Slitting

The slitting process is to make rolls, pancakes and yarns, from mother rolls of up to 2400mm in width. Slitting a film in pancakes is done from mother rolls. Slitting a film is made from pancakes. The number of yarns slitted from a pancake may vary from 18 to 119.

Characteristics

Width of the reels : from 300 to 2400 mm
Width of the pancakes : from 15 to 300 mm
Yarns width : from 0,2 to 14 mm

Technics : circular knives, razor blades, and cutting heads
Base material : Films of 12 to 175 microns