The fundamental advantages of digital cutting are well known by now. The elimination of traditional dies saves production time and costs as well as space, since digital dies require no physical storage. The digital cutting process also makes it possible to create far more complex contours and permits even last-minute changes. In addition, tighter registration capabilities allow for printing larger sheets, and setup for digital cutting requires very little time. However, the one apparent bottleneck in the whole process up until now has been the manual feeding and sorting at either end of the production cycle. Zünd has now addressed this issue to make digital flatbed cutting even more efficient and fully automated digital cutting.
Fully automated feeding, cutting and stacking of boards up to 2x3m will occupy a large part of Zünd ‘s162m2 stand (B20, Hall A1) at FESPA Digital exhibition in Hamburg on the 24th – 28th of May this year.
High process reliability and automation
The new Zünd board handling system, designed for fully automated production of signage, displays, packaging, cardboard engineering and other applications, further accentuates the advantages of digital cutting. This option, typical of the Zünd cutter concept, is highly modular and can be implemented gradually. You can have fully automatice feeding and unloading, semi-automatic or manual – depending on your needs and workspace.
With full automation of both the loading and unloading process, virtually no setup or operator intervention is required. And the Zünd Cut Center software, as always, ensures user-friendly system operation. All of this combines to significantly enhance productivity while limiting personnel requirements to loading and unloading pallets of stacked boards and finished product.
In developing this automated material-handling system, care was taken to not lose sight of the need for processing single boards. The accessibility and easy set-up of the system allows single orders and samples to be produced just as efficiently as the short and medium size runs. Whether for shorter or longer production runs, the innovative Zünd board-handling system is the passport to greater efficiency and new opportunities.
The fully automated production system will be presented to the public for the first time at Fespa Digital in Hamburg, Germany, Hall A1, Booth B20. A G3 3XL-1600 equipped with the new roll-off unit for cutting printed textiles and a G3 M-2500 configured for routing applications will also be on display.
