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Article: Maryland Inventor Develops Zero-Clearance Cutting Systems
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 27, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Charles A. Castronovo of Timonium, Md., has developed a method of destroying non-homogeneous loads using zero-clearance cutting systems.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, into a fiber or powder. Destruction of the material is further enhanced by advantageous strategic patterning of cutting edges on a rotary cutter, and further by secondary shredding features. For example, on the same ...