An apparatus and method for separating a web material are disclosed
herein. The apparatus includes a bedroll and a chop off roll. The bedroll
includes a bedroll blade and a bedroll web pin. The chop off roll
includes a pin pad and a plurality of chop off roll blades. The bedroll
web pin, and the bedroll blade, mesh with the pin pad and the chop off
roll blades. The chop off roll blades are moved relative to the bedroll
blade, stretching and separating the web material. The web pin perforates
the web material and may completely or partially separate a portion of
the web material. The web pin and the separated portion perforate the pin
pad. The separated portion is stripped from the web pin as the pin passes
out of the pin pad.