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Specialty Rotary Dies

Specialty rotary cutting dies allow converters to rapidly and accurately shape, kiss cut, crush cut, shear cut, blank, through cut, slit, crease, emboss, score, and perforate high volumes of plastic, paper, foam, fabric, film, foil, packaging, nonwovens, and other soft materials. Rotary cutting dies work with a variety of materials including thick or abrasive materials.

Since 1923, Chicago Cutting Die has led the rotary die manufacturer industry by designing and manufacturing highly accurate, tight tolerance, custom workhorse dies for high speed, high volume converting applications. Our rotary cutting dies are available in:

• Any type of metal including tungsten carbide, powdered metal, tool steel, stainless steel, and aluminum
• Extremely tight tolerances of 0.0002" (0.005 mm) TIR or better (down to 1 micron)
• Different cutting depths, edge profiles, and multi-level features on a single die
• Specialty coatings such as TiN, chrome, Teflon, diamond, anodizing, and more

Our specialty rotary cutting dies can be tailored to meet your needs for the type of die, equipment, and tool hardness. And, we can analyze your application and recommend a specific tool material per your converting requirements.

We also build and recondition rotary cutting dies and equipment for leading industry converting machinery manufacturers such as F.L. Smithe, W&D, Holweg Weber, Delta, Preco, Pace, and others.

With an array of nearly 200 CNC and manual machining tools under one roof in our 80,000 sf facility, Chicago Cutting Die is well-positioned to serve any rotary cutting die challenge. And, we can easily scale whenever a customer's technology, materials, volume, or requirements change. Accelerate your pace of innovation. Let Chicago Cutting Die introduce you to technologies you haven't yet tried.

Contact us today to request a proposal and learn why the world's greatest companies — in over 40 industries and 22 countries — rely on Chicago Cutting Die to deliver unrivaled craftsmanship at the highest possible value, with superior performance second to none:

Our roots can be traced back to the 1800s when Andreas Anderson was a respected blacksmith in Sweden. He taught his children the art of blacksmithing during intensive four-year apprenticeships beginning at age 14. Two of his offspring, William and Frank Anderson, emigrated to the United States and founded Chicago Cutting Die 101 years ago in 1923.

The Anderson brothers vowed to provide every customer with the very finest products at competitive prices. Furthermore, they committed to conducting business only on the highest level of professionalism based on honesty, integrity, and mutual trust.

Today, Andreas' great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren operate Chicago Cutting Die. While we've invested millions of dollars to upgrade our facilities and technologies, our commitment to unsurpassed quality has never wavered. It is every bit as strong today as it was in 1923. We owe today's success to a long list of loyal customers and our dedicated employees who share our family philosophy.