SAMPLE MAKER
(1) A computer-driven machine, which can cut and crease sample, designs. These machines can often also be used as a plotter to produce a Mylar drawing from the same data. (2) A plotter equipped with a cutting device, i.e.; oscillating knife, laser etc. that will cut out and make crease scores of an exact duplicate of CAD file layout.
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SCORE
(SAME AS CREASE): To impress or indent a mark with a string or rule in the paper to make folding easier. An impression or crease in corrugated or solid fiberboard to facilitate folding. To crease material and break down fiber so that material can be folded.
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SCORE CHANNEL
The channel that the paper stock and the crease rule fit into, to create a crease or fold in paper or paperboard.
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SCRAP CHISEL
A scrap chisel is a chisel that extends outward from a dieblade possibly 1" or more which is used to break away the web of material around the die piece. It relieves the pressure of the material around the die for a better diecut.
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SCREW PUNCH
A screw punch is a cutting punch which has a threaded base so that the die can be screwed into a punch block in a die. The screw punch normally has a shoulder on the punch so that it can be screwed only so far into the punch block. Screw punches are used to facilitate easy and rapid removal of broken punches and rapid installation of a new cutting punch normally in clicker and high dies.
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SCRIBE
To mark rule at the area where it will be notched or bent. To mark.
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SEAMLESS EDGE
This refers to a steel rule punch or a steel rule die blade that does not have the two ends of the rule butted together. In the case of a punch the punch is made out of tubing. In the punch of a steel rule die.
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SEAMLESS HANGOVER PUNCHES
This refers to a steel rule punch or a steel rule die blade that does not have the two ends of the rule butted together. In the case of a punch the punch is made out of tubing. In the punch of a steel rule die. However add patented process.
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SELF-CLEANING PUNCHES
Also known as side outlet punches.
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SEMI-RIGID
Any material that is not soft and non-rigid but is hard yet not rigid.
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SERRATED EDGE CUTTING RULE
Steel rule used in soft anvil rotary die cutting. Serration on cut edge or points which gives a progressive cut reducing load on blade.
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SERRATED RULE
A type of cutting rule with pointed teeth on the top that is used in rotary cutting dies for corrugated.
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SHAVED EDGE
Steel rule with bevels shaved by cutting tools as opposed to ground edge rule.
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SHEAR CUT
Term that describes a cut of a continuous web of stock using an action similar to the action of scissors.
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SHIM
A thin strip of steel or plastic, even hard paper used as filler to build up the height of cut outs in a cutting die.
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SHIM STOCK
Shim stock can be either paper, metallic shim stock or plastic shim stock which is used to build up the height of a cutting punch or cutout in a die. This is often necessary after a shoulder punch or cutout has been removed from a die for repair or resharpening and a minimal amount of height have to be taken off the punch or cutout in the repair resharpening process.
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SIDE BEVEL RULE
Serrated or flat edge cut rule with most of the bevel to one side with a small support bevel on the other side.
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SIDE OUTLET PUNCH
A cutting punch that ejects the diecut pill or slug out one side of the punch rather than flowing directly though the punch and out the back of the die.
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SILICONE
A polymer of organo-siloxane used as an ink additive to aid ink flow out. Also used for pressure-sensitive adhesives capable of withstanding extreme temperatures. A polymeric material with exceptionally high repellency properties towards adhesives used extensively in the coating of release liners.
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SIZE NICKS
Size nicks are mostly used in the shoe and apparel industries to make small vee, round or square nicks usually 1/32" or 1/16" deep in the edge of the diecut piece inside the sewing allowance to identify the size of the die cut piece. There are several established nicking codes that manufacturers use to identify different sizes.
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SLIT SCORE
In corrugated die cutting, a slit score is a score in the corrugated material where only one liner is cut, by controlling the penetration of a make knife into the corrugated sheet.
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SLOT
(1) the paper removed at the corner of a box to permit the box to property fold. In a die the rule that produces the slot. (2) A slot in a die is a narrow long feature that removes some of the material from the material being diecut. Where practical, a chiselcut or a slit should be incorporated into the die design because it tends to eliminate potential stripping problems.
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SOFT ANVIL
A medium hard-formed rounded cutting surface used on soft anvil rotary die cutting presses. The soft anvil or cutting surface is normally cast out of a urethane material.
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SOFT ANVIL ROTARY DIE CUTTING
A rotary diecutting system that utilizes either a serrated edge or a plain sharp edged rotary die normally mounted onto the upper roller of the die press. The lower roller is mounted with a cast half round urethane blanket. This type of cutting is common in the corrugated industry, but is finding many applications in diecutting other materials.
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SPOT TAPE
A hard faced tape used in make ready to build up a section under a blade to increase the height of the blade to improve diecutting.
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SPRING LOADED PUNCHES
Tube style cutting punches that have a spring inside the tube or punch that is used to eject the diecut piece out of the tube. Spring loaded punches are commonly used in smaller diameter punches.
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SPUR/MULTI-SPUR DRILL
A drill used to make a clean cut in wood.
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STAB
A stab is a sharp pointed rod same as pinpoint punch, placed into a die to mark a point in leather, fabric or other materials where a location is required to start a stitch line or place some other component part of the finished product. A stab is used when a diecutter does not want to remove any stock from the die cut piece such as would happen by using a punch or tube.
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STAMPING
A process whereby a part is cut out a piece of material. Stamping normally refers to cutting out rigid materials such as metals using a male/female die vs. diecutting which refers to the cutting out soft to semi-rigid materials such as paper, fabric, leather, rubber and plastics using a sharp edged cutting dies cutting onto or into a cutting surface.
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STEEL COUNTERPLATE
Steel rule cutting plate with creasing channels that can be chemically etched, machined or engraved into the surface.
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STEEL RULE
Thin sharpens blades used to form a steel rule die.
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STEEL RULE DIE
A cutting die that is produced by inserting sharpened pre-finished blades into jig sawed or laser cut die lines into a maple, birch or composite dieboard. The rule is too thin to support itself as in a clicker or forged high die. The thicknesses of steel rule die blades in a steel rule die are measured in points. A point equals. "014"
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STEEL-TO-STEEL
Diecutting method where a steel cutting die is cut against a steel cutting base. Also a method where by two rotary dies are cut against each other. See ANVIL CUT OR SHEETED LABELS.
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STICKYBACK
Double-faced adhesive coated material used for mounting printing plates to the plate cylinder.
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STOPS BLOCKS
A stop block is used in a die press to limit the downward travel of the head of the press to an exact depth. The stop blocks are generally located close to the hydraulic posts. This is one exact method to determine the limit of travel of the head of the press especially in kiss cutting.
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STRAIGHT WALL PUNCH
Cutting edge falls to inside only. Usually made from tool steel. (Known as straight OD).
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STRIPING PINS
ΒΌ" cross shaped aluminum nail 2" long used on male Bobst stripping boards.
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STRIPPING
In diecutting, the removal of the diecut material and all associated scraps materials from a cutting die. Also, the removal of all diecut sections from a sheet of stock.
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STRIPPING DIE
Two pieces die normally used on an automatic platen press to mechanically remove scrap from a die cut sheet.
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SUBSTRATE
The surface to which a label is applied; adhered. Converters also refer to the face stock being printed as the substrate.
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SURFACES, DIE CUTTING
Those "into" or "onto" cutting surfaces against which the die edge of a die comes in contact after passing through the material that is being die cut. "Into" cutting surfaces can be made of composition rubber, polypropylene, PVC, nylon or urethane. "Onto" cutting surfaces are normally ground hardened steel plates.
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