Abstract: A gauge cutting system and method are described herein. The gauge cutting system includes a cutting apparatus coupled to a track for cutting a wire and a movable measurement apparatus spaced from the cutting apparatus and coupled to the track. The measurement apparatus for measuring a length of wire extending from the cutting apparatus by looping said wire around said measurement apparatus and returning a cut end of the wire to the cutting apparatus, wherein a distance of the measurement apparatus from the cutting apparatus is proportional to the length of wire to be cut.

Abstract: In a device for breaking out a workpiece (3) from a material sheet (2) through an opening (4) of a die (1) by means of a breakout tool (5), the die (1) is to have a plug-in unit (22), wherein a breakout module (9.1-9.4) is insertable into the plug-in unit (22), wherein the breakout module (9.1-9.4) is composed of an insert (10) and of a module lobe (11), wherein the insert (10) has a surface (16) and a shearing edge (17), wherein the shearing edge (17) toward a bearing face (12) of the module lobe (11) configures an offcut length (18), and wherein the offcut length has a height (h) of 0.8 mm to 1.8 mm, and preferably of 1.5 mm.

Abstract: A method for spirally slicing meat includes (1) rotating a meat product about a first axis on a turntable; (2) stabilizing the rotating meat product along its exterior surface with a meat stabilizer apparatus comprising a paddle coupled with and extending from an arm; and (3) spirally slicing the meat product in a direction generally transverse to the first axis.

Abstract: A handle having illuminating features, such as on a utility tool, the handle having a housing made up of a first housing section and a second housing section that mate with each other to define a cavity, the first housing section having a plurality of slots through which an internally positioned set of LEDs can emit. The second housing section may similarly have a plurality of protrusions and a second set of LEDs to transmit light. Translucent diffusers may be positioned between the LEDs and their respective housing sections. The utility tool may have additional tools that are spring-loaded to facilitate opening the tools and maintaining the tools in a closed configuration.

Abstract: A die cutter blanket for a counter-die of a rotary die cutting machine has a cover that surrounds the counter-die forming a cylindrical sleeve around the counter-die. The cover is made from a first material having a first hardness value. The cover has a key adapted to fit into a slot of the counter-die in order to fix the cover around the counter-die. The die cutter blanket also includes a bar made from a second material having a hardness value greater than the first hardness value, which is disposed entirely inside the key, axially along the length of the key. The bar is peripherally coated by the first material.

Abstract: An airflow management system for a table saw includes an elongated hollow member and a dust cap. The elongated hollow member includes a first prong and a second prong, the first and second prongs being configured to be positioned adjacent a saw blade on opposite sides of a saw blade plane in which the saw blade is positioned. The first and second prongs define an opening and a partially enclosed space, in which an airflow channel is defined, therebetween. The dust cap is attached to the elongated hollow member and includes a hose connection fluidly connected to the airflow channel of the elongated hollow member and configured to connect to a vacuum source to pull air from the airflow channel through the hose connection.

Abstract: A stem removing tool for cutting the stems from vegetables, herbs, and the like. The stem removing tool includes a pair of elongated arms pivotally secured to one another at a common pivot point. Each arm includes a handle disposed on a first end thereof and a rotary blade disposed on a second end thereof, wherein the pair of blades are parallel to one another. The blades are able to rotate along a surface and over an object, such as the rib of a lettuce leaf, thereby removing the rib therefrom with a single use. A spring is secured between the pair of elongated arms on the second ends thereof so as to allow the blades to compress together when the handles are compressed together and spread apart when the handles are released from one another.

Abstract: A diamond wire cutter, using an adjustable length pulley system, a diamond wire saw, and a movable pulley cart, can perform a through-cut of complete sections of a structure such as a tubular subsea by fitting a chain about an outer surface of the structure, securing the chain to the movable pulley cart and using the chain to move or otherwise guide the movable pulley cart about the outer circumference of the structure to cut while using a diamond wire to effect a cut between the movable pulley cart and the diamond wire saw.

Abstract: A medical implant such as a self-expanding shape memory alloy stent with a strut matrix formed by cut patterns in a wall of a tubular workpiece can be enhanced by arranging for the line of the laser beam when cutting the struts to be one that does not pass through the longitudinal rotational axis of the tubular workpiece. Such “off-axis” cutting can modify the cross-sectional shape and area of each strut, along its length. Such modulation can enhance the fatigue resistance of the stent matrix, or increase the radial force that the stent matrix is capable of exerting on bodily tissue within which it is implanted.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of oil delivery to a chainsaw chain blade using a gerotor pump in sequence with flow control valves to provide lubrication to the chain blade to reduce friction with the chainsaw bar guide and prevent overheating and damage to the chain blade or guide bar.

Abstract: A device for cutting up food products, particularly a high-performance slicer, having a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. At least one product may be fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting tool is moving, particularly in a rotating or circulating manner. The cutting device further comprises at least one multifunctional working unit for at least intermittently handling the product. The working unit can be displaced into a contact position, in which the working unit presses the product which is movable in the conveying direction against a lower product bearing surface and/or a side product bearing surface, and into a locking position. In the locking position, the working unit prevents any movement of the product in the conveying direction.

Abstract: A modular circular saw includes a base, a worktable disposed on the base and a workpiece supporting unit. The workpiece supporting unit has two supporting frames respectively and correspondingly located on two lateral sides of the worktable; each workpiece supporting unit has a supporting shaft and two corresponding extending shafts. Each extending shaft has one end pivotally connected to the base, another end of the extending shaft is pivotally connected to one end of the supporting shaft, correspondingly. When the workpiece supporting unit is in an extended position for receiving a workpiece, the two supporting shafts are substantially co-planar with the worktable, such that the two supporting shafts provides extra support to a workpiece of large size. When the workpiece supporting unit is in a folded position, the two supporting shafts are located above the worktable for minimizing the size of the saw and for allowing the user to grip the saw for easy transportation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sawing a long profile (3) in that a sawing disc (2) having teeth (6) arranged around a circular outer circumference of the sawing disc (2) is rotated freely, the sawing disc (2) is advanced from a freely rotating position to an outer wall of the long profile (3), and a zero tooth (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4) engages as the first of the teeth (6) in the material of the outer wall, wherein, during the free rotation of the sawing disc (2), lateral runouts (d) of the teeth (6) are determined, and a tooth (6) having a minimum lateral runout (d) is determined and used as the zero tooth (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4).

Abstract: A deflectable lifting device can be mounted to a support form, work surface or other member of a material conveyance system. According to embodiments, the deflectable lifting device can have a base that mounts into the support, and a bendable arm arranged in the pathway of a material conveyance system, such as a paper stripping or paper blanking work station. When a sheet or web of material travels over the deflectable lifting device, the bendable arm can bend and deflect downwards, but still contact the sheet or web with a gently humped or arcuate portion, providing a small margin of elevation or lift to the sheet or web. The sheet or web can therefore be elevated above edges, holes, or other obstructions in the pathway that could jam or snag the delivery of the material.

Abstract: A child-safe, cutlery device that separately cores and slices a strawberry includes: a ring having an inner perimeter surface that encloses a central void and an outer perimeter surface, an elongated cutting member having a first end and a second end that are each attached to opposing points on the ring's inner perimeter surface, a top surface with a pointed edge that is adapted to be a cutting edge, a pair of elongated handle members, each of which has a proximal and a distal end and wherein each of the handle members' proximal ends is attached to the ring's outer perimeter surface at one of a pair of spaced-apart, attachment points.

Abstract: An assembly including an endoscope having an external surface, an auxiliary endoscope assembly having a resilient collar portion mounted onto the endoscope and a hand-held collar cutting tool for removal of the auxiliary endoscope assembly having a resilient collar portion from the endoscope, the cutting tool including a hand-held collar cutting tool body portion, a cutting edge associated with the cutting tool body portion and adapted for cutting the resilient collar portion and a spacer portion protruding from the hand-held collar cutting tool body portion, the spacer portion being adapted for insertion between the resilient collar portion and the endoscope for spacing the endoscope from the resilient collar portion and from the cutting edge, the spacer portion being softer than the external surface of the endoscope.

Abstract: A pencil cutting tool 1 comprising a recess forming part 10 for boring a connecting recess 52 in an end face 51 of a pencil 50, wherein the recess forming part 10 comprises a main body 11 having a cylindrical insertion hole 12 for insertion of an end of the pencil 50 and a boring blade 40 disposed inside the insertion hole 12 so as to come into contact with the end face 41 of the pencil 50, the boring blade 40 has a semicircular cross section and a flat surface 40a extending along the axial line of the insertion hole 12, and the main body 11 has a discharge part 13 that is formed so as to face the flat surface 40a to discharge shavings from the insertion hole 12.

Abstract: A method of film production includes the steps of obtaining defect information including information on the position of a defect (D) in a separator original sheet (12b), slitting the separator original sheet (12b) to produce a plurality of separators (12a), and determining, on the basis of the defect information on a single defect (D), that a separator (12a) actually having the defect (D) and another separator (12a) adjacent to the above separator (12a) are defective.

Abstract: A reciprocating saw blade includes a body defining a longitudinal axis. The saw blade includes a cutting portion having a plurality of cutting teeth. Each cutting tooth includes a tip, a rake face at least partially defining a gullet, a relief surface, and a protrusion extending from an end of the relief surface. The protrusion of each cutting tooth inhibits a nail from entering the gullet. The tips of the plurality of cutting teeth define a first plane that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and the protrusions of the plurality of cutting teeth define a second plane that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. A distance between the first plane and the second plane is at most 0.035 inches, and a distance between the protrusion of one cutting tooth and the tip of an adjacent cutting tooth, measured generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, is 0.08 inches.

Abstract: A method for machining a plate-like workpiece with a processing machine includes forming a receptacle in the plate-like workpiece for an insert part and machining the receptacle based on one or both of an orientation at which the insert part is to be inserted into the receptacle and a side of the plate-like workpiece from which the insert part is to be inserted into the receptacle. The method further includes running a machining program to carry out the forming and the machining of the receptacle. A computer program product is provided to configure a programming system by which the machining program is generated.