In a rotary shear line in which sheet stock is fed by a feeder to
a rotary shear for fly cutting by its rotating cutting edges, a
synchronous speed and a synchronization length are calculated by
an arithmetic unit which are supplied with the cutting length and
the average feed rate of the sheet stock. Reference pulses of a
frequency corresponding to the synchronous speed and the
synchronization length are provided to a first numerical
controller for controlling the feeder.
A second numerical controller for controlling the rotary shear.
The first numerical controller controls the feeder to feed the
sheet stock at a speed higher or lower than the synchronous speed
in such a manner that when the sheet stock is fed at the
synchronous speed, the length of the sheet stock short or
excessive of the cutting length before its cutting is compensated
for within a cutting period.
The second numerical controller controls the rotary shear to
rotate its cutting edges at a speed higher or lower than the
synchronous speed in such a manner that when the cutting edges
are rotated at the synchronous speed, the circumferential length
of the locus of each cutting edge short or excessive of the
circumferential length of its 360 rotation is compensated
for within the cutting period.
