Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership

Bert Van Den Bedem

Heinz Kuhlmann

The invention relates to the chopping of thin webs, and notably to the chopping of edges trims of thin webs. It proposes a chopping device for thin webs, comprising an input section ( ) for receiving the web to be chopped; an accelerating section ( ) for accelerating the front end of the web received from the input section. Preferably, the device also comprises at least one puncturing means or knife ( ) located between the input section and the accelerating section. The invention also relates to a process for chopping thin webs, comprising the steps of providing an incoming web and accelerating the front end of the incoming web so as to tear off said front end, e.g. by causing the web to contact a puncturing device.

Growing community of inventors

Dupont De Nemours, Luxembourg

Bert Van Den Bedem