Patent ID: 8721317

Claim:
A device for granulating plastic strands, comprising: a cutting wheel having a plurality of blades and a counter blade disposed in a blade carrier, wherein the plurality of blades of the cutting wheel are configured to graze pass the counter blade when the cutting wheel is rotated, thus configured to cut the plastic strands being guided over the counter blade into a granulate, wherein an exchangeable rail running substantially parallel to the counter blade and disposed adjacent to and after the counter blade in a rotational direction of the cutting wheel, the rail being arranged at an angle α relative to a surface of the counter blade configured to divert the granulate into a discharge channel, wherein the rail is held in a guide having a first undercut and a second undercut in the blade carrier on two sides of the guide in a longitudinal direction, wherein the rail is held within the guide only by contact between the guide and the rail, wherein the first undercut of the guide facing the counter blade forms a separating strip having a thickness that reduces outwards such that, along with the second undercut of the guide, the rail assumes an oblique position relative to the counter blade in a transverse direction.