Butt Splice vs. Lap Splice
| With Traditional Lap Splicers, the leading edge of the new roll and the trailing edge of the expiring roll "overlap." A piece of double sided tape holds the two together. In almost all cases, the expiring roll leaves a splice tail which may case jamming problems or become severed in the cut-off section leaving a loose piece of paper in the envelope line. Also, the double thickness of paper, with tape between them, can be a problem in certain die cutting operations. |  |
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The solution to these potential problems is to "butt-splice" the material. A butt splice is not that dissimilar to a continuous web in that the trailing edge of the expiring roll is "butted" to the leading edge of the new roll. The only additional thickness is a piece of thin, one-sided tape.
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