Slow manual stripping or blanks tearing
Medium severitySymptoms
Team can't keep up; blanks torn or with lifted fibers when hand-separating
Probable causes
- Nicks too strong or badly placed for hand separation
- dull die knives (incomplete cut)
- wrong striking technique
- blocks too tall
The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
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