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Achenbach OPTIFOIL® Heavy Gauge and Light Gauge Slitting Machines

Achenbach OPTIFOIL® Heavy Gauge (HGS) and Light Gauge (LGS) slitters are complete machines to slit foils of various materials. They slit foil webs up to a width of 2150 mm into narrow strips and are used e.g. for radiator lamination, in condensers and as household foil.

Typical performance figures of Achenbach OPTIFOIL® slitting machines:

  • Max. foil widths 2150 mm
  • Foil gauge range 5 µm to 800 µm
  • Max. running speeds 1000 m/min
  • Max. unwind diameters 2100 mm
  • Max. rewind diameters 2100 mm
  • Min. slitting widths 12 mm

Individual customer requirements are perfectly met by a number of design, automation and process modules.

'State of the Art' of OPTIFOIL HGS/LGS Slitting Machines

  • Automated coil, empty spool, core and finished roll handling
  • Reproducible winding tightness
  • Adjustment of slitting width manually, by using a slitting cassette or even fully automated
  • Exact foil control by using large dimensioned web guiding rolls
  • AC drive technology
  • Quality standard according to DIN EN ISO 9001