A packaging line station having a frame, a die assembly, a drive motor, and an anvil roller. The frame has a base with two vertical stanchions extending upwardly from sides thereof and a top cross-member affixed across the stanchions. The die assembly includes a yoke affixed to the cross-member, a die wheel rotatably affixed to side arms of the yoke, a drive shaft affixed to the die wheel and a cutting die affixed to the die wheel. The drive motor is connected to the drive shaft. The drive shaft and the anvil roller extend between the stanchions. The cutting die and the anvil roller and spaced apart by a nip for receiving a traveling web. As the web passes through the nip the web is cut by blades of the rotating die to form a slit. An adhesive resealable tape or label is then applied over the slit.

A die-cut lid for closing a container is formed from a flexible composite sheet material. The lid comprises a functional area bearing human-readable and/or machine-readable data. One or more rigidifying indentations are provided on the lid to promote flatness of the functional area in a resting state of the lid. The one or more rigidifying indentations can be in the form of one or more encircling indentations that border the functional area; and/or a planar indentation that encompasses the functional area.

A die-cut lid for closing a container is formed from a flexible composite sheet material. The lid comprises a functional area bearing human-readable and/or machine-readable data. One or more rigidifying indentations are provided on the lid to promote flatness of the functional area in a resting state of the lid. The one or more rigidifying indentations can be in the form of one or more encircling indentations that border the functional area; and/or a planar indentation that encompasses the functional area.

A multi-cavity mould (1) comprising:—an upper tool (11) and a lower tool (12) arranged in a cooperating manner; characterized in that the upper tool (11) comprises a knife pressure box (13) comprising:—a horizontal top plate (131);—first and second end plates (132) and first and second side plates (133) extending orthogonally downwardly from a lower surface of the plate (131); the plates (132, 133) are connected such that the plate (131) and the plates (132, 133) form a downwardly open rectangular parallelepiped enclosure; the plates (132, 133) are made from tool steel with a thickness (t) from 6.35-10 mm and a cutting surface (130) defined along an orthogonally downwardly projecting end of plates (132, 133) wherein—the surface (130) has a substantially V-shaped profile comprising a micro flat face (M) with a width from 0.02-0.1 mm and is positioned such that when the pressure box (13) is pressed against the sheet (3), the surface (130) partially penetrates the sheet (3) in order to form a seal around the pressure box (13) by pressing a zone of the sheet (3) which was partially trimmed and situated inside the enclosure against the surface (130).

A knife is arranged for being fitted in a cutting apparatus for obtaining incision lines and notches on a cap made of plastics intended for closing a container and is suitable for making notches and incisions on a side wall of the cap when the cap, by rotating around its own rotation axis, is moved along a path for interacting with the knife in an advancement direction; the knife includes an arrangement of cutting edges that project from a peripheral region of the knife, the arrangement of cutting edges including: an opening formation part that extends parallel to a horizontal plane orthogonal to the rotation axis, the at least one opening formation part being arranged for making at least one circumferential notch on the side wall at a first height on a vertical axis that is substantially parallel to the rotation axis to define a tamper-evident ring and a main body in the cap; at least one connection formation part that occupies a region extending between the first quote and a second height that is greater than the first height on the vertical axis, the connection formation part being arranged for making at least one notch on the side wall to determine at least one connection portion connecting the tamper-evident ring and the main body;
wherein the knife consists of a single piece, the arrangement of cutting edges being obtained in the single piece.

A knife is arranged for being fitted in a cutting apparatus for obtaining incision lines and notches on a cap made of plastics intended for closing a container and is suitable for making notches and incisions on a side wall of the cap when the cap, by rotating around its own rotation axis, is moved along a path for interacting with the knife in an advancement direction; the knife includes an arrangement of cutting edges that project from a peripheral region of the knife, the arrangement of cutting edges including: an opening formation part that extends parallel to a horizontal plane orthogonal to the rotation axis, the at least one opening formation part being arranged for making at least one circumferential notch on the side wall at a first height on a vertical axis that is substantially parallel to the rotation axis to define a tamper-evident ring and a main body in the cap; at least one connection formation part that occupies a region extending between the first quote and a second height that is greater than the first height on the vertical axis, the connection formation part being arranged for making at least one notch on the side wall to determine at least one connection portion connecting the tamper-evident ring and the main body;
wherein the knife consists of a single piece, the arrangement of cutting edges being obtained in the single piece.

A metallic stamp and die for the craft industry comprises a predetermined acid-etched design on a surface of a metallic plate. A first layer of a metallic paint is applied over the front and back surfaces of the metallic stamp and die. A second layer of a rubber paint is applied over the metallic paint. The metallic paint facilitates bonding of the rubber paint to the metallic plate and increases the life of the coating of the rubber paint. The rubber paint is configured to absorb and store an ink and facilitate transfer of the ink to one or more substrates, thus enabling stamping of the design on the substrate. The metallic die can be configured for a plurality of uses, such as embossing, cutting, heat-foiling, stamping, scoring, and inserting patterns or designs in a plurality of substrates.

Disclosed herein is a planning and impositioning technique for industrial printing orders that evaluates and ranks potential planning and impositioning schemes for a given print order based on available printing apparatus, media, and die-cutter specifications. The printing schemes make use non-die cutter operations to subdivide a media sheet, followed by a series of die-cutter operations each subdivision to take advantage of industrial printer efficiency. This printing operation is enabled by planning and impositioning phases that generate print instructions allows a change in media size from printer apparatus to dies. Specifically, during the planning phase of the print order, a printer apparatus and a die or set of dies are selected where the media size used by the printer apparatus is larger than the die(s) is/are designed for.

Disclosed herein is a planning and impositioning technique for industrial printing orders that evaluates and ranks potential planning and impositioning schemes for a given print order based on available printing apparatus, media, and die-cutter specifications. The printing schemes make use non-die cutter operations to subdivide a media sheet, followed by a series of die-cutter operations each subdivision to take advantage of industrial printer efficiency. This printing operation is enabled by planning and impositioning phases that generate print instructions allows a change in media size from printer apparatus to dies. Specifically, during the planning phase of the print order, a printer apparatus and a die or set of dies are selected where the media size used by the printer apparatus is larger than the die(s) is/are designed for.

An apparatus for creating holes in a workpiece includes a knockout punch tool having a movable piston. The apparatus also includes a draw stud assembly having a connector attachable to the movable piston, a draw stud, and a quick connect mechanism including mating first and second thread segments on the connector and the draw stud, respectively. The connector and the draw stud are movable between a first relative orientation where the mating first and second thread segments are misaligned to permit axial movement between the connector and the draw stud, and a second relative orientation where the mating first and second thread segments are aligned and engaged to inhibit axial movement between the connector and the draw stud.