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For Cutting Specimen Up To 50 mm Thickness Offered Along With Cutting Templates As Per ASTM / ISO Standards.
International Equipments is a leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of Contour Cutters in India. Built at our Mumbai facility, our Contour Cutter is a precision sample-preparation machine that cuts plastic, rubber, composite and elastomer test specimens to exact ASTM and ISO standard dimensions - using interchangeable templates that define the shape of the specimen (dumbbell, dog-bone, tensile strip, flexural bar) and a high-speed carbide cutter that traces the template profile through the sample.
Reliable tensile, flexural and impact test results all depend on one thing first - specimens cut to the exact dimensions called for by the relevant test standard. ASTM D 638 dumbbells, ISO 527 dumbbells, ASTM D 412 rubber dumbbells, ASTM D 882 film strips - every standard specifies precise overall length, gauge length, width, radius and parallel-section dimensions. The Contour Cutter is the dedicated machine that produces these specimens repeatably from your plastic sheet, rubber pad or composite plate - feeding clean, dimensionally correct samples into your UTM, Tensile Testing Machine and Peel Tester.
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A Contour Cutter - also called a Specimen Cutter, Template Cutter or Profile Cutter - is a router-style precision cutting machine that traces a flat template profile through a plastic, rubber or composite sample, leaving behind a test specimen of the exact template shape and dimensions. A high-speed carbide cutter mounted on a vertical spindle rotates at variable speed while the template (or sample) is moved against it; the cutter precisely follows the template edge, producing dimensionally identical specimens every time.
Unlike a die-cutter (which works only for flat thin sheets and one specific specimen shape) or a manual saw (which cannot achieve the radius and width tolerances required by ASTM/ISO), the Contour Cutter handles a wide range of thicknesses and any specimen shape for which a template exists. Templates are interchangeable - one machine can produce ASTM D 638 Type I dumbbells, ISO 527 Type 1A dumbbells, ASTM D 412 rubber dumbbells and any other test specimen by simply swapping templates.
Our Contour Cutter is a robust, table-top sample-preparation machine designed for daily QC use in plastic, rubber, polymer and composite testing laboratories. The 15 mm diameter carbide cutter - paired with an AC variable-speed drive - gives smooth, clean specimen edges without burning the polymer, melting the rubber or chipping the composite. Variable speed control is essential because different materials cut best at different RPM: rubber and elastomers cut cleanly at lower speed, rigid plastics at higher speed, composites somewhere in between.
The machine includes an additional vacuum waste-collection system as a standard supply - capturing the fine chips, dust and powder generated during cutting. This keeps the work area clean, prevents inhalation of polymer dust by the operator, and removes debris that could otherwise contaminate the cut surface or jam the template-tracing mechanism.
Templates for the most common ASTM and ISO test specimens are supplied as standard. Additional templates for custom specimen shapes, customer-specific dimensions or non-standard test methods can be manufactured to order.
Contact International Equipments today for a personalised quotation. Tell us the test standards you work to (ASTM D 638, ISO 527, ASTM D 412, ASTM D 882, etc.) and your sample thickness range - our team will recommend the right machine configuration, the matching template set, and share pricing, delivery timeline and the list of leading manufacturers already using our Contour Cutters.
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