Patent ID: 6748781
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B21F,B23D,B23P

Abstract:
Device for producing metal fibers from a metal wire, comprising a forming assembly and a cutting assembly, said cutting assembly being arranged downstream of said forming assembly in the direction of production, said forming assembly and said cutting assembly being driven by a common driving means, wherein said forming assembly and said cutting assembly are mechanically synchronized, and wherein said cutting assembly comprises a cutting roller and a mating roller, said cutting roller comprising cutting elements extending radially outwardly of a circumferential surface of said cutting roller and said cutting elements being uniformly distributed over said circumferential surface, said cutting roller and said mating roller being arranged at a minimum distance one above the other with one of said cutting roller and said mating roller being arranged above a traveling path of said wire and the other one being arranged below said traveling path, so that during fiber-production said wire passes substantially tangentially between said cutting roller and said mating roller.