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Trim Cutter
If your converting line creates edge trim, the by-product is an opportunity to save time and money. Increase production up-time and allow your converting machinery to run at full speed with a BloApCo Trim Cutter as part of your comprehensive scrap handling system.
Trim Cutters enable continuous web manufacturers, slitters and converters to remove edge trim from production lines while maximizing up-time by eliminating edge trim blockages. They cut continuous material into small pieces that move with ease to a collection area such as a baler or compactor, and are ideal wherever one or more edge trims are conveyed through the same duct.
BEST USES Removal of continuous film, Edge Trim and Matrix
INDUSTRIES Converting, Paper, Film, Plastic, Non-woven, Foils
MATERIALS From 0.00025 inches (6.35 ¼m) to 0.25 inches (6350 ¼m)
- light paper
- poly films
- recording tape
- Mylar
- fine nylon fibers
- non-wovens
- paper
- light fiberboard
- corrugated board
- solid bleached sulfate, paperboard
- plastic film
- foil laminates
- pressure-sensitive stock
- light, non-ferrous foils
- heavy fiberboard
- solid bleached sulfate paperboard
- laminated kraft, heavy non-ferrous metal up to 0.025 in.
Motor Positions

Standard Cutter Arrangement

Inverted Mount

Outboard Motor Mount

Direct Drive Motor Mount
Cutter Head Positions*

Diagonal Flow, Standard Mount

Vertical Up Flow

Vertical Down Flow

Diagonal Flow, Inboard Motor Mount
Cutter Mounting Arrangements

Rail Mounted Cutter and Trim Fan

Wall Mounted Cutter

Ceiling Suspended Cutter

Low Clearance Cutter Mount
Trim Removal

Dual pickups from top to offset trim cutter

Dual pickups from bottom to offset trim cutter

Dual pickups to tandem trim cutters ideally suited for corrugator edge trim

Dual pickups to inline trim cutter

Narrow web matrix from top to trim cutter

Multiple pickups to single trim cutter
Trim Cutter Specs
Light
less than 1 mil (25.4µm)
Ideal for:
- Light paper
- Poly films
- Recording tape
- Mylar
- Fine nylon fibers
- Non-wovens
Some models will accurately and consistently cut film as thin as 0.000025 in. (6.35 µm) with ease.

Model 7-6
Air Capacity 1,000 cfm (1,700 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 7.75 in. (206 mm)
Motor 1hp rpm 3,600 max
Model 8-5
Air Capacity 4,500 cfm (7,650 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 13.5 in. (343 mm)
Motor 5hp rpm 3,600 max
Model 12SC
Air Capacity 1,000 cfm (1,700 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 7 in. (176 mm)
Motor 1hp rpm 2,000 max
Medium
3-20 mil (76 – 508µm)
Ideal for:
- paper
- light fiber board
- corrugated board
- solid bleached sulfate paperboard
- plastic film
- foil laminates
- pressure-sensitive stock
- light, non-ferrous foils

Model 3B
Air Capacity 1,000 cfm (1,700 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 6.25 in. (159 mm)
Motor .75 hp rpm 2,000 max
Model 5TOB / 5SC
Air Capacity 3,000 cfm (5,100 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 8.5 in. (216 mm)
Motor 2 hp rpm 2,000 max
Model 7-6
Air Capacity 1,000 cfm (1,700 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 7.75 in. (206 mm)
Motor 1 hp rpm 3,600 max
Model 8-3
Air Capacity 4,500 cfm (7,650 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 13.5 in. (343 mm)
Motor 5 hp rpm 2,000 max
Model 8-5
Air Capacity 4,500 cfm (7,650 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 13.5 in. (343 mm)
Motor 5 hp rpm 3,600 max
Model 12SC
Air Capacity 1,000 cfm (1,700 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 7 in. (176 mm)
Motor 1 hp rpm 2,000 max
Heavy
20 mil (508µm and up)
Ideal for:
- heavy fiberboard
- solid bleached sulfate paperboard
- laminated kraft, heavy non-ferrous metal up to 0.025 in.

Model 5TOB / 5SC
Air Capacity 3,000 cfm (5,100 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 8.5 in. (216 mm)
Motor 2 hp rpm 2,000 max
Model 8-3
Air Capacity 4,500 cfm (7,650 m3/hr)
Inlet Width 13.5 in. (343 mm)
Motor 5 hp rpm 2,000 max
Trim Cutter Related Literature
Bulletin 991: Trim Cutters
Bulletin 991: Supplement: Trim Cutters
Application Report 10: Continuous Laminated Edge Trims
Application Report 22: Continuous Web of Paper Waste
Application Report 23: Disposal of Stiff Scrap Matrix
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