Patent ID: 6112628
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of setting the spacing between an anvil roll and a cutter roll with projecting cutting knives for engaging and severing material fed between the rolls, said rolls being mounted on individual supports which are interconnected by support studs with their longitudinal axes disposed in parallel relationship with each other, the method comprising the steps of:(a) mounting the supports in spaced relationship with each other;(b) affixing a dial indicator to the mounting support of one of the rolls and measuring the spacing between the centerlines of the anvil roll and the cutter roll;(c) inserting shims on the support studs for the cutting roll and altering the distance between the individual supports and, thus, between the rolls shifting the axes of the rolls radially toward or away from each other; and(d) remeasuring to verify and reshim as required to set the spacing between the rolls to a predetermined distance.