In order to provide a rotary cutting device comprising a rotatably mounted cutting roller and an anvil roller wherein at least one support ring is provided for supporting the cutting roller on the anvil roller such that the device has increased freedom from malfunction, it is proposed that a lifting device be provided for the purposes of moving the cutting roller and the anvil roller apart.

In order to provide a cutting device, comprising a machine frame, an anvil roller which is mounted for rotation on the machine frame and a cutting tool which is mounted for rotation on the machine frame, wherein the cutting tool has a cutting edge cooperating with anvil surfaces of the anvil roller, with which the springing away on account of lateral cutting forces is minimized it is provided for the cutting tool to be biased essentially parallel to its axis of rotation.

The invention relates to a rotary cutting device comprising a rotatable cutting tool and a rotatable anvil roller incorporating a cutting support, wherein a cutting edge, which co-operates with the cutting support, is arranged on the cutting tool for cutting a web of material, and wherein at least one support ring with a support surface is mounted on the cutting tool for supporting the cutting tool relative to the anvil roller. In order to develop the rotary cutting device in such a way as to enable high-tensile materials also to be cut in a reliable and precise manner, it is proposed, in accordance with the invention, that the cutting edge and the cutting support be made of a hard metal at least in the surface regions thereof, and in that the cutting edge be set back relative to the support surface in a radial direction, wherein the radial spacing between the cutting edge and the support surface is formed in dependence on the modulus of elasticity of the support ring in such a manner that the cutting edge virtually touches the cutting support when a bias force is applied.

In order to so improve a cutting machine comprising a machine frame, an anvil roller rotatable on the machine frame about an axis of rotation and having an anvil surface, a cutting tool mounted on the machine frame for rotation about an axis of rotation, with a cutter interacting with the anvil surface and with supporting rings which are held on the cutting tool and support it relative to the anvil roller with their supporting ring surfaces and/or vice versa, that the quality of the cutting effect can be maintained even when the cutter becomes worn, it is proposed that the diameter of the supporting ring surface of each supporting ring be adjustable by radial stretching of the supporting ring within the range below an elastic expansion limit of its material by means of an expansion device.