A device for cutting strips, sheets or the like and method for determining and / or calibration of the cutting gap in such a device

Apparatus for cutting or separating strips, sheets or the like, in particular metal bands -blechen, or the like, with a cutting device (1) at least a first blade (2) and at least one second knife (3), which is a cutting gap (S) forming dimension are spaced from one another, for the determination of the cutting gap (S) to both the first blade (2) and the second blade (3) each have at least one position measuring device (7) are associated, wherein the position measuring device (7) as touching and / or is designed as a contactless measuring device which directly onto a measuring surface (11, 12) operates by the end face (5) of a knife (2, 3) and / or the end face assigned to (5) contact surface (13) a knife holder is formed, and wherein the blade holder (14) and / or the knife (2, 3) has at least one measuring (16, 17, 17 ') which meets the respective measuring surface (11, 12).