Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool, in particular in the form of a razor blade, a scalpel, a knife, a machine knife, scissors etc., which has a synthetic diamond layer with a cutting edge. The diamond layer thereby consists of fine-crystalline diamond.

Abstract: An optical fiber cutting device is configured so that a disk-like blade member is moved in a state, in which the blade member is pushed against a glass fiber part of an optical fiber, to form a flaw on a surface of the glass fiber part. The blade member is turned by a feed roller in synchronization with a movement operation of the blade member that rotates by a contact friction force generated when the blade member is put into contact with a contact member fixedly provided halfway a movement path of the blade member.

Abstract: A sizing center for and a method of sizing different styles of window coverings includes at least two sizing mechanisms disposed on a sizing center in which each sizing mechanism is adapted to size a different style of window covering. Each window covering includes a color marking. At least two measuring scales are disposed on the sizing center, each measuring scale being associated with a sizing mechanism and having a different color, and each color associated with a sizing center being associated with a color marking of a window covering.

Abstract: Polycrystalline diamond includes cubic diamond and hexagonal diamond, and a ratio of X-ray diffraction peak intensity of a (100) plane of the hexagonal diamond to X-ray diffraction peak intensity for a (111) plane of cubic diamond is not lower than 0.01%. In addition, a present method of manufacturing polycrystalline diamond includes the steps of preparing a non-diamond carbon material having a degree of graphitization not higher than 0.58 and directly converting the non-diamond carbon material to cubic diamond and hexagonal diamond and sintering the non-diamond carbon material, without adding any of a sintering agent and a binder, under pressure and temperature conditions at which diamond is thermodynamically stable.

Abstract: An apparatus for blanking a printed circuit film includes a die unit and a punch unit movable with respect to the die unit. The die unit includes a plate, and an insert member which is on a top surface of the plate and supports a region of a base film which is punched. The insert member supports the base film including a plurality of printed circuit films, and as a punch is lowered, the punch punches the base film and is inserted in an opening of the insert member so as to blank the printed circuit film. The insert member further includes a plurality of assembled detachable frames which define the opening of the insert member.

Abstract: Transversal cutting machine comprises feeding means (20) that supply a log of paper (15), for example hygienic paper, to a sawing station at which rolls or stacks (16) are cut off from the log (15) by a blade (25). During the cutting step the log (15) is held by a clamping device (1), divided in two parts (2, 3) arranged respectively upstream from and downstream of a slit (17) through which the blade (25) passes. In particular, the first part (2) and the second part (3) of clamping device (1) are movable relatively so that during the cut the log (15) is locally subject to traction at the same time of the blade (25) driven in the log. This way, during the cutting action of the blade (25) an opening (17) is created on the log (15) having a size at least the same as the thickness of blade (25) same. This makes easier the action of blade (25) since it reduces the friction produced between the blade (25) and the log (15).

Abstract: An elongate continuous material web is disclosed that includes a plurality of adjacent tabs arranged in a longitudinal direction of the web with connection regions between adjacent tabs. Each connection region includes three or more incisions that extend in the transverse direction of the web and are arranged in a manner such that at least one extensible connection member, extensible in the longitudinal direction of the web, is formed. At least one incision forms a side incision that travels through one longitudinal edge of the web, and at least one incision forms a further side incision that travels through the other longitudinal edge of the web. Also disclosed are a method for making such a web, a method for manufacturing a tab from such a web, a method for manufacturing an absorbent hygiene product with the help of such a web, and a cutting device to produce such a web.

Abstract: A die-cutting blade can form smooth die-cut lines in case-forming blanks which are less likely to injure hands, even if touched by the hands. A strip-plate-shaped steel blade plate has a pair of chamfers formed on opposite side surfaces of the blade plate, respectively, so as to extend from one side edge of the blade plate at substantially equal inclination angles. The chamfers define a cutting edge along the one side edge. The cutting edge has a composite wave pattern formed from a small wave pattern bent to have a wave shape within the range of the thickness of the blade plate, and a large wave pattern formed by a large undulation in the small wavy edge toward opposite side surfaces of the blade plate over its entire length within the range of the thickness of the blade plate, in order to provide smooth die-cut lines.

Abstract: A device for cutting food products is provided. The device comprises a cutting blade having a main part defining a cutting plane and a reinforcing part connected to the main part. At least one cavity is formed between the main part and the reinforcing part.

Abstract: A sandwich holder and knife guide for cutting a sandwich in half while maintaining the ingredients in place includes a base, a pair of upwardly extending parallel walls with an aligned slit in each of the walls for guiding a knife through a sandwich, a transparent dome with a slit aligned with the slits in the walls, a knife, a support frame, a pair of stainless steel tapes disposed on opposite sides of the slits and each of the tapes extending across the support frame in a parallel relationship with the slits and one end of each of the tapes is coiled upon a retractable coil for maintaining the tapes under tension so that the tapes when extended and placed on top of the sandwich retain the sandwich and its fillings in place when the sandwich is cut in half.

Abstract: A method for thinning and dicing a wafer of electronic circuits, wherein: a thinning step is carried out while the wafer is supported by a first film bonded at the periphery of a support frame; and a dicing step is carried out while the thinned wafer is supported by a second film bonded at the periphery of the same frame from the other surface of the wafer, the first film being unstuck only once the second one is in place.

Abstract: Imbedded carrier blades for cleaving optical fibers and related cleavers and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the blade includes a carrier body that defines a blade edge. At least one cleaving material is imbedded into at least a portion of the carrier body. The at least one cleaving material is additionally exposed on at least a portion of the blade edge to induce a flaw in a portion of an optical fiber contacted by the blade edge. The portion of the optical fiber can be broken about the induced flaw to create an end face for fiber optic termination preparations. Cleaving the optical fiber prepares an end face on the optical fiber to prepare fiber optic terminations, including in the field. The imbedded carrier blade can be disposed in a cleaver to cleave an optical fiber. Methods of cleaving an optical fiber using an imbedded carrier blade are also provided.

Abstract: A borer for forming holes in a workpiece has a fastening portion for mounting on an oscillating tool and a cutter which is connected with the fastening portion. The cutter is driven in a vibrating manner by the oscillating tool such that a feeding direction of the cutter is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis about which the borer is driven in a vibrating manner.

Abstract: A multi-functional guide table and workpiece support system comprising modular components that may be assembled and interchanged for particular purposes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a blade for cutting food products, in particular sausages, comprising a cutter having two partial cutters disposed tapered toward each other in a curved surface. The invention further relates to a cutting device for cutting food products, having a blade and having a holder on which the blade is rotatably disposed. The cutting device is designed so that an end piece can be sliced off of a product, the longitudinal axis thereof being oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blade, by a rotary motion of the blade. The invention further relates to a method for processing a food product.

Abstract: A method for refining the texture of a ferrous material. The method includes a first step and a second step. The first step includes a step of making carbide particles in a portion of a base material smaller. The second step includes a step of nitriding at least a part of said portion.

Abstract: A vibrating microtome and measuring device for measuring the transverse offset of a vibrating knife comprises a light barrier into which the knife is placeable and a control application signal (pklo, pkhi) that describes the time course of the vibration of the knife and an electronic measurement system of the measuring device measures the coverage of the light barrier as an oscillating signal (tpm), and determines the transverse offset from the signal values at points in time that are defined by the control application signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for separating food slices from at least one food bar utilizing a rotating knife, wherein the food bar can be transported in the direction of the knife by way of at least one transporting means. The present invention further relates to a device for separating food slices from at least one food bar utilizing a rotating knife, wherein the food bar can be transported in the direction of the knife by way of at least one transporting means, and a knife for cutting open foodstuff. Said device comprises an oscillating sensor and/or a product sensor and the knife comprises a counter weight.

Abstract: A cutting unit for a packaging machine comprises a cutting knife which is movably guided in a linear guide, and a drive for driving the movement of the cutting knife. The cutting unit further includes a curved push rod that is provided between the drive and the cutting knife.

Abstract: An apparatus for the production of caps comprises a first operating turntable device associated with a first operating arrangement and a further operating turntable device associated with a further operating arrangement, between said first operating turntable device and said further operating turntable device a transferring turntable device being interposed such as to transfer said caps between said first operating turntable device and said further operating to turntable device; a device for positioning a tool in relation to an object to be processed comprises a toolholder element suitable for bearing said tool, an adjustable member operationally associatable with said toolholder element and an abutting member suitable for pressing said toolholder element against said adjustable member.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for wafer processing are described herein. One method of wafer processing includes modifying a peripheral edge of a wafer to create a number of edge surfaces substantially perpendicular to a number of dicing paths and dicing the wafer along the number of dicing paths. In one or more embodiments, the method includes modifying the peripheral edge of the wafer with a first tool and dicing the wafer with a second tool different from the first tool.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting machine, in particular for cutting passepartouts to size by means of a blade (21) arranged on a cutting head (8). The cutting head (8) can be displaced by means of a drive in at least two axes. The cutting-to-size of passepartouts requires a vertical cutting angle (B-B) and an inclined cutting angle (C-C) in order to provide the passepartout cutout with the, in the main, usual bevel cut. In order to adjust the blade (21) from the first cutting angle (B-B) into the second cutting angle (C-C) or vice versa, the cutting head (8) is run up against a stop (17) arranged on the cutting machine and is brought into contact in such a way that a swivellable element (20) carrying the blade (21) is swivelled from one into the other cutting angle (B-B, C-C). This adjustment can thus take place in an automatically controlled manner, without an additional drive being required for this.

Abstract: A method for treating a surface of a cutting tool includes first blasting the surface of the cutting tool using a granular abrasive and then brushing the blasted surface of the cutting tool. The surface condition of the cutting tool is improved, thereby achieving superior resistance to chipping while cutting a workpiece and excellent durability by means of improvement in abrasion resistance and toughness.

Abstract: Tissue splitting biopsy devices and methods use a needle portion and a sheath portion that are configured such as to allow simultaneous sectioning of a tissue to produce two tissue samples with corresponding surfaces using motion of the needle portion relative to the sheath portion. Most preferably, the needle portion has a chisel blade tip and at least two cavities opposite to each other and at the same distance from the tip, while the sheath portion has a sharpened front edge.

Abstract: A microtome includes a histological cassette support member that is adapted and configured to allow the microtome to be used in connection with relatively thin histological cassettes. A method of reversibly altering a microtome for use with different size histological specimen cassettes includes exchanging the cassette support member of the cassette holding assembly of the microtome with another cassette support member without altering other portions of the cassette holding assembly. A method is also disclosed that includes providing a microtome comprising a first histological tissue cassette clamp, providing a second histological tissue cassette clamp, securing the second histological tissue cassette clamp to the microtome via the first histological tissue cassette clamp, and securing a histological tissue cassette to the microtome via the second histological tissue cassette clamp when the second histological tissue cassette clamp is secured to the microtome via the first histological tissue cassette clamp.

Abstract: A lever arrangement for a microtome including a first and second lever. The first lever mounted rotatably about a first axis. The second lever is mounted rotatably about a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis. One lever comprises two guidance surfaces. The other lever comprises a guidance segment. The guidance segment coacts with the two guidance surfaces such that a rotation of the first lever in a first direction rotates the second lever in a target direction, and a rotation of the first lever in a direction opposite to the first direction rotates the second lever in the target direction.

Abstract: Semiconductor device manufacturing equipment in which in the process of dividing a substrate into individual semiconductor devices using a dicing blade, the possibility of an odd piece flying off a supporting member is prevented. A supporting member supports a substrate for semiconductor devices on one surface thereof. A dicing blade dices the substrate supported by the supporting member along dicing lines provided on the substrate to divide the substrate into a plurality of semiconductor devices. In a plan view, the edge of the supporting member's surface supporting the substrate overlaps a semiconductor device located at an outermost position of the substrate and lies inside a dicing line at an outermost position of the substrate.

Abstract: A high precision micro/nanoscale machining system. A multi-axis movement machine provides relative movement along multiple axes between a workpiece and a tool holder. A cutting tool is disposed on a flexible cantilever held by the tool holder, the tool holder being movable to provide at least two of the axes to set the angle and distance of the cutting tool relative to the workpiece. A feedback control system uses measurement of deflection of the cantilever during cutting to maintain a desired cantilever deflection and hence a desired load on the cutting tool.

Abstract: A vibrating microtome and measuring device for measuring the transverse offset of a vibrating knife comprises a light barrier into which the knife is placeable and a control application signal (pklo, pkhi) that describes the time course of the vibration of the knife and an electronic measurement system of the measuring device measures the coverage of the light barrier as an oscillating signal (tpm), and determines the transverse offset from the signal values at points in time that are defined by the control application signal.

Abstract: A ceramic cutting tool configured as multiphase ceramic with an improved resistance to wear of the edge area or edge layer consists of a base ceramic and of a sacrificial phase as well as eventually additives and primary hard material phases and an eventually multilayered edge area or edge layer resistant to wear, hard, not deposited made of at least one hard material phase, whereby the edge area is intimately intergrown with the starting ceramic and which is formed by aging the starting ceramic in a defined atmosphere.

Abstract: A cutting unit for trimming sheet material is provided. The cutting unit includes a bed for supporting the sheet material, a guillotine cutting device including a knife arm pivotally mounted on the bed, and a rotary cutting device mounted on the bed. The rotary cutting device includes a guide bar, a knife carriage displaceable along the guide bar, and a circular knife rotatably mounted in the knife carriage. The knife arm and the rotary cutting device are mounted on opposite sides of the planar bed relative to one another and are operable to permit parallel trimming of opposite sides of the sheet material when the sheet material is supported on the planar bed. The guide bar selectively pivots toward and away from the bed against action of a spring to define a lower cutting position so that the cutting operation may be performed and an upper initial position whereby the guide bar pivots away from said bed for inserting paper for said cutting operation.

Abstract: To enable fabrication of a precise stamped product having an extremely low surface roughness. Ripples 24 having depths ranging from 10 to 100 nm are formed with periodicities ranging from 100 to 1000 nm on a stamping tool surface that comes into contact with a workpiece material. The ripples 24 have a stripe shape extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of sliding between the stamping tool (die 21) and the workpiece material (the direction of the arrow a). The ripples 24 serve as micro pools. For example, a product that is required to have a surface roughness of the order of several tens of nm or lower can be satisfactorily stamped.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cutting frame including a plurality of cutters for cutting two or more kinds of rectangular unit pieces having relatively small sizes from a rectangular base material at a predetermined inclination, the cutters being mounted or formed in the cutting frame such that the cutters correspond to the rectangular unit pieces, wherein the cutters are formed in the cutting frame in an array structure of the rectangular unit pieces in which largest-sized rectangular unit pieces are arranged at a central part of a base material based on the height of the base material in the longitudinal direction of the base material, and small-sized rectangular unit pieces are arranged above and below the largest-sized rectangular unit pieces.

Abstract: An apparatus for surfacing a flitch by cutting material from its radially outer surface to prepare the flitch for veneer slicing or other uses. The apparatus comprises a cutterhead rotatable about a cutterhead axis. The apparatus further comprises a carriage comprising a ring that rotates about a carriage axis and a pivot arm that carries the cutterhead and is coupled to the rotatable ring for pivoting movement about a pivot arm axis. The apparatus further comprises a flitch contour accommodation device coupled to the pivot arm and to the cutterhead to permit rotation of the cutterhead about a device axis that is generally transverse to the cutterhead axis.

Abstract: A tool for machining workpieces, having a shank and a cutting insert having a base body held in the shank. The shank has a slot accommodating the cutting insert. The body has a central section with a central axis. At least one convexly bowed centering surface running in the direction of the central section. At least one drive element originates from the central section. The slot in the shank has at least one interior surface region shaped to cooperate with the at least one centering surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure may be primarily concerned with a tool having at least one insert removably mounted on a support plate with the combination removably secured to an at least one seat formed on the tool.

Abstract: A flat cutting tool includes a blade member fixed to a mounting concavity of a base member using a brazing filler metal or an adhesive agent to form a cutting edge on a surface layer side of the blade member. The blade member includes a surface layer which is a high-speed tool steel with a high degree of hardness, a middle layer which is an alloy steel having a lower quench-hardenability than the high-speed tool steel, and a lower layer which is a mild steel having little quench-hardenability, which can be formed by forge welding. The blade member can be quenched and tempered, and the surface layer hardened to a hardness suitable for the cutting tool and fixed to the mounting concavity of the base member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combined splitting blade, including a cutting ring and a fixed disc. The cutting ring is provided with a through-hole for the flange and a blade formed on the periphery. The fixed disc is partially covered on the upper and lower end surfaces around the through-hole of the cutting ring by die-casting. The cutting ring is clamped tightly. The fixed disc and the cutting ring are made of different materials. As the cutting ring and fixed disc are not prefabricated nor made of the same kind of materials, thus simplifying the fabrication process of the blade to save the cost of materials, processing and fabrication time. In addition, the combined splitting blade is fabricated by of rolling.

Abstract: A PCB cutter module is disclosed to include a base panel having locating grooves arranged on one side thereof subject to a predetermined layout and mounting through holes arranged along the border, fastening members mounted in the mounting through holes for fastening the base panel to a worktable, positioning devices, for example, permanent magnets or electromagnets mounted in the locating grooves for detachably securing cutters at the base panel for cutting a workpiece, for example, PC board, and supplementary holder blocks selectively attached to the cutters to hold a respective alignment rod for securing the PC board in position for cutting by the cutters accurately.

Abstract: In a vacuum chamber, the edge of each blade group is subjected to an ion beam treatment under predetermined conditions using a plasma ion gun and argon as a medium, and is subjected to a plasma ion implantation of nitrogen plasma under predetermined conditions using a plasma ion implantation gun. As a result, it is possible to provide a blade member having an edge of a cutting quality enhanced by increasing the sharpness, a blade member having an edge of a rigidity enhanced by increasing the hardness, and a working apparatus capable of working those edges efficiently.

Abstract: A microtome blade having a safety portion. The safety portion may include a protective portion spaced from a knife edge and a gripping portion extending outwardly from the protective portion. The protective portion and the gripping portion help reduce unintended knife edge cuts.

Abstract: A slab shaping system includes a slab shaping device. The slab shaping device includes a cutting device and de-burring device, wherein the cutting device and the de-burring device, respectively cut and de-burr a slab. According to an embodiment, the slab shaping system may include a plurality of spaced apart slab support beams that form at least one slot therebetween. According to an embodiment, the cutting device and de-burring device may be axially-aligned. A method for operating a slab shaping system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of positioning a plurality of slab support beams on a table to form at least one slot; positioning a slab over the slab support beams; positioning a cutting device and de-burring device of a slab shaping device in axial-alignment; and cutting and de-burring the cut in the slab along a length of the at least one slot.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cutting frame including a plurality of cutters for cutting one or more kinds of rectangular unit pieces having a relatively small size from a rectangular base material at a predetermined inclination, the cutters being mounted or formed in the cutting frame such that the cutters correspond to the rectangular unit pieces, wherein the cutters are mounted or formed in the cutting frame based on the array structure of the rectangular unit pieces such that a large majority of the remaining rectangular unit pieces, excluding the uppermost row rectangular unit pieces and the lowermost row rectangular unit pieces, are arranged while being adjacent to different rectangular unit pieces at four sides of each rectangular unit piece, and at least some combinations of adjacent four rectangular unit pieces form an island-type residue in the center thereof.

Abstract: A component for peeling the coating and breaking the optical fiber, which comprises the first member made of resin material including a groove portion enabling to receive a coated optical fiber, an optical fiber cutting blade and a coat removing blade integrally formed within the groove portion, and a breaking portion in an intermediate portion, and the second member made of resin material including a groove portion corresponding to the groove portion in the first member enabling to receive a coated optical fiber, a coat removing blade corresponding to the coat removing blade in the first member, and a breaking portion in an intermediate portion corresponding to the breaking portion in the first member.

Abstract: A cutting tool assembly that includes a holder that supports a blade for use with cutting tables. At least one roller is attached to the holder and extends beyond a perimeter of the holder in a direction that is normal to an axis of rotation of the roller. The blade extends from the holder in a common direction with the roller and includes a cutting edge that is oriented in a direction that is generally normal to the axis of rotation of the roller. During a cutting process, the roller maintains the position of the material with respect to the sharpened edge of the blade.

Abstract: Arrangements and methods for connecting and mounting decorative ornaments, for example, beads, crystals, or gems, are disclosed. The arrangements and methods are particularly useful in mounting ornaments in decorative fixtures, such as chandeliers. In one aspect, an arrangement is provided that includes a first ornament having two mounting apertures and a second ornament having at least one mounting aperture; and at least one connector for connecting the first ornament to the second ornament whereby when hung the two apertures of the first ornament are laterally disposed from each other. Multiple pre-formed connectors are disclosed for use in connecting ornaments, such as ornament chains. Mounting hooks, mounting devices, and mounting arrangements are also provided for attaching ornaments to a support, for instance, mounting devices fabricated from thin plate, for example, by laser cutting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a medicament dosage form which consists of at least one piece which in each case comprises at least one medicament and at least one additive, the medicament and the additive being mixed and extruded from a die as a strand and the strand being cut into pieces of precise weight. The invention additionally relates to a device.

Abstract: A punch tool assembly includes an adjustment subassembly coupled to a canister sidewall of the assembly. The adjustment subassembly includes a punch head, which engages a punch holder, or body, of the punch tool, at a threaded interface, so that rotation of the punch head moves the punch body/holder along a central longitudinal axis of the punch tool assembly. The adjustment subassembly further includes a locking member, which is biased with respect to the punch head, in a first position, where the locking member is engaged with a locking feature of an engagement sidewall of the subassembly, to lock the punch head and prevent rotation thereof. The locking member may be released, to unlock the punch head, by applying a force to an externally accessible actuation interface of a release member of the subassembly, for example, to rotate the actuation interface about the central longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A food slicer comprises a fan-cooled electrically powered motor driving a slicer blade. The motor is mounted within an enclosure which comprises at least one air intake port and at least one exhaust port on opposite sides of one nominally air-tight first partitioning wall within the enclosure to confine the flow of cooling air from the air intake port through the enclosure, then into intimate contact with the electrical windings and components within the frame of the motor. The motor frame is sealed into a closely conforming contacting aperture in the first partitioning wall. The fan is mounted immediately adjacent to a non-contacting aperture in a second partitioning wall within the enclosure juxtaposed the exhaust port.

Abstract: A cutter adapter includes a holder having a receiving portion for inserting a cutter therein; a sleeve sleeved onto the holder and having an annular bevel; a lock pin inserted into the holder and having an active end and a passive end, the passive end being squeezed by the annular bevel when the sleeve is moved, the active end being inserted into the cutter when the passive end is squeezed; and a biasing pin located in the receiving portion and pushed by a spring mounted in the receiving portion. In this way, when intending to mount the cutter to the cutter adapter, the user only needs to insert the cutter into the receiving portion to force the biasing pin to disengage from the lock pin, the lock pin being forced by the annular bevel to insert the active end into the receiving portion to hold the cutter.