Disclosed is a cutter module to be used with a printing apparatus. The cutter module comprises a blade driving mechanism; and a rotary cutting blade driven by the blade driving mechanism. The blade driving mechanism comprises: a clutch mechanism selectively to enable the blade driving mechanism to drive the rotary cutting blade in a forward cutting direction or a backward direction. Also disclosed is a printing system comprising the cutter module and a method to be used with the cutter module.

A cutter arrangement for media processing equipment, including a cutter module to be arranged on a shaft via a dedicated one of a number of transmission devices, at least one of the cutter module and the transmission devices comprising a registration feature to guide a user to arrange the cutter module on the dedicated one of the number of transmission devices.

Provided area an apparatus and a method for improving the foldability of a separator interposed between polar plates in prismatic secondary battery cell manufacturing equipment. Provided are an assembly and a method for improving the foldability of a separator, the assembly including a wheel knife capable of moving in a horizontal direction with respect to the supply direction of the separator on the prismatic secondary battery cell manufacturing equipment, wherein the wheel knife can rotate with respect to the center thereof, and, when the wheel knife moves on the separator, a recessed part is formed on the separator along the movement path thereof.

A converting machine is used to convert sheet material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging. The converting machine includes a converting assembly that performs a transverse conversion function, a longitudinal conversion function, and an angled conversion function on the sheet material to create the packaging templates. The converting machine includes a tool head with a converting instrument. The orientation of the converting instrument is adjustable to enable performance of the angled conversion function and at least one of the longitudinal conversion function and the transverse conversion function.

A sheet processing system conveys a material sheet in a first direction; calculates an inclination angle of the first registration mark of the material sheet with respect to the first direction; and includes cutting blades configured to cut the material sheet to produce sheet pieces and a cutting direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a cutting direction to a direction of the inclination angle. The sheet processing system conveys the sheet piece in a second direction; and includes a guide member configured to extend in the second direction and to guide a cutting end of the sheet piece, a processing place position identification section configured to identify a position on a conveyance path of a processing place of the sheet piece based on the inclination angle, and processing mechanisms configured to perform processing on the processing place whose the position on a conveyance path is identified.

The subject matter of the present invention is a method and a device for producing an adhesive tape (1). First a material web (2) comprising a carrier tape material is supplied from an unwinding unit (3). The supplied material web (2) is subsequently provided on at least one surface with at least one adhesive strip (4) in a coating unit (6). The material web (2) provided with the adhesive strip (4) is then cut into at least two longitudinal strips with the aid of a cutting device (10) and made up into individual adhesive tapes (1). According to the invention, a sensor (8, 9) scanning the material web is used to align the material web (2) and/or the cutting device (10) in the transverse direction (Q) in such a way that a longitudinal cut (S) respectively produced with the aid of the cutting device (10) is introduced in an exact position into the material web (2).

Machines are provided for removing masking from regions of glazing panes. Also provided are methods of removing masking from regions of glazing panes. The machines can include a head assembly and a processing station. The head assembly can have various combinations and/or configurations of features, including one or more of a plurality of cutters, a plurality of belts, and at least one pressurized gas nozzle.

A medium cutter includes a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction, a cutter configured to cut the medium from one end of medium in a cutting direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a first holder movable to contact a first surface of the one end of medium, and a second holder configured to contact a second surface of the one end of medium opposite the first surface. The first holder is disposed downstream of the cutter in the conveyance direction, and the first holder moves to the one end of medium to pinch and hold the one end of medium between the first holder and the second holder.

The present invention aims at eliminating a need for a moving mechanism that moves a machining table and eliminating a need for a protective cover such as a bellows cover, and includes a machining table that holds a workpiece, a machining mechanism that machines the workpiece with a rotary tool while using a machining liquid, and a moving mechanism that linearly moves the machining mechanism at least in each of X and Y directions on a horizontal plane, in which the machining mechanism moved by the moving mechanism machines the workpiece with respect to the machining table, the machining table being fixed at least in the X and Y directions.

A recording apparatus including: an apparatus main body; a conveyance mechanism; a recorder; two first contact portions disposed in different positions in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and contactable with one surface of the recording medium; a cut mechanism configured to cut the recording medium, the cut mechanism being disposed between the two first contact portions and including a first blade, a second blade, and a second contact portion contactable with the other surface of the recording medium; and a cover configured to take an open position and a closed position in which a conveyance path of the recording medium is formed between the cover and the apparatus main body, the cover being formed with a groove, and the first blade being located in the groove when the cover is located in the closed position.