Horizontally acting extrusion discard cutting device which can turn over and transfer extrusion discs cut off the extrusion discard

A horizontal extrusion discard cutting device has a cutter head and a moving cutter ram which gives a shear cut in order to separate the extrusion discard into an extrusion disc and a billet discard. If the extrusion press is using flat billets, the flat extrusion discards are supplied to the cutting device in a vertical position. According to the invention, the vertical, flat extrusion disc from the cut, vertical, flat extrusion discard is moved by the cutter after cutting, against slight lateral resistance, against a vertical turn-over member, the extrusion disc is retained against the vertical turn-over member by a nose on a lower, horizontal part of the turn-over member and by a spring-biased roller for the upper part of the extrusion disc, the turn-over member is mounted on a shaft which is pivotally supported in the lower zone of the cutting head, and the shaft is then pivoted through 90* to bring the extrusion disc into a horizontal position.