Apparatus for Forming Tin Flakes

An apparatus for forming a continuous tin wire into at least one tin flake, comprising:

• a driving device;
• a feeding mechanism comprising a conveying mechanism and a forming mechanism, wherein the conveying mechanism transports the continuous tin wire to the forming mechanism along a first direction, and the forming mechanism rolls a portion of the tin wire into a tin strip along the first direction;
• and
• a cutting mechanism, driven by the driving device and moving from a first position to a second position to cut off a portion of the rolled tin strip to form the at least one tin flake, and then moving back from the second position to the first position after cutting off the rolled tin strip;
• a linkage mechanism, linked between the cutting mechanism and the forming mechanism, wherein when the cutting mechanism moves back from the second position to the first position, the forming mechanism is driven to feed a predetermined length of the tin strip along the first direction;
• a fixed cutter, disposed on a lateral side of the forming mechanism, wherein the cutting mechanism has a moving cutter, and an inner edge of the moving cutter longitudinally aligned with an outer edge of the fixed cutter to cut off a portion of the tin strip when the cutting mechanism is disposed along the second position.