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Laser Digital Finishing Equipment for the Commercial Print Market

LaserSharp® digital finishing equipment for commercial printing markets helps you move beyond simple printed materials.

Laser digital finishing equipment for the commercial printing market helps you add memorable, eye-catching designs to printed materials that get noticed. Our laser cutting systems eliminate expensive tooling, letting you bring creative and intricate products to market in less time for less money.

Laser processing frees you from traditional die cutting constraints by offering:

  • Unlimited cutting paths with no shape limitations
  • Smoothly contoured lines and arcs that are free from jagged edges or other processing defects
  • Small, intricate, and complex features

LasX is unique because we offer both sheet-fed and roll-fed conveyor driven digital finishing systems to commercial printing markets in addition to more traditional gantry tables.

 

  • LasX’s roll-fed and sheet-fed systems pass the processing material into and out of the work area. As the material passes underneath the lasers, mirrors in the laser module move the beam around to cut out the pattern. The finished pieces then exit through the outfeed. Optional multiple laser modules incorporated into the systems enhance your processing flexibility and speed.
  • Our XY Workstations move the entire work area in one direction while the laser moves in the X and Y axes. These workstations allow you to process larger sheets with a single scan head. An optional fixed focus assembly allows you to switch between processing modes and cut through thicker materials.

 

Both system types give you a complete digital commercial printing workflow that eliminates downtime and tooling costs. An advantage of digital finishing is that changing a pattern is as easy as opening a file—there are no knives or dies to swap out or clean, allowing your production rates to soar. And because you don’t have to wait for dies to be created, your time to market is markedly reduced.

 

Feature Benefit
Multiple processes Perforating, through-cutting, kiss-cutting, slitting, etching, and scoring are all available, in a single workstation.
Tiling and nesting Automatic tiling splits large parts over the work area and monitors laser cut lines to ensure smooth, contoured lines. Superior precision allows parts to be nested closely together, reducing material waste.
Job queuing and variable pattern identification Barcodes printed on the processing material can identify and load upcoming parts, allowing automatic pattern changeover on the fly. Job queues display upcoming parts for reference and allow you to change processing order right at the workstation.
Registration and vision systems Sensors and vision cameras trigger and match laser processing to registration marks or printed features, giving you unparalleled accuracy and superior precision.
Inline or offline placement A digital finishing system can be placed directly inline with your press, giving you a fully automated, on-demand commercial printing solution from printing to finished part. Or place the laser cutting equipment offline for more hands-on control of the production process.


A variety of materials are available for processing; you’re limited only by your imagination. LasX has experience building systems to process:

 

  • Unlimited papers (smooth, textured, cover, text, or synthetic)
  • Polyester
  • Acrylic
  • Label stock
  • Vellum
  • Textiles (velvet, fleece, denim, ribbons)
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If your commercial printing application does not justify a system purchase, our Converting Services teams can help you produce eye-catching, affordable designs on a contract basis.

Contact us for more information.

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