Slip cutting system

A slip cutting system comprising:

• a. a slip cutting station comprising:
• i. an anvil roller that rotates at a continuous speed;
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• ii. a generally cylindrical cutting die that rotates at the continuous speed and has a peripheral surface, at least one knife blade on the peripheral surface, and at least one packing having a circumferential surface with a leading edge and a trailing edge on the peripheral surface, a selected one of the leading edge or the trailing edge of said at least one packing being substantially coincident with said at least one knife blade such that said at least one packing circumferential surface defines a first predetermined length between the at least one knife blade and the other of the selected one of the at least one packing leading edge or trailing edge, and the other of the selected leading edge or trailing edge of said at least one packing being spaced from said at least knife blade to cooperate therewith to define at least one circumferential space on the peripheral surface, the at least one packing cooperating with the anvil roller to form a nip that defines a nip plane, the at least one packing and the anvil roller cooperating to be the sole means for intermittently drawing an infeed web in a downstream direction through the nip against a predetermined drag force, the infeed web being drawn in the downstream direction only when the at least one packing is proximate the anvil roller, the infeed web halting all downstream motion when the at least one circumferential space is proximate the anvil roller, the at least one knife blade cooperating with the anvil roller to sheet the infeed web into consecutive discrete articles each having a length substantially equal to the first predetermined length when the at least one knife blade is proximate the anvil roller;
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• b. an insert station that cooperates with the slip cutting station to merge the discrete articles to a carrier web.