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Abstract

A rotary die system includes a base structure configured to support first and second cylinders in a rotatable manner about parallel axes that jointly span a plane, the cylinders defining two respective contacting surfaces along which the cylinders touch, as well as two respective processing surfaces that are interspaced by a non-zero gap directed along an inter-axis direction along the plane; two first bearing blocks configured to enclose the first cylinder from opposite sides along the respective axis. Each of the first bearing blocks is composed of an inner block configured for accommodating a bearing of the first cylinder; an outer block with a cut-out accommodating the inner block; a tensioning element on the inner block, and flexure hinges that mechanically interconnect the inner and outer blocks, wherein the inner block, the outer block, and the flexure hinges in each first bearing block are jointly formed from a single body of solid material.

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