Ash Converting unveils new slitter

Ash Converting Equipment has unveiled its Diamond slitter rewinder, positioned between the company’s Onyx ‘entry-level’ slitter and the Sapphire S2.

The Diamond is provided with a shaftless unwind with integral reel lift and the machine is all-electric. Designed to operate at speeds up to 500 meters per minute, the Diamond can accommodate unwind diameter reels of 1,000mm and rewind diameters of 600mm.

Slitting possibilities include wrap and tangential, accomplished via a precision Sapphire-type dovetail mounted razor and rotary shear slitting system. A swing out female knife bar provides for easy slit width changes. Additional features include: flange mounted interchangeable rewind shafts and a pneumatic lay-on system. A two or three motor drive system is available.

Keith Fordham points out that the Diamond slitter rewinder will employ a vacuum ‘hug drum’ as the main pull roller in place of nip, thus giving full tension isolation between unwind and rewind. The Diamond will be available in standard widths of 1100, 1300 and 1650mm.