Die cutting (web)

Die cutting is the general process of using a die to shear webs of low-strength materials, such as rubber, fibre, foil, cloth, paper, corrugated fibreboard, chipboard, paperboard, plastics, pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, foam, and sheet metal.

[1][3] Commonly produced items using this process include gaskets,[4] labels, tokens, corrugated boxes, and envelopes.

This process lends itself to smaller production runs where it is not as easy to absorb the added cost of a rotary die.

The machines used for this process can incorporate multiple "stations" that die cut a particular shape in the material.

The material is punched through into a wood or soft metal block in order to not dull the edges.