0912 positioning itself at the forefront of this market is a lot to do with its heritage. Recall the foundation of the company was the software package that allowed for the accurate and productive method of using unique software to profile patterns for shoemaking. 30 years later, this software, after undergoing many developments as any product does, is now providing the graphics industry with a one-stop shop for being able to produce almost any shape, profile, carton, or three-dimensional shape you require. The JWSPS packaging software from JWEI allows you to draw from over 1,000 templates in a library and adapt and amend them to suit the product you are trying to produce. It integrates the tooling needed for each operation, you can mock up the finished product in any shape, form, and colour, and iron out any issues prior to even sending the job to the machine. Registration marks are set onto the sheet making the positioning and economic use of substrates almost automatic with the preparation of the job. The software uses a QR code to store all the information prepared in the planning of the job such as a camera on the cutting head which picks up the data and off it goes. Minutes later you have the desired product in your hand. With multiple jobs on the table, each of the separate QR codes provide the cutting head with all that is needed meaning it not only goes between each of the four possible processes simultaneously it also does the same across one or more sheets at the same time. The Titanium 0912 may not be an obvious name when you consider this type of machine, but the combination of hardware and software from the Chinese giant means it will become a contender. Brian Sims Principal Consultant, Metis Print Consultancy, www.metis-uk.eu cutting tools. Each with a specific purpose and task, this combination of tools can be supplemented by optional tools such as a dual V-Cut tool and press cutting tooling. Each of the individual tools provide a wide scope of materials and operations, be that kiss cut, perforation, full cut, or crease. The combination of standard or optional tools will be able to provide any process considered. Feeding and delivering the substrate is for any engineer one of the most trying of the design concepts to get right. It seems straight forward but a B1 sheet of paper or board can be quite a handful to manage. The IGS Titanium 0912 completes this task extremely well, it can hold up to 100 sheets in the feeder and collects and transports each individual sheet by means of a series of suction cups integrated into the over arch itself, firmly gripping the substrate and placing it onto the bed. One of many clever elements of the machine is the fact you can collect a combination of sheets in one go, meaning you can maximise the production of the machine by programming a number of different jobs nested into one pass. For instance, a B1 machine is not dedicated to this format, it can easily handle three B3 sheets at the same time, each with a different profile on them. Software In The Driving Seat One of the key factors of the Titanium Maximum sheet size: 900 x 1,200mm Minimum sheet size: 210 x 297mm Maximum table load: 400kg Maximum cutting speed: 1,200mm/sec Maximum cutting thickness: 6mm Cut precision: +/-0.1mm Statistics 40 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk September / October 2023 - Issue 344 ▲ DecTek is a longstanding customer of IGS. Pictured: DecTek owner Mike Beese with son and employee Harri ► A series of linear bearings allow the cutting head to move effortlessly from side to side UNDER THE HOOD / IGS TITANIUM 0912
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