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    Plastic Sectioning fixture

    So this is the design my machine house and I came up with. I started with a concept on paper and this was the final design. I have some inserts that fit inside the part to keep it from crushing. I am getting a distortion free cut. It also cuts like butter, you don't even know the part is being...
  2. ygolorteM

    Plastic Sectioning fixture

    I miss typed earlier. I don't have any more time today to search. I have looked at a PICO155 with variable speeds and a blade designed for plastic/rubber. The problem with bigger units like this is they are more for a solid core type of tubing. I think I am going to go with a guillotine type...
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    Plastic Sectioning fixture

    I've spent about 3-4 hours googling and researching this morning, unfortunately I have jobs that NEED to get now so I just don't have the research time. Thank you for the advice though. I'll get 'er figured out, then possibly share it here.
  4. ygolorteM

    Plastic Sectioning fixture

    Thickness is 0.075". Yeah there will have to be a saw or some sort of cutting device. I'm envisioning a two handed button type operation, punch press like. Safety is a key factor. I have to ensure that there is absolutely no way possible for a person to be able to touch any moving parts or...
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    Plastic Sectioning fixture

    The part is just over 6.5" long, and has a diameter of 0.875" and needs to be radially cut about 4" down from one end.
  6. ygolorteM

    Plastic Sectioning fixture

    I have a plastic tube type part that I need to repeatedly and reproducibly section. The material is LLDPE Dowlex 2517. I am trying to design/build an automatic sectioning fixture so our operators/inspectors don't have to do anything but put part/s on this sectioning fixture and push go, and the...

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