The machine, billed as the world’s first die-cutter for digitally printed sheets in the quarter-size format, either conventional or cut to size, underwent several changes for this latest generation.
Friedheim International is UK supplier for the machine, launched late last year. Price is dependent on configuration but starts at around £140,000.
It is now available with a Heidelberg sheet feeder, a modern touchpanel and new software. Engineers also increased the format by 50mm so it can handle sizes up to 580x400mm.
ProCut 58 with AutoRegister helps in folding carton production and in dealing with sheets cut down from B2 to B3. It runs at 6,000sph, the manufacturer said.
It added that changeover from die-cutting to hot-foil stamping or back again takes 10 minutes. Warm-up time is short and the cool-down phase, when changing back to die-cutting, can be omitted thanks to the removable heating plate.
Marketing manager Neil Elliott said: “As a die-cutting and embossing machine – and optionally also hot-foil stamping – this is the first automatic solution developed for B3 format and for processing all kinds of sheets, be they printed offset or digitally, or even cut after printing.
“The AutoRegister function guarantees register-precise cutting and creasing lines for each sheet, as well as precise embossing, hot-foil stamping and relief, combined hot-foil and embossing.”
He said the ProCut 58 was designed to process short-to-medium runs in high quality and with fast changeover from one job to the next.
“The ProCut 58 primarily addresses commercial job printers with their wide range of different print products, but it can also be used for folding carton production.
“Though most of the customers in the packaging industry go for the Kama ProCut 76 half-format solution, there are many applications for the ProCut 58 in the field of packaging too.”
The cutter’s new feeder optimises the paper feed, the suction head is fast and easy to adjust and the feed area is easily accessible, according to Kama, which also said that redesigned software speeds up the adjustment of the AutoRegister, which aligns every sheet with 10th-of-a-millimetre precision.
Reference runs can be omitted and the finishing die-cutter is ready to go in less time. Meanwhile the menu navigation has been simplified.
According to the company the relaunch is taking place at the right time: demand for finished short runs, both for small-format printing jobs and folding boxes, is growing.
The ProCut 58 foil covers a wide range of finishing applications and processing short-run orders made easier thanks to fast job changes.
