Hollow Tooling for Large Repeats
Three-piece tool design dramatically reduces the weight of large repeat and wide web tooling. Manufactured using high-chrome tool steel, hollow tooling sacrifices nothing in performance, at a fraction of the weight of solid dies. Reduced weight means lower shipping costs, when new and when shipped for future reconditioning.
Hollow tooling also offers the ability to pump heat or cold through the die to apply different temperatures to the web as required. Used as a "chill" roll with cooling systems, these tools can be used to help "set" adhesives on hot melt coating lines.
Deep Rout Tooling for Thick Materials
To accommodate thick materials such as PVC foam or even finished pouched products, die cavities can be deepened to 
minimize cutting distortion. Added cavity clearance also minimizes web retarding and "bagging" due to web compression. Extra depth routing is recommended anytime thicker materials are to be converted.
Multi-Level Cutting
When high tolerance diecut-to-diecut registration requirements make multi-station converting impossible, multi-level cutting is a must. Midway has manufactured tooling that cuts to 5 different levels simultaneously! Even connected blades can be manufactured to cut at different levels.
Concentric circle designs that require the center hole cut to precise location, coupled with one of our many ejection systems, can precisely manufacture "donuts" on a continuous web using only one tool. This reduces tooling cost, set up time, scrap and registration problems.
Have you passed on a converting opportunity because of anticipated processing difficulty? Partner with Midway to gain high-value business you thought was out of reach!
Micro or "Invisible" Perforations
Midway was the first to incorporate "invisible" perforation into engraved cutting tools. Once only achieved using steel rule dies, now irregular and complex shapes can have all the aspects of an invisible perforation in fully hardened rotary dies. Clean edge perforations up to 50 TPI are available.
