Illustration printing
Overspeed of knives
Problem case
If the overspeed of the knife is incorrect in proportion to the web, the following problems can occur:
- Alow overspeed leads to unclean cuts, is the slitter slower as the web, it will lead to ribbon breaks.
- A high overspeed leads to more dust formation and higher wear.
Solution
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Setup of overspeed
Recommendation:
The overspeed is ideally 0,5 m/s faster than the paper web.
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