We are technical manufacturer for barcode ribbon slitting machine in China over 11 years. We concentrate ourselves on researching and developing ttr slitter. Nowadays there are several models on sale, mainly divided into three types: Manual, Semi-Auto, Automatic. But what are they refer? It is the leader and trailer table.
Manual means worker need to pull and cut the leader and trailer foil by himself with no extra help.
Semi-auto means the leader and trailer table will come half way, and after worker pull the foil, the table will turn back and cut the foil automatically.
Automatic refers to the slitter will pull the leader and trailer foil and cut automatically with no labor.
You can check the video below, it shows differences obviously and make you understand better :
--Manual :
--Semi-auto:
--Automatic: