Device and method for ripping gum of conveyor belt

A method for ripping gum of a conveyor belt using a device for ripping gum wherein the conveyor belt includes individual steel cords embedded in the gum of the conveyor belt, the steel cords are separated from each other, and the gum is stripped off around each of the steel cords after the separation, the method comprising:

• separating individual steel cords embedded in the gum of the conveyor belt from each other by using a V-shaped cutting blade of the device for ripping gum, the V-shaped cutting blade having an upper end, a lower end, and a cutting edge that extends in a direction from one of the ends to the other of the ends, the cutting edge extending in a first plane, the cutting edge intersecting a traveling path of the conveyor belt, and
• thereafter, stripping the gum off around each of the separated steel cords by a cylindrical cutting blade of the device for ripping gum,
• the method further comprising
• incising the conveyor belt in a second plane using a linear cutting blade of the device for ripping gum, a cutting edge of the linear cutting blade extending in the second plane and the second plane being substantially perpendicular to the first plane, the incising comprising incising the gum around each of the steel cords after the individual steel cords are separated from each other by the V-shaped cutting blade and before the gum around each of the separated steel cords is stripped by the cylindrical cutting blade,
• wherein the V-shaped cutting blade, the cylindrical cutting blade, and the linear cutting blade are attached to a base of the device for ripping gum.