---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000003305"
title: "Machine for cutting a workpiece made of styrofoam or like material"
published_at: "2026-09-15T20:06:15.694642Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003305"
categories:
  - "manufacturing-assembly-equipment/machining-systems"
keywords:
  - "b23q1/0036"
  - "b23q1/0036"
  - "b23c2226/62"
  - "b23c2226/62"
  - "b23c3/00"
  - "b23c3/00"
---

# Machine for cutting a workpiece made of styrofoam or like material

## Abstract

A machine is disclosed for cutting a workpiece made of styrofoam or like material. The machine includes a frame having a generally planar base adapted to support the workpiece. A rotary cutter is supported above the workpiece and is rotatably driven about an axis perpendicular to the base of the frame. The rotary cutter is mounted to a carriage which is moveable on a slide in a first direction parallel to the base of the frame. The slide, in turn, is movably mounted to the frame in a second direction which is also parallel to the plane of the base but perpendicular to the first direction. The rotary cutter is also movably mounted to the carriage in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of the base so that the cutter is moveable along all three or orthogonal axes. The cutter includes a plurality of radial bores which are fluidly connected with an axial bore in the cutter. A source of vacuum is applied to the cutter axial bore so that debris caused during the cutting operation is evacuated by a vacuum source through the cutter and to a debris collection area.

## 1. Drawings

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[0003] Sheet 3.