CPC B26D 7/2635 (2013.01) [B26D 1/245 (2013.01); B26D 7/2621 (2013.01); B65B 61/08 (2013.01)] | 31 Claims |
1. A packaging machine comprising an apparatus for cutting food packagings to size along a longitudinal direction, wherein
the apparatus defines an inner space and an outer region, said apparatus having a first shaft extending in the inner space, the first shaft having at least a first cutting blade rotationally fixedly arranged on the first shaft such that the first cutting blade and the first shaft are non-rotatable relative to each other, the first shaft being a rotational drive shaft for the first cutting blade, and
a second shaft which extends in the inner space and on which at least a second cutting blade is arranged, said second cutting blade forming a cutting unit arranged in the inner space together with the first cutting blade during operation,
wherein the first cutting blade is axially displaceably supported on the respective shaft to change an axial spacing and an axial contact pressure between the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade of the cutting unit,
and said apparatus having an adjustment mechanism, wherein the adjustment mechanism is coupled to the axially displaceable first cutting blade to displace the displaceable first cutting blade in an axial direction.
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