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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1989
GFM Holding Aktiengesellschaft, Steyr, AT;
Abstract
A cutting plant for cutting blanks out of a starting strip comprises a cutting deck, which has a top surface to which a vacuum is applied, a cutting carriage, which is movable over the top surface and is provided with a cutting tool that is adjustable to cut to a defined depth. The plant also comprises a dispenser rotatably mounting a supply roll of the starting strip to be dispensed onto the top surface and a take-up device rotatably mounting a take-up roll. To permit an efficient cutting operation, the dispenser comprises a brake for braking the starting strip between the supply roll and the cutting deck and the take-up device has a drive for intermittently driving the take-up roll under the control of a measuring device for measuring the length of processed material which is to be taken up.