Patent ID: 6592711
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B06B,B23K,B29C,D04H,G10K

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing a continuously running web material, comprising:a machine frame; an ultrasonic generator unit that has a sonotrode which is movably mounted to the machine frame; a counter tool that lies opposite the sonotrode and which is supported on the machine frame, the counter tool and the sonotrode being spaced apart so as to define a gap there between; means for passing the web material through the gap between the sonotrode and the counter tool; a drive, activated by a fluid pressure medium, for pressing the sonotrode against the counter tool; and a device for damping vibrations of the sonotrode along the direction to the counter tool, this device being connected at one end to the sonotrode and at another end to the machine frame.