Insert and pin for pin ejector system for a rotary cutting die arrangement and associated methods

An insert assembly configured to be removably attached to an outer diameter surface of a cylinder of a rotary die cutting arrangement comprising a rotary die cutting cylinder and an anvil roll, the cylinder having a compressible core in an interior of the cylinder, the insert assembly comprising:

• an insert configured to be received in a recess on the outer surface of the cylinder with a first side of the insert exposed from the recess and a second side of the insert facing the recess, the insert having a pin ejector pin hole with a first bore, the pin ejector pin hole being arranged on the insert such that when the insert is received in the recess, the pin ejector pin hole communicates with a hole in the recess of the outer surface of the cylinder which cylinder recess hole extends into the interior of the cylinder;
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• a pin having proximal and distal ends, the pin distal end being configured to engage a media passing between the rotary die cutting cylinder and the anvil roll when the pin is assembled with the insert and the cylinder, the pin being configured to be received in the pin ejector hole of the insert and being dimensioned to slide within the pin ejector hole first bore,
• wherein when the pin is inserted in the pin ejector pin hole, the pin proximal end is configured to be received in the recess hole adjacent to the compressible core and the distal end projects from an outer surface of the insert;
• wherein when the pin is assembled with the insert, and the insert is assembled with the cylinder, the pin proximal end operatively engaging the compressible core when the pin retracts into the pin ejector pin hole of the insert and the pin proximal end operatively engages the insert when the pin projects from the pin ejector pin hole.