An industrial slicer (1) comprises a cutting station (T) that includes: a plurality of blades (21, 22, 23) for slicing a food product (2), the blades (21, 22, 23) being distanceable and nearable to one another in pairs at various reciprocal distances, so as to obtain slices having thicknesses corresponding to said distances; and adjustment means (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45) for adjusting said distances and comprising a plurality of adjustment devices (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) that are adapted to act upon respective blades (21, 22, 23), of which at least two of said devices can be activated independently of each other.

Disclosed herein is a tape attachment apparatus comprising a tape feed unit configured to feed a tape to a battery cell; and a tape cutting unit configured to cut the tape fed from the tape feed unit, wherein the tape cutting unit comprises a cutter having a cutting blade with a larger width than a width of the tape and configured to cut the tape; a cutter elevation module configured to move the cutter in a Z-axis direction being perpendicular to a surface of the tape; and a cutter movement module configured to move the cutter in a Y-axis direction being perpendicular to a feeding direction of the tape.

A cutting tool for cutting flexible building materials, such as, for example, rubber or vinyl baseboards, chair rails and crown molding, at an angle. The cutting tool includes a pair of risers moveably connected near a center of a base with a hinge connection. A blade holder and blade positioned between the risers and moveable from a starting position to a cutting position. The blade can be set to a range of angles relative to the base by rotating the risers and locking the risers in an angle relative to the base.

A gripping plate assembly for use in a punch press, wherein the gripping plate assembly comprises a planar gripping plate having an upper front side and a lower side, a first bore extending through the gripping plate, for receiving a tool for use in a punch press. A second bore is arranged through the gripping plate having an overlap with the rectilinear groove-cut at the first side of the articulable tab. A threaded bolt is adjustably received in the second bore. The threaded bold has a head with a sloped sidewall for sliding engagement with the sloped first side of the articulable tab so as to provide a displaceable bias thereaginst during rotative advancement or retraction of the threaded bolt within the second bore, thereby effecting a change in the circularity of the wall of the tool receiving first bore.

Disclosed is a tire building apparatus and a method for joining or cutting tire components. The tire building apparatus includes a rocking member that is movable in a rocking plane in a rocking motion along a rocking line, a translation guide extending parallel to the rocking line and a carriage that is displaceable along the translation guide, wherein the rocking member has a convex edge that defines a minor arc of a circle and extends up to a rotation center, wherein the rocking member is supported by the carriage at the rotation center and is angularly displaceable with respect to the carriage about a rotation axis extending through the rotation center.

A conversion unit converting a first continuous web substrate (2) into a second substrate in the form of converted blanks of predetermined length (3). On account of cutting tool rotation speed, the web (2) moves at various speeds for cutting the web cut lengths and other aspects of cutting and transport process having a constant input speed. The unit includes a first motorized arrangement (4) for producing a first run driving (F) of the web (2), a sheeter (12) having rotary tools (13, 14) for cutting the web into blanks (3), a second motorized arrangement (17) for producing a second run driving of the substrate (2, 3), the second arrangement being positioned in the immediate proximity of the sheeter (12), and at least one station (21, 22, 23) having rotary tools (26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33) for converting the blanks (3). A speed of rotation (38, 41) of the second arrangement (17) varies during a cycle of rotation of the tools (13, 14) of the sheeter (12), comprising a phase at constant tangential speed (46), substantially equal to the speed of rotation of the tools (13, 14) of the sheeter (12), during which the cut is made, a speed reduction phase (43), during which a length of the web (2), dependent on the difference between the length of the blank (3) and an extension of the periphery of the tools (26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33), is kept upstream of the second arrangement (17), and a speed increase phase (44), during which the substrate (2, 3) is discharged downstream of the second arrangement (17).

A shearing device (1) having a blade (2) with at least one blade cutting edge (5) which is helically coiled, and rotatable, about an axis of rotation (R) of the blade (2). The blade cutting edge (5) is assigned a counterpart blade cutting edge (4) of a counterpart blade (3). The shearing movements, by which for example bristle filaments (7) of brushes (8) for machining can be cut to length, are generated by relative rotational movement of the at least one helically coiled blade cutting edge (5) with respect to the preferably static counterpart blade cutting edge (4) of the counterpart blade (3). Since the blade (2) and the counterpart blade (3) can keep their spacing to one another constant during operation, there is a relatively low risk of injury during the use thereof.

A pusher for use with a mandoline slicer includes a cap having an upper and a lower end, the cap defining an interior space. A lower plate is attached to a pillar, which is attached to a telescoping post. The pillar and telescoping post are telescopically moveable with respect to one another along the central axis and trained for movement by a guide within the cap. Stops are provided along the guide to restrict the length of travel of the telescoping post and pillar. A spring is connected to the cap and the lower plate to urge the lower plate away from the cap in a direction from the upper end toward the lower end.

The invention relates to an adjusting device for adjusting the gap width between a punch and counter pressure cylinder of a rotary punch device, comprising an eccentric by means of which the position of a running ring of the counter-pressure cylinder can be adjusted relative to the counter pressure cylinder, and a servomotor which is designed to adjust the gap width between the punch and counter press cylinder. A control device for controlling the servomotor in which an adjusting curve taking into account the eccentricity of the eccentric, is provided. The invention also relates to an associated rotary punch device and to a method for receiving an adjusting curve of an adjusting device and to a method for adjusting a gap width between a punch cylinder and a counter pressure cylinder of a rotary punch machine comprising an adjusting device with an eccentric.

A rotary die cutting system comprising: a rotary die cutter (21) having a die cutting cylinder (22) that can rotate about a die cutting axis; a counter-pressure cylinder (23) that can rotate about a counter-pressure cylinder axis; and an adjusting mechanism, by means of which a gap width between the die cutting cylinder and the counter-pressure cylinder (22, 23) can be adjusted; and a die cutting sheet (25) that can be fixed to the die cutting cylinder (22). A machine-readable information carrier (26) is associated with the die cutting sheet (25), more particularly the die cutting sheet (25) has said information carrier, by means of which carrier at least the die cutting sheet (25) can be identified, and the rotary die cutting system has a detection unit (27) designed to read out the information carrier (26). The adjusting mechanism has a servomotor and a control unit (28) and is designed to adjust the gap width according to the die cutting sheet (25). Also disclosed is a method for adjusting the gap width.