Abstract: A key-cutting machine includes: a support structure; a front operational area which is accessible by an operator; at least one milling and/or cutting unit which is positioned in the front operational area and which includes at least one end mill, and/or another cutting member, to carry out a bitting processing of a key. The key-cutting machine also includes at least one clamp, which is positioned in the front operational area, to hold the key to be machined, so that a face of the key to be engraved is arranged substantially horizontally. The key-cutting machine also includes a device for engraving at least one face of the head of said key, said device being positioned inside the front operational area of said duplicating machine; and at least one pair of engraving tools mounted on a support unit. Each engraving tool includes cutting sections for engraving a corresponding face of a key.

Abstract: A key duplicating machine includes: a support structure, a front operational area which is accessible by the operator and which is removably covered and separated, at least partially, from the external environment by a covering and/or protection crankcase movable with respect to said structure of support. At least one key cutter and/or another cutting element, and at least one terminal (12) for locking a key, are housed in the front operational area, a rear containment area, covered and separated from the external environment by a casing mechanically fixed to the support structure, and a control and command unit having a mechanism for moving said crankcase for covering and/or protecting the front operational area, the crankcase being configured to be mounted on a fixed structure of the duplicating machine so as to be able to be moved with respect to the fixed structure.

Abstract: Device for detecting the coding profile of a key, of the type intended to be installed and/or provided inside a key cutting machine having an operating area provided of at least one milling and/or cutting unit and of at least one clamp for locking a key, and includes: an optical reader which is configured to be entirely housed inside the structure of the duplicating machine but outside the operating area of the machine, a drawer provided with clamping means to hold the key, whose coding profile is to be detected, in correspondence with its head and/or its stem and/or a connecting section between the head and the shaft of the key, the drawer being configured to be movable towards and away from the optical reader, the optical reader includes a telecentric optic interposed between the drawer and at least one optical sensor.

Abstract: A press apparatus is disclosed for removing water from a web that has been supported on an upstream forming wire. The press apparatus includes a first roll which cooperates with the forming wire for transferring the web from the forming wire to the first roll, the first roll being a suction roll. A second roll is disposed downstream relative to the first roll, the second roll cooperating with the first roll for defining therebetween a first nip for the removal of a first portion of the water from the web during passage of the web through the first nip. The second roll is a suction roll. A third roll is disposed downstream relative to the second roll, the third roll cooperating with the second roll for defining therebetween a second nip for the removal of a second portion of the water from the web during passage of the web through the second nip. The third roll is a plain roll.

Abstract: In a papermaking machine, a dryer apparatus for drying a web. The dryer apparatus includes a drying cylinder and an upstream roll cooperating with a peripheral surface of the drying cylinder. A looped felt extends around the upstream roll and is guided by the upstream roll so that the looped felt and the peripheral surface of the drying cylinder define therebetween a nip for the passage therethrough of the web. The looped felt moves away from the peripheral surface of the drying cylinder downstream relative to the nip such that the web inherently follows and is supported by the peripheral surface of the drying cylinder downstream relative to the nip. A shoe press is disposed downstream relative to the nip, the shoe press including a looped press felt and a shoe which cooperates with the peripheral surface of the drying cylinder downstream relative to the nip.

Abstract: A press apparatus (10) is disclosed for removing water from a web (W). The apparatus includes a rotatable roll (12) which defines a peripheral surface (14). An elongate shoe (16) has a curved surface (18) which cooperates with the peripheral surface (14) of the roll (12) for defining therebetween a nip (N) for the passage therethrough of the web (W). The arrangement is such that when the web (W) extends through the nip (N), water is pressed from the web (W). A blanket (20) is disposed between the curved surface (18) of the shoe (16) and the web (W) for supporting the web (W) during the passage of the web through the nip (N), the blanket (20) enclosing the shoe (16). Moreover, the blanket (20) has a diameter within a range 500 mm to 875 mm.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for controlling the consistency of a flow of stock solution flowing from a header to a slice lip of a headbox of a papermaking machine so that the cross machine direction consistency profile of a resultant web is controlled. The apparatus includes a flow channel which is disposed within the headbox between the header and the slice lip. The flow channel has an upstream and a downstream end such that the flow of the stock solution is in a flow direction from the upstream end towards the downstream end of the flow channel. The flow channel includes a primary channel having a first and a second extremity such that the flow of the stock solution is through the primary channel from the first extremity to the second extremity of the primary channel. A supply channel has a first and a second end and is disposed downstream relative to the primary channel for the flow therethrough of a supply portion of the flow of the stock solution.

Abstract: A press apparatus (10) is disclosed for removing water from a web (W). The apparatus includes a rotatable roll (12) which defines a peripheral surface (14). An elongate shoe (16) has a curved surface (18) which cooperates with the peripheral surface (14) of the roll (12) for defining therebetween a nip (N) for the passage therethrough of the web (W). The arrangement is such that when the web (W) extends through the nip (N), water is pressed from the web (W). A blanket (20) is disposed between the curved surface (18) of the shoe (16) and the web (W) for supporting the web (W) during the passage of the web through the nip (N), the blanket (20) enclosing the shoe (16). Moreover, the blanket (20) has a diameter within a range 500 mm to 875 mm.

Abstract: In an enclosed shoe press having a press blanket extending through an extended nip defined between a backing roll and a press shoe, an anchor device is disclosed for anchoring a peripheral edge of the press blanket. The anchor device includes a rotatable head which defines a conical peripheral surface for supporting the blanket. A ring defines a concave surface which cooperates with the conical surface of the rotatable head such that the peripheral edge of the blanket is anchored between the conical surface of the head and the concave surface of the ring. Also, a pin extends radially inwardly from the ring, the pin engaging a hole defined by the peripheral edge of the blanket. Additionally, a plurality of barbs extend away from the concave surface for assisting in anchoring the peripheral edge of the blanket against the conical surface of the rotatable head.

Abstract: In an enclosed shoe press having a press blanket extending through an extended nip defined between a backing roll and a press shoe, an anchor device is disclosed for anchoring a peripheral edge of the press blanket. The anchor device includes a rotatable head which defines a conical peripheral surface for supporting the blanket. A ring defines a concave surface which cooperates with the conical surface of the rotatable head such that the peripheral edge of the blanket is anchored between the conical surface of the head and the concave surface of the ring. Also, a pin extends radially inwardly from the ring, the pin engaging a hole defined by the peripheral edge of the blanket. Additionally, a plurality of barbs extend away from the concave surface for assisting in anchoring the peripheral edge of the blanket against the conical surface of the rotatable head.