Machine for manufacturing laminations for a magnetic core

A machine for manufacturing stackable laminations for a magnetic core, the laminations formed from magnetic strip material, the machine including:

• a frame for housing a folder platen assembly and a guillotine platen assembly;
• a folder platen assembly having a folder bar for folding said strip material in at least one pre-determined position;
• a guillotine platen assembly having a cutting blade for cutting said strip material at a pre-determined position;
• a first electric actuator;
• a second electric actuator;
• a first cam shaft driven by the first electric actuator and coupled to the folder platen assembly by a first linkage member, the first cam shaft rotatable about a first axis;
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• a second cam shaft driven by the second electric actuator and coupled to the guillotine platen assembly by a second linkage member, wherein, the first linkage member comprises:
• a first portion connected to the first cam shaft through a first cam bearing and a second portion connected to the folder platen assembly through a folder platen bearing, the first cam bearing bisected by a first plane perpendicular to the first axis and the folder platen bearing bisected by a second plane perpendicular to the first axis, the first and second planes offset from each other.