Colex launches flatbed cutter

A new Colex flatbed cutter has made its European debut at Sign & Digital UK, garnering one UK sale on the first day of last week's show.

The cutter’s unique selling point, according to UK distributor Leopold Professional Imaging, is its price point which, it claims, is half that of other market-leading flatbed cutting tables.

The 1.6m x 3m flatbed cutter retails at £55,000. Included in the price is a one horse power motor, software, a computer interface, installation and delivery and three tool heads from a range including an oscillating knife, fixed knife, kiss-cut knife and creasing tool.

Another highlight, according to the distributor, was the cutter’s "robust" build and the possibility of upgrading the router motor used to a three horse power fitting for cutting particularly challenging substrates.
 
First buyer of the new machine in the UK, A3M Designs reported that a key attraction was its low-noise vacuum system that has six individual pumps for ease of use should one pump fail. "The reduced noise is a massive factor," said co-owner at A3M Ken Green.

"It's also simply the way it’s put together, it is just very impressive - it looks like its going to last."