A blade-protecting sheath is configured to protect a cutting blade of an ultrasonic cutting system. The blade-protecting sheath includes a main body having a first end and an opposite second end, a blade-receiving channel formed through the first end, and a nut-retention chamber connected to the blade-receiving channel. The nut-retention chamber is defined by interior planar walls that are configured to receive and constrain a nut of the ultrasonic cutting system. A blade slot is connected to the nut-retention chamber. The cutting blade is configured to pass into the blade slot and be secured within a blade chamber.

Provided are a vehicular interior member manufacturing method and an airbag rupturing groove manufacturing method which can form an airbag rupturing groove excellent in invisibility even in a vehicular interior member having a hard substrate layer, while performing a proper control of the thickness of the remainder of the airbag rupturing groove to be formed. The vehicular interior member manufacturing method is characterized by protruding a metal blade having an edge flattened at least partially against a forming face of the rupturing groove, from a back side of the vehicular interior member and partially into the skin layer wherein a thickness of the skin layer into which the metal blade has not protruded corresponds to a remaining thickness of the skin layer, and confirming whether or not the metal blade is detected at a second detecting position while the metal blade is not detected at a first detecting position.

An apparatus for cutting a portion of an immobilization cast to facilitate removal of the cast from a body part of a patient may comprise a handle structure for being held by the hand of a user, a cutting device extending from the handle for cutting the cast material, with the cutting device including a blade and a blade movement device configured to cause ultrasonic movement of the blade, and a shielding structure configured for at least partially positioning between the cast and a part of the patient's body part such that a portion of the shield extends between the blade and the body part to shield the body part from the blade.

A system and method for cutting a bread loaf into sandwiches comprising two partially connected slices of bread with a pocket there between. The system and method comprise measuring the outline of the bread loaf and cutting a sandwich pocket as well as cutting a sandwich off the bread loaf, according to a predetermined sandwich width or per user's preferences.

Systems and methods utilizing stationary and/or moveable cutting components provide limited interference with web processing operations, such as pad spin and pitch alteration. Heat, laser, fluid, or mechanical cutting operations may be used, including respectively, a heated element (e.g., wire, ribbon, bar, or embossing or perforating element) that may be triggered inductively, water or steam jets, or improved knife/anvil cooperation.

Provided are a marking device and an electrode sheet production system. The marking device includes a vibration mechanism and a cutter head. The vibration mechanism is provided on a side of the electrode sheet provided with the active material layer along the thickness direction of the electrode sheet. The cutter head is connected to the vibration mechanism and the cutter head extends in a width direction of the electrode sheet. The vibration mechanism is configured to drive the cutter head to vibrate in a thickness direction of the electrode sheet and to allow the cutter head to contact the electrode sheet, thus forming a score on the electrode sheet.

The handpiece-type high-frequency vibration apparatus includes a roughly cylindrical housing 10 configuring a handpiece, a holding member 11, a tool 12, a controller 20 and an excitation device 21. In a non-contact state before the tool 12 is brought into contact with an object, the controller 20 drives the excitation device 21 so as to vibrate the tool 12 at an added frequency fp for which a predetermined frequency fs is added to a first resonance frequency fr1 of the tool 12. In a cutting state where the tool 12 is in contact with the object by a load that enables cutting of the object by the tool 12, the controller 20 controls drive of the excitation device 21 such that a third resonance frequency fr3 of the tool 12 increases and coincides with the added frequency fp, and increases a vibration frequency of the tool 12.

A device is for surface strengthening of a metal plate based ultrasonic vibration. The device includes an ultrasonic vibration tool holder and a cutting tool. The ultrasonic vibration tool holder is internally provided with an ultrasonic transducer and an ultrasonic booster; the ultrasonic transducer is configured to transmit vibration to the ultrasonic booster, the ultrasonic booster is configured to drive longitudinal torsion vibration of the cutting tool; an end of the ultrasonic booster facing towards the cutting tool is provided with an adjustment assembly configured for adjusting a longitudinal torsion angle and a rotation speed. Since the device includes the adjustment assembly, the longitudinal torsion angle and the rotation speed of the device can be adjusted according to different processing requirements, so as to perform ultrasonic vibration extrusion strengthening on surfaces of titanium alloy plates and improve surface integrity including microhardness and residual stress.

A device is for surface strengthening of a metal plate based ultrasonic vibration is provided. The device includes an ultrasonic vibration tool holder and a cutting tool. The ultrasonic vibration tool holder is internally provided with an ultrasonic transducer and an ultrasonic booster; the ultrasonic transducer is configured to transmit vibration to the ultrasonic booster, the ultrasonic booster is configured to drive longitudinal torsion vibration of the cutting tool; an end of the ultrasonic booster facing towards the cutting tool is provided with an adjustment assembly configured for adjusting a longitudinal torsion angle and a rotation speed. Since the device includes the adjustment assembly, the longitudinal torsion angle and the rotation speed of the device can be adjusted according to different processing requirements, so as to perform ultrasonic vibration extrusion strengthening on surfaces of titanium alloy plates and improve surface integrity including microhardness and residual stress.

A coating removal device removing a coating of an optical fiber along an axial direction of the optical fiber includes a heating portion including a cutting blade making a cut in the coating of the optical fiber, and a heater heating a part of the coating that is closer to a tip thereof than the cutting blade; a main body portion including a control board electrically connected with the heater; a holding portion holding the optical fiber, the holding portion being provided on the opposite side to the heater with the cutting blade being located between the holding portion and the heater; and a slide mechanism allowing the holding portion to slidably move with respect to the heating portion such that the holding portion is distanced away from the heating portion in the axial direction. The main body portion, the heating portion and the holding portion are located in this order in the axial direction, and the heating portion includes a vibration notification portion giving information to an operator by vibrating.