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slitting

[′slid·iŋ]

(mechanical engineering)

The passing of sheet or strip material (metal, plastic, paper, or cloth) through rotary knives.

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Our goal is to be the go-to converter for every nonwoven manufacturer in North America, regarding large format slitting and hot-melt laminating.

Converted PRODUCTS INC

In addition to crush, shear and special knife blades, straight knives, knife holders, slitting systems and educational literature and seminars on slitting techniques, Dienes offers uniquely engineered slitting solutions.

DIENES CORPORATION

HammerHead's Same Path Gas Line Slitting Technology is designed for replacing half-inch to 4-inch natural gas distribution pipe and may also be used to decommission inactive gas lines left in the ground.

HammerHead's pipe slitting technology an industry innovation

"Prior to June 2012 we would send our master coils to a specialist slitting firm in Riyadh," he explains.

Slitting centre a profitable solution

The new slitting line will be installed in a 43,000-square-foot building that will be leased by TMK IPSCO to Ferrous, and will provide skelp to the two Wilder ERW pipe mills.

Largest slitter in North America slated for installation in Kentucky

In these sheeters, electronic paper tension controls and automated paper web guiding and steering systems ensure that the paper is accurately positioned for the slitting and cross cutting processes.

Sheeting technology keeps pace with fine papermaking

DIENES WERKE of Overath, Germany began supplying slitting components and systems to the paper and converting industries in 1911 Karl Rudolf Dienes' vision was to provide the best engineered slitting products possible and remain committed to continually advance slitting technologies.

Dienes

The crash cutters are mounted on a dovetailed supporting rail for easy adjustment of slitting widths and can be used to slit gum strip.

Tire cutting technology

As the blade penetrates further into the web, the blade-to-web contact angle increases, the effective slitting speed relative to the web speed slows, and abrasion increases.

Converting operations: troubleshooting slitter blade wear: a troubleshooting guide for shear slitting systems can avoid application of unnecessarily costly solutions to relatively simple problems.

He calls it a proven technology that is "absolutely here to stay." He claims that big differences in the economics of producing T-shirt bags on Alpine's Elba bag machine have been achieved by slitting 60-in.

Slit-sealing wider HMW-HDPE film slowly gains acceptance

While slitting, hot melt laminating and spooling have been core to the company for years, specialty slitting has quickly become a key component in CPI's forte.

Converted Products Inc

The Sales Department is able to see the item's status as it passes through each process whether scheduled, in process, or complete, since the recording of picking and slitting processing steps are being done in the warehouse.