Bale cutters

The hydraulic pressure in the pipeline feeding the press, bale-cutter or other hydraulically-operated apparatus. 

The ideal bale cutter for most rubbers consists of a guillotine where slices can be cut off the presented bale. The older star shaped bale cutter dealt with the two hundredweight bale of natural... 

Bale cutter bales of textiles automatically cut and fed to the next process. The material is fed on a conveyor belt, and cut by a powerful knife." ... 

Fabrics are removed from the bales, manually or with a bale cutter. 

Fig. 12.19. Flow diagram for the manufacture of acrylic fiber (1) acrylonitrile (2) tank farm (3) polymerizer (4) comonomer and catalyst (5) centrifuge (6) waste liquid (7) dried polymer (8) grinding (9) polymer storage (10) dissolver (11) filter (12) solvent plant (13) spinnerette (13w) wet spinning (13d) dry spinning (14) roller dryer (15) additional treatment (16) crimper (17) cutter (18) acrylic fiber bale.

In the Tencel process, dry fibre is crimped before being fed to a radial blade cutter for cutting into staple. In the Lenzing process, the fibres emerge from the driers with a crimp imparted during the washing stage. The fibres are then baled and dispatched in the normal manner. 

E Corporation, 2011). Typical fiber cut lengths range from 3 to 6 cm. This length is easily adjusted by changing out the cutter head. The final bales are transferred by tow trucks or automatic handling devices to a warehouse to await shipment (Anon., 2011). 

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