SLITTING FUNDAMENTALS
PREAPRED BY :
DEBASISH DUTTA
HINDALCO.BELUR
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COMPONENT OF SLITTER
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WHAT IS SLITTER ?
TOP ARBOR
BOTTOM ARBOR
Slitter knife or Cutter
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CUTTER & RUBBER
Top Cutter Top Cutter
TOP RUBBER SET
DUMMY EDGE DUMMY EDGE
CUTTING EDGE CUTTING EDGE
Rubber bigger then bottom cutter to
avoid cutter marks on the sheet
Stripper rubber
BOTTOM RUBBER SET
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MECHANISM OF SLITTING
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MECHANISM OF SLITTING
SHEARING
X mm
FRACTURE
X mm
SHEARING
FRACTURE
STRIP THICKNESS
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MECHANISM OF SLITTING
Top slitter knife
STRIP
Shearing Shearing
Fracture Fracture
Bottom slitter knife
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Fracture angle
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FRACTURE ANGLE
Top Slitter knife
CONSTANT
FRACTURE
ANGLE
= 8 to 12 degree
SHEARING
FRACTURE
“FRACTURE ANGLE IS
ALWAYS CONSTANT,
Fracture IRESPECTIVE OF THE SLIT
Angle GAUGE”
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FRACTURE ANGLE
Fracture angle remains same always ! ! ! Cutter
10% of X
x
High Gauge
Cutter Fracture angle = 8-12 Degree
10% of Y
Cutter
low Gauge Y
When gauge decreases Horizontal 10
Fracture angle= 8-12 Degree
Cutter
clearance also decreases & vice versa
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HORIZONTAL CLEARANCE
TOP CUTTER TOP CUTTER
HORIZONTAL CLEARANCE( HC)
If gauge = 0.50mm,HC= 0.050mm
If gauge = 0.185mm, HC= 0.0185mm
HC
And so on …………………
Also few recommend
Hard material = 15% of gauge
Soft material = 8% of gauge
BOTTOM CUTTER
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VERTICAL CLEARANCE
Top Cutter
VERTICAL CLEARANCE/OVERLAP
Top Cutter
Start with a vertical clearance
between the cutters and start
Vertical Overlap
closing the gap between the
arbors until it starts cutting
Vertical clearance
Thin Gauge
Bottom Cutter
Thick Gauge
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VERTICAL CLEARANCE
TOP ARBOR
RUBBER RUBBER
DRIVE OPERATOR
RUBBER
BOTTOM ARBOR
1. If vertical clearance is very less = No slitting
2. But if it is excess or more then required =?
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VERTICAL CLEARANCE
RESULT OF EXCESS VERTICAL CLEARANCE
2Xmm
2Xmm
TOP ARBOR
DRIVE SIDE
OPTR SIDE
BOTTOM ARBOR
2Xmm
Xmm
Tendency of arbor becoming bow
Abnormal rotation of shaped 14
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GOOD SURFACE CONTROL STATEGY
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TOOLING PRACTICE
Dedicated Tool set
Computer aided assembly
Knife cooling & lubrication
Knife setup to avoid edge ripple
Spacers & rubbers storage & housekeeping
Arbor parallelity
Well defined practice
Frequent checking of Jet Nut
Cleaning of MASTER FACE of arbor
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RECOILING ISSUES
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VERTICAL SEPARATION OF KNIVES
•Excessive meshing of the knives results the following
•a) The fracture axis moves away from the center line of the arbors thus
increasing the loading required on the slitter head
•b) Excessive friction of the knives which accelerate wear resulting
pickup on edges
•c)The arbor may deflect
•d)The stripper rings may roll the edges of the strip to produce a short
regular ripple
•e)Knife marks
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LOOPING OR TIGHT LINE
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CINCHING
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LATERAL BOW
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ADJACENT STRANDS OVERLAP
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COIL COLLAPSE
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EDGE BURR
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PICK UP
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EDGE DETERIORATION THRO THE LINE
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EDGE DETERIORATION DURING COIL BUILDUP
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EDGE WEAVY
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WRINKLE
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WHISKER
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WIDTH VARIES ALONG THE STRAND LENGTH
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BELL SHAPED REWIND COIL
•One edge of the coil sometimes builds at a relatively high rate to produce a
bell shaped coil
•Edge waviness
•USE IRONING ROLL TO MINIMISE IT AND CORRECT IT,GIVEN
STEADY VALUE OF TENSION AND SPEED,HOPEFULLY REST OF
THE COIL SHOULD BUILD UP CORRECTLY
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DO’S & DON’T
DO’S
Adequate Head End Dressing
Use of sharp cutter
Open Gap Fitting
Campaign Cleaning Before Critical Product
Regular cleaning of Master Face & Iron spacers
Segregation of Rubber spacers & Iron spacers
Keep the records
Grind cutter & rubber along with
DON’T
Do not process hot coil ( Recommendation within 55 degree)
Do not insert any body parts during run condition
Do not stand nearby scrap baller ( in extreme necessary “off” the baller)
Do not operate with single manpower
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