The Italian manufacturer is showing the Kombo SD2 cutter plotter for the first time. It can cut through materials up to 120mm thick, and the gantry has two independent axes – one with a high-power 50,000rpm milling module, the other with traditional cutting tools. It also features an automatic tool changer.
The Kombo SD2 comes in a range of formats and prices start at around €77,000.
Elitron is also entering a new area of the market with its Heleva materials handling system, which was shown as a prototype last year and is now commercially available.
The Heleva (pictured below) has been created by Elitron’s Researching Full Automation division and uses intelligent suction cups to deliver the required type and quantity of material to wide-format industrial printers.
“It’s an intelligent system and can handle four different types of stack,” explained marketing and sales coordinator Caroline Bell. “The printer can be driven by the Heleva, or interfaced to it. We’ve had a lot of interest in it already.”
Elitron said the Heleva would pay for itself in three years. The firm is about to install the first unit at an Italian POS printer.
The manufacturer is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Its origins lie in cutting systems for leather for the automotive and furniture industries, and it brought its know-how into the graphic arts area relatively recently.
At Fespa Digital the firm took a sideswipe at established competitors in the cutting arena, and the messaging on its booth said: “the prehistoric giants have had their time – we create your future”.
