset is applied to each polygon. The polygons are combined. A smoothing algorithm is applied to the combined polygon. A set of curves that define the smoothed polygon is determined. A cut path is dynamically generating for the printed product in real-time in dependence on the set of curves and the received size so that the cut path has a shape dependent on the set of curves and a size dependent on the received size. The image is printed on a substrate material for the image product in dependence on the received size and the offset so that the printed image has a printed size equal to the received size less the offset. The substrate is cut in dependence on the cut path.

A cutting apparatus for cutting a cap provided with a cup body and having a base wall, a side wall and a protrusion projecting from the side wall of the cap outside the cap, includes: an advancement path travelable by the cap along an advancement direction, a spindle movable along the advancement path and rotatable around an axis thereof, the spindle being shaped to interact with the cap and to rotate the cap (10; 110; 210) around the axis, a support movable along the advancement path together with the spindle, said support being shaped to interact with the cap and to retain the cap against the spindle, a cutting device arranged for making a cut in the side wall of the cap when the spindle reaches a cutting zone provided in the advancement path,
in which the spindle includes a hollow housing shaped to house the protrusion so as to stop in use a rotation of the cap in a preset position with respect to the spindle so as to orient the cap with respect to the cutting device.

A cutting apparatus for cutting a cap provided with a cup body and having a base wall, a side wall and a protrusion projecting from the side wall of the cap outside the cap, includes: an advancement path travelable by the cap along an advancement direction, a spindle movable along the advancement path and rotatable around an axis thereof, the spindle being shaped to interact with the cap and to rotate the cap (10; 110; 210) around the axis, a support movable along the advancement path together with the spindle, said support being shaped to interact with the cap and to retain the cap against the spindle, a cutting device arranged for making a cut in the side wall of the cap when the spindle reaches a cutting zone provided in the advancement path,
in which the spindle includes a hollow housing shaped to house the protrusion so as to stop in use a rotation of the cap in a preset position with respect to the spindle so as to orient the cap with respect to the cutting device.

There is a need for a technology for executing a high quality scraping process with a robot. A robot system includes a robot configured to move a scraper for scraping a surface of a workpiece and a control device configured to control the robot. The control device is configured to abut the scraper against the surface in a trajectory, which is inclined so as to form an acute angle with respect to the surface, by moving the scraper by the robot in a direction along the surface and in a direction toward the surface, and during the scraper abutting against the surface, control a position of the robot such that a pressing force, by which the robot presses the scraper against the surface, becomes a predetermined magnitude while moving the scraper by the robot in the direction along the surface, to perform the scraping process.