Deritend Rotadie Press, Precisely the Right Impression

Summary

Industrial film featuring the Deritend Rotadie Press, a Birmingham made die cutting machine used for cutting corrugated cardboard into various box templates.

Year:

1968

Duration:

0:12:15

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Genre:

Industrial

Master format:

16mm

Description

The film is a demonstration of the Rotadie Press made by the Deritend company of Birmingham which is a rotary cutting machine that cuts out template shapes from corrugated cardboard. A commentary describes how the machine is set up and a new die is made by welding studs onto a curved plate and adding cutting edges. We then see the machine in operation running at various speeds. It is described as 'rotadie cutting at its best'.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Titles found and listed separately on catalogue. The film was probably made by Warners of Wolverhampton.