Probably too late to help, but ZERO! Anything over a few millivolts would indicate that the contacts are 'shot', or you've got a 'grounding problem' or poor wiring in the control box.
It's time to try something. Searching for info on this gave me some familiarity with die/kiss-cutting, but I haven't been able to learn much about the technical aspects. I wanted to know if a straight blade could be used, and how the cutting depth/pressure could be determined. The old dual-wheel...
I'm working for a small manufacturing company with old equipment and limited resources, and would like to re-design & automate their old rotary kiss-cutting machine. This is really an antique - dual wheel - 2 blade cutting machine that kiss-cuts roll-fed plastic tape, and am planning to build a...