A blade holder (1) for a longitudinal cutting machine includes a rotatably mounted blade head (3) for holding a circular blade (4) and at least one locking device (2). At least one actuator actuates an element of the blade holder (1), and a moveably mounted adjusting slide (5) positions the blade head (3) on the longitudinal cutting machine. The adjusting slide (5) for positioning of the blade head (3) is moveable from a starting position to a positioning point. With the blade holder, materials can be cut perfectly with high precision. In particular, materials such as tissue, non-woven materials, paper, OLED film, displays, battery film, lithium batteries, aluminum, copper film, anodes, and cathodes can be cut.

There is provided a printing apparatus. A printing unit prints an image on a printing medium and is able to move. A cutter unit is able to connect with or separate from the printing unit, and, by following a movement of the printing unit, cuts the printing medium. A setting unit sets, in accordance with a size of the printing medium, a standby position of the cutter unit.

There is provided with printing apparatus. A printing unit prints an image on a printing medium and is able to move. A cutter unit is able to connect with or separate from the printing unit, and, by following a movement of the printing unit, cuts the printing medium. A control unit, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after the printing medium is cut by the cutter unit, causes the printing unit to perform printing on a succeeding printing medium, while moving the printing unit in a state in which the cutter unit is connected with the printing unit.

The bidirectional sheet metal cutting tool (100) is a cutting tool that performs cuts on webbed material in which a length of cut exceeds a physical dimension of the cutting tool (100), while limiting flexing of the webbed material during a cutting operation. The cutter assembly (140) is configured to ride on a guide track (145), and has upper and lower sections. The upper and lower sections have an offset attachment to each other at an interface, so that the webbed material passes the offset after cutting in an extended bypass cutting operation. An interface between the upper and lower sections has a curved profile, allowing deflection of the webbed material on at least one side of a cutting direction. The cutting tool (100) can be mounted to a sheet metal forming tool as a slitter (500), permitting sequential operations of the metal forming tool.

A cutting device comprises an upper support and a lower support arranged above and below a media plane, and a contact-free coupling device to engage and disengage the upper support and the lower support, wherein one of the upper support and the lower support is a master support and the other one of the upper and lower supports is a slave support, and further comprises a master cutting blade arranged in the master support, wherein when the upper and lower supports are engaged, the slave support follows movement of the master support.

A system for forming composite flake. An apparatus includes a first shearing assembly that meshes with a second shearing assembly to shear a length of composite material into a plurality of strips wherein reinforcing fibers of the composite material extend along the length of the composite strips. A chopping station receives the plurality of strips from the first and second shearing assemblies and shears the plurality strips across the axis of the reinforcing fibers to chop each strip into a plurality of pieces.

A carton sizing system (1) that has a frame (2), a controller (4), one or more cutters (51) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4), one or more markers (61) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4). The carton sizing system (1) also has a measuring system (7) that is operatively connected to the controller (4) and configured to determine, in use, the footprint of an open top carton and to determine the height of one or more objects contained within the carton. The controller (4) is configured to position the one or more cutters (51) based on the determined footprint and to cut vertical edges of the carton based on the determined height and also to position the one or more markers (61) based on the determined footprint and eight and to score or crease vertical walls of the carton between the vertical edges to at least partially define foldable panels.

A system for converting and attaching material strips to a substrate includes a dispenser configured to advance an elongated tape having length l1 and width w1 with l1>w1 relative to a surface of a substrate. A cutting tool cuts the elongated tape transversely along the width w1 of the tape to produce a strip having length l2 and width w2. During the cutting, a portion of the cutting Stool pushes a first surface of the strip against a gripper while cutting the tape. The gripper holds the first surface of the strip against the gripper while moving to position an opposing, second surface of the strip over the surface of the substrate. The gripper releases the strip after positioning the strip.

A medium-cutting device includes a medium-conveyance section to convey a medium in a medium-conveyance direction, a cutter to cut the medium conveyed by the medium-conveyance section, and a pushing part to push up a piece of the medium that is cut from the medium with the cutter.

A metal porous material in long sheet form that includes a frame having a three-dimensional network configuration. An end portion of the metal porous material in width direction has a burr with a length equal to or longer than 0.3 mm in a number equal to or less than 0.4 burrs/m.