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Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper By: Unknown |
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PAPER CUTTING MACHINES A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand Lever
Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper by NIEL GRAY, Jr. Published by the Committee on Education
United Typothetae of America
1918 Copyright, 1918
United Typothetae of America
Chicago, Ill. Composition and electrotypes contributed by
The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company
Roanoke, Va.
PREFACE
The paper cutting machine is a recent development in the industrial
world. Its importance in the graphic arts is only just being
recognized. That it has heretofore been considered an apparatus of
minor importance is proven by the lack of information on the subject,
either historical or technical. No mention is made of a paper cutting
machine in the eleventh edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, either
in the index or under the various trade headings. Mention is omitted
entirely from De Vinne's History of Printing. There are no references
to it in many other standard books, nor in the engineering libraries;
neither are there any comprehensive articles on the subject in any of
the trade journals, either American or foreign. A few scattered
references may be found in dictionaries and manuals having to do with
bookbinding and presswork. This manual on the paper cutting machine has the distinction of being,
as far as the author knows, the first book ever written on the
subject. It will endeavor to help toward a better understanding of
this important mechanism, its use and care, and it may also serve as
a starting point from which subsequent treatises may be written. The difficulty of making a successful machine of this kind to meet the
new demands for accuracy, speed, convenience, and safety, has been
overcome gradually in recent years and there are now several machines
quite efficient and adequate to meet these demands of the modern
manufacturer. To coördinate a number of inanimate pieces of steel and
iron, to operate at high speed with precision, requires fine skill.
The evolution from the first cutting machine the old hand operated
wooden plough and press to the present power driven steel mechanism
is like the advance from the old wooden sailing vessel to the modern
steel ship. The objects of this manual are to acquaint the beginner with the
essential features of the machine itself and to provide clear,
comprehensive information which will enable him to become a competent
operator. It is not possible within so small a book to give complete
detailed instructions for all the different conditions which may arise
in the many kinds of work done in establishments where paper cutting
machines are used. Each of these places has its own particular
requirements; and while the machine can do its part quickly and
efficiently it needs the intelligent and skillful operator to get good
results. The instructions given herein for a few cases, which have
been made as general as possible, indicate the complexity of this
operation as carried on in modern workshops. There is necessity for a
careful study of the subject in any important industry to insure this
part of the work being successful and profitable. Not all the kinds of cutting machines in use in the printing and
bindery industries are considered in the following pages, but simply
the typical machines in common use for cutting and trimming printed
paper. There are many other styles, such as die cutting presses,
automatic book trimming machines, punching, stabbing, and eyeletting
machines, rotary cutters and revolving blade cutters attached to
presses and other paper machines. These might properly be classed
under the title, but as they are chiefly specialized machines the
limits of space do not permit a consideration of them here.
CONTENTS
PAGE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAPER CUTTER 7 EVOLUTION OF THE PAPER CUTTING MACHINE 8 DESCRIPTION OF TYPICAL MACHINES 11 THE KNIFE 16 GRINDING PAPER CUTTER KNIVES 21 HONING PAPER CUTTER KNIVES 22 THE CLAMPING PRESSURE 23 CUTTING STICKS 25 THE BACK GAGE 25 POWER BACK GAGE MOVEMENT 28 SPECIAL DEVICES 28 APPLICATION OF POWER 30 CARE OF THE MACHINE 32 OPERATING THE MACHINE 35 SAFETY OF THE KNIFE 37 HANDLING PAPER 38 TO CUT A PILE INTO STRIPS OF EQUAL WIDTH 43 TO CUT A PILE RECTANGULAR 44 TO SQUARE A PILE 45 TO CUT UNUSUAL SHAPES 46 TRIMMING BOOKS 46 PAPER CUTTINGS AND WASTE 50 DEPRECIATION OF A PAPER CUTTING MACHINE 51 REVIEW QUESTIONS 53 GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED 58
PAPER CUTTING MACHINES
Importance of the Paper Cutter
A paper cutting machine is used for dividing piles of large sized
sheets into smaller sized sheets; also for squaring a pile; i... Continue reading book >>
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