Claims
- 1. A process for preparing a movable upper tool, having a plate with a plurality of position-adjustable blocks thereon, in a selected configuration for separating blanks connected by a perforated line, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plate and covering a surface of said plate completely with a first layer of a two-layer hook-and-loop fastening system;
- providing a plurality of blocks and partially covering one surface of each of said blocks with a second layer of said two-layer hook-and-loop fastening system;
- robotically placing said blocks at respective locations on said plate, with said first and second layers abutting, in a pattern for causing said blanks to separate at said perforation line;
- pressing said blocks at said locations against said plate to temporarily fix said blocks at said locations by said hook-and-loop fastening system to produce a completed upper tool; and
- separating said blanks by applying said completed upper tool to said blanks.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/682,952, filed Apr. 10, 1991, now pending.
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