Gerhardt launches die with increased cutting height

Gerhardt International, a supplier of rotary converting tooling, has unveiled the new High Blade Flexi with a cutting height of up to 0.9mm for narrow web converters. The increased cutting height means thicker materials can be converted with Flexi rotary tooling. This results in significant gains in productivity and cost reductions, says the company, because it can replace traditional flat-bed processes or solid dies.

‘Able to cut through materials with a caliper up to 0.9 mm thick, and up to 3-5 mm if they compress, our new High Blade Flexi ensures cost effective converting of materials like board, foam and laminates – opening up to applications such as seals and gaskets, medical devices, booklet labels, cardboard and folding cartons, to name just a few,’ said Bo Meyer, group technical director, Gerhardt International.

The High Blade Flexis are suited to converting of carton and heavy cardboard. These materials have typical thicknesses of 0.35-0.40 mm and therefore conversion with a standard Flexi is extremely difficult or impossible. A customer of Gerhardt recently changed to the High Blade Flexis and reports a 50 percent annual saving on his tooling costs compared to what he used to spend on solid dies.

Booklet and folding labels are getting thicker and thicker, as more information is required on pharmaceutical and chemical products. As a consequence there are more pages in each booklet and that requires a higher cutting profile, which can be handled by the High Blade Flexi.

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