Die Cutting Types and Terms
Die Cutting Types
- is a sharpened, steel blade used to cut shapes from various materials.
- is used in packaging, inserts, insulation
and cushioning to protect objects from breakage, as it provides a certain
degree of shock and vibration absorption.
- are
rings often made of rubber that function as sealants and are commonly
used in EMI shielding.
- are placed between object components to prevent substance
seepage.
- are apparatuses that use dies to cut material into specific shapes.
- are forms cut out with dies.
- is
used in the production of rubber grommets, bumpers, bushings and washings
to absorb shock, noise and vibration.
- is used to adhere objects to one another, to hold objects
in place and to prevent the scratching of components.
- Laser die cutting applies a non-thermal, fully-focused laser beam instead of a die in order to convert material into custom shapes and sizes.
- produces
numerous objects ranging from plastic tape and films to plastic
bags
and is useful in applications requiring heat-sealing and fluid resistance.
- Rotary die cutting is a method of forcing material between the sharpened blades on a cylindrical die and a hard cylindrical anvil on a rotary press in order to cut and score materials with tolerances as tight at .02".
- Steel rule dies are flatbed dies containing sharp blades in the die board situated in a particular line in accordance with the required part design.
Die Cutting Terms
- Holes in die cutters that aid in
the prevention of deformations in die cut materials by allowing the release
of air from the die cavities.
- The surface upon which the materials to be die cut rest.
- Components of certain die cutting machines
that provide the continuous, automatic supply of material to the die
cut machine.
- The widest part that can be cut on the equipment.
- Blades located either on the die or another part
of the press that produce a separation in die cut materials.
- A material obtained by layering and bonding with resin
sheets of woven material to obtain specific characteristics and properties.
The materials are not completely blended and so remain physically identifiable.
- Unwanted deviation from parallelism in the top die
plate.
- A steel blade attached to the die that performs the
cutting procedure by penetrating through the die cut substance.
- Steel rule die component,
often consisting of plywood, in which the die blades are inserted.
- DuPont's
trade name for aramid fibers that are strong, tough and stiff, have a
high melting point and are used in composite
construction. Kevlar is lighter, stiffer and more costly than glass fiber.
- A die cut that penetrates the upper layer(s) of the
die cut material instead of penetrating through the material.
- The process of fitting the steel die blades into the
die board of a steel rule die.
- Indentations in a die rule that stop the cutting.
- The die component that actually forms, or punches, a shape
from the die cutting material.
- Die cutting in which the die cut material is
penetrated all the way.
- A frequency usually higher than 20 kHz, which is too
high to be heard by the human ear.
- Continuous roll form.