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US 11,208,737 B2Granted
Process and device for splitting a tape
AssigneeTeijin Aramid B.V.
InventorsEdo Mugge, René Journée
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Abstract
A process and a splitter for splitting a tape of a uniaxially oriented material. The tape is passed in a process direction over a splitting profile having a row of parallel teeth with a cutting edge extending in the process direction. The tape is split to form a tape comprising a plurality of parallel strips interconnected by fibrils. The split tape can for example be used for the production of high tensile ropes.
Claims6
A process of splitting a tape of a uniaxially oriented material into a plurality of strips interconnected by fibrils, the process comprising:
- passing the tape in a process direction over a splitting profile of a splitter, the splitting profile having a row of parallel cutting edges, each edge circumferentially extending about an entire outer diameter of the splitting profile in the process direction,
- wherein the cutting edges split the tape into the plurality of strips without cutting the interconnecting fibrils.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.