Rotary Knives

We can machine your knives in a wide range of metals in standard to precision tolerances. Steel grades include:

• Tool Steel
• Alloy Steel
• High Speed Steel
• Particle Metallurgy Steel
• Tungsten Carbide

Spacers

Manufactured to the tightest precision tolerances attainable, Cowles Tool slitter spacers achieve optimal slitting accuracy and quality, along with our spacers, metal shims are available. Finishes and tolerances match all applications:

• + /- 0.0002”
• +/- 0.0001”
• +/- 0.00004”

Lightweight Spacers

Our light weight spacers reduce operate fatigue and increase productivity and are offered in a variety of materials.

• Steel
• Aluminum
• Heat resistant cast nylon with steel

Stripper Rings

An important component of slitting, Cowles Tool offers stripper rings in different materials and specifications.

• Buna N
• Polyurethane
• Steel
• Steel bonded with Buna N or polyurethane

Shimless Slitter Tooling Packages

Whether you have purchased a new a or used slitter line, we can offer the highest-quality slitter knives, spacers, separator discs, rubber stripper rings and overarm spacers. Our tooling packages are of the highest quality meeting your exacting measurements, offering competitive delivery and pricing.

• Exact knife clearance and accurate strip width
• Improved knife life
• Virtually eliminating burr
• Reduced set-up error utilizing our “Carswin Advantage” computer program, guaranteeing repeatability.

Carswin Advantage_TM Plus Slitter Tooling Setup Software Program

Carswin Advantage Plus setup software is a comprehensive program with no add-ons that ensures a first time, trouble-free setup, improving quality and efficiency.

Carswin Advantage_TM Plus Offers:

• Ease of use for operators
• Flexibility. Carswin Advantage Plus allows the user to define and change virtually any parameter relating to their operation
• Repeatability
• Consistently accurate slit widths while eliminating burr
• Improved knife life
• Improved coil yield
• Increased productivity and continuous improvement
• A comprehensive program with no add-ons that ensures a first-time, trouble-free setup

Recondition Existing Tooling

Reconditioning or modifying existing slitter spacers into new sizes offers a significant cost saving while maintaining like-new tolerances in place of purchasing new tooling. Cowles Tool can offer finishes and tolerances to match every application thickness tolerances:

• + /- 0.0002”
• +/- 0.0001”
• +/- 0.00004”