Re: Cutting Continuous Extrusion

waterjets will cost $50K plus are high mtce items
lasers $150K plus - these are energy intensive units
flying saw can be a cost effective solution.  the guillotine appears to be
causing problems.

"Mike Halloran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Waterjets or lasers should work.  Waterjets are noisy and messy.  Lasers
are
> expensive.
>
> Either could make nice right angle cuts by scanning the business end
across the
> extrusion at an angle, the tangent of which is the ratio of cutter linear
> feedrate to extrusion velocity.
>
> I was thinking of a bandknife, but that would have to be mounted on a
'flying'
> carriage and reciprocated  in synchronism with the extrusion.
>
> I wonder if the existing guillotine is 'flying' like that, or would work
better
> if it were.
>
> -Mike-
>