FKS: New creative possibilities
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The FKS/PFi Blade B3+ digital cutting table is now followed by the FKS/PFi Blade B2+, which opens up further creative possibilities for digital die cutting. The system for the B2 format can also be used to reliably perform various cutting applications, as well as creasing and perforating tasks and plotting processes. The system impresses with its versatility, optimum interaction between software and hardware, and intuitive operation.
A wide range of different papers, laminated products, stickers and synthetic materials with grammages of up to 500 g/m2 are cut, creased, perforated and slit to a cutting depth of up to 6 mm. The different tools can be used specifically depending on the application.
A classic cut-out is already possible with the standard knives just as precisely as a contour cut or perforation. A subsequent folding application is optimally prepared by a rotary creasing tool included in the scope of delivery. An oscillating knife is also available, which is particularly suitable for processing thicker materials up to 6 mm thick. Tangential knives ensure that even fine cuts can be made cleanly.
Three knives as well as a rotary tool for creasing or perforating or a drawing pen can be distributed simultaneously on the four tool holders of the tool head in a single operation. In this way, the FKS/PFi Blade B2+ can be used to produce a wide range of common as well as complex products, such as packaging, greeting cards, stickers and much more, in a wide variety of shapes, formats and material depths.
Digitization is also a key feature of theFi Blade B2+, as jobs are only required in digital form, even for personalized end products.
The system includes the intelligent German-language PFi Blade Connect software, which has already proven itself on the Blade B3+.
The jobs to be processed are created in vector programs and the work steps are defined in different layers. By uploading the job files to the software, the layers can be assigned to the corresponding tools there.
The production can be controlled via a printed QR code, which is read by the CCD camera included in the standard. The QR code is used to load the appropriate PDF into the software. The additional reading of the register marks has the effect of compensating for print image fluctuations and determining the exact position of the sheet. Controlled fully automatically, the selected tools now follow the specified layers and thus produce the desired end products from run one.
The FKS/PFi Blade B2+ digital cutting table therefore once again considerably expands the range of creative possibilities. Intuitively and with a high degree of automation, numerous creative end products from stickers to packaging can be produced from run 1.
