Pressure equalizing rings allows for an equal pressure distribution of all axial clamping forces along the slitter tooling arbors.
The equalizing ring absorbs uneven clamping forces on one side and transfers the clamping forces equally and precise onto each pressure point of the ring and then against the ultra precision setup. As a result, possible axial runout conditions of the tooling will be drastically improved.
Slitting processes, which do require extremely accurate axial runout conditions, as well as the ever increasing number of strips slit on one head, were the basis for this new design.
