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Performance Series Knifeholder

The revolutionary Performance Series Knifeholder cuts right to the bottom line with faster set-ups, increased productivity, and unrivaled finished roll quality. The Performance Series is available in three sizes to accommodate a wide range of slitting materials and web speed, for shear, crush and razor slitting of a wide range of applications, from very light converting to mill duty finishing operations. You can choose from a variety of design options, selecting a knifeholder specific to your needs.

 

Get your hands on a Tidland Performance Series Knifeholder, and you’ll think its design is shear genius. If you thought our award-winning Series ‘C’ Knifeholders were the best ever, wait until you try this one – we’ve made revolutionary engineering advances that add all the features you want. 

And the Performance Series Knifeholders fit both the Tidland MSP™ – Modular Slitter Positioning and ESP® – Electronic Slitter Positioning systems.

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Key Features:

  • Modular mounting options that allow retrofit to any machine
  • Operator-friendly setup features
  • Automatic half-stroke feature sets the correct side pressure between top and bottom anvil knives
  • Optional pneumatic lock mount with pinion and traverse knob
  • Made of durable materials to withstand harsh industrial environments
  • Air Purged, dust-proof design
  • Quick change cant angle key
  • Precise process controls to increase roll quality
  • Simplified, positive controls of pneumatic functions.
  • No external hoses between knifeholder components
  • Tool-free, one-handed cartridge mount with safety lock
  • 180° reversible blade cartridge
  • Removable blade cartridge
  • Roll quality calibrated depth knob
  • Air circuit – Allows for independent regulation of blade side force and down stroke
  • Safety optional automatic 360° blade guard
  • Reverse cartridge in seconds without tools!

General Specifications:

CLASS I

Light converting, flexible packaging, finished product converters

TYPICAL MATERIALS

Papers, plastic coated papers, foil covered papers, laminates, films, polypropylene, and co-extrusions

TYPE OF SLITTING

Shear, Crush/Score, Razor

CARTRIDGE TYPE

Swing, Crush, Razor

MINIMUM SLIT WIDTH*

1.0” 25 mm

BLADE DIAMETER

3.5” 90 mm

DESIGNED MAXIMUM SPEED**

3,500 fpm 1,000 mpm

 

CLASS II

Mainstream converting

TYPICAL MATERIALS

Papers, coated papers, foils, fine printing papers, chrome-coated, poly-coated, paperboard, nonwovens, and all films

TYPES OF SLITTING

Shear, Crush/Score

CARTRIDGE TYPE

Swing, Crush

MINIMUM SLIT WIDTH*

2.0” 50.8 mm

BLADE DIAMETER

5.91” 150 mm

DESIGNED MAXIMUM SPEED**

5,500 fpm 1,676 mpm

 

CLASS III

Mills

TYPICAL MATERIALS

Non-coated papers, tissues, newsprint, kraft papers, chipboard, roofing felt, floor covering

TYPE OF SLITTING

Shear, Crush/Score

CARTRIDGE TYPE

Swing, Crush

MIMIMUM SLIT WIDTH*

3.0” 76.2 mm

BLADE DIAMETER

7.87” 200 mm

DESIGNED MAXIMUM SPEED**

10,000 fpm 3,048 mpm

*For typical knife sequence. **Dependent upon material and application.

 

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General Specifications:

Class I

Minimum Slit Width*

1.0” 25 mm

 

Class II

Minimum Slit Width*

2.0” 50.8 mm

 

Class III

Minimum Slit Width*

3.0” 76.2 mm

MORE INFO - Performance
Series Knifeholder (pdf)


Operations Manual
PSKH (pdf)