SignLink October / November 2024 - Issue 255

29 Issue 255 - October / November 2024 email: news@signlink.co.uk The need for a large-format digital cutting system is very desirable and increasingly necessary if you need to meet the demands of a modern customer base. The words ‘large-format’ can cause some to worry that not only a new machine could be needed, but a new building to fit it in too. To make cutting, creasing, and engraving viable in today’s market, size actually does matter, so you may well be considering the new building after all. Unless, you take a look at a range of digital cutting machines from JWEI, supplied in the UK by CMYUK – the JWEI JCUT series of digital cutting systems. One of a number of USPs within this range is that the machine has detachable parts incorporated into the design, meaning it can be transported in smaller parts. This means installation via smaller access and doorways is now viable and you can put thoughts of a new build to one side, making investment more accessible to businesses of all sizes. The machine is robust in design due to a solid steel welded frame giving the rigidity needed for wide-format material processing and the cutting table itself is made of durable aluminium. Quite often focus is put on the design of the cutting head and the capacity and flexibility that this can give. But without ensuring the foundation of the machine is substantial, all the investment will be for nothing. JWEI has satisfied this requirement on the JCUT-3230 and JCUT-2131 models by using a carbon fibre reinforced variant bringing strength and rigidity but not adding additional weight to the machine overall. The tool head on the gantry is driven by a DMC servo drive system, with postioning achieved by the use of a linear guide system. To ensure the accuracy of the product, the system can place the cutter in play anywhere on the cutting table with a repeat precision of +/-0.05mm. Speed is obviously an important factor and the design of the tool head drive system will move it at up to 1500mm/s. As for the table itself, the vacuum bed is divided into six sections which means the full capacity of the 7.5KW vacuum pump can be directed exactly where it is needed. Vacuum pressure can be easily lost when it vents to the atmosphere, so the ability to close down unneeded sections greatly ensures the product is rigidly held to the bed. All these unseen key elements of the JCUT range of machines sets a solid foundation for the actual action area of the systems – the tool head. Tools of Your Choice A benefit to the JCUT machines is the range of tools that come as standard. These are a Universal Cutting Tool (UCT), a Kiss Cutting Tool (KCT), an Electric Oscillating Tool (EOT), a Crease Wheel Tool (CWT), and a V Cut Tool (VCT). The tool head itself can hold up to three devices simultaneously which gives the operator a large range of processes such as kiss or through cutting, engraving, creasing, routing, and clever combinations of virtually any surface manipulation. The tool head has a 1.8KW liquid cooled spindle at a speed of 60,000rpm which gives the ability to cut, crease, or mill a wide range of materials with both precision but also providing a clean surface finish on edges and surfaces. With modern cutting tool materials speed is important to ensure the substrate is cleanly sheared which in turn means the item does not require any post-production work to remove burrs or sharp edges. The JWEI JCUT range comprises three variations of cutting tables to accommodate a wide range of substrates to be processed by cutting, creasing, or routing. Brian Sims finds out more… A Cut Above the Rest A modular design allows the system to be installed in locations with limited access UNDER THE HOOD / JWEI JCUT

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