Cutting
Short-run cartons, no cutting die
Cartons cut, scored and finished on demand. Changeover is a file load, so a run of one carries no tooling cost.
Equipment
Industry
Folding Cartons
LasX builds laser finishing systems for folding carton converters and commercial printers, and runs on-demand carton production through the CartonsInMinutes® program.
0Dies ordered, stored, or sharpened
CartonsInMinutes®On-demand carton program
Applications
What LasX equipment does in Folding Cartons
Cutting
Printed sheets in, sorted cartons out
Printed sheets are cut, scored, perforated, separated and sorted. The job file that drove the press replaces the die.
Equipment
Scoring
Fold scores that don't cut through
Laser scores set the fold lines on the inside face. On the outside the fold lines show, but the scores do not cut through.
Equipment
Cutting
Windows and cut-outs
Windowing and filigree geometry a die cannot hold, cut in register with the print.
Equipment
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Marking
Inkless coding and embellishment
Permanent laser coding, serialized marks for brand protection, and large-area embellishment on printed board — no inks, no labels.
Equipment
Why laser, in this market
01
Easy-open and convenience without added materials
Laser scoring and tear features that open where the design says, on every carton, with no hard tooling to change between SKUs.
02
On-demand, inkless variable data and embellishment
Permanent laser coding, serialized marks for brand protection, and large-area embellishment on printed board — no inks, no labels, faster changeovers.
03
Short runs at full margin
Every design is a digital recipe. Runs of one carry no tooling cost, so versioning, regional variants, and promotions stop being a production problem.
Buy the equipment
Buy the equipment
SmartFinish™ takes printed sheet or roll input through cut, score, and separation to sorted finished cartons. The job file that drove the press replaces the die.
- Short runs priced without tooling amortization
- Same-day design changes — no die lead time
- Windowing and filigree geometry a die cannot hold
Have us make the parts
Have us make the cartons
CartonsInMinutes® — on-demand laser-finished cartons, prototype through short-run production, while you build the volume case for your own machine.
- Package prototypes in days, not die lead times
- Market-test multiple structures without tooling any of them
Digital printing removed the plate from carton graphics. The die is the part still priced and scheduled like it's offset. That is why short-run carton work is hard to quote profitably.
More from production
See it run
Want to see it on your material? Send a sample and we will run it in the lab and send the footage back.
Materials we process here
Questions we get asked
Does the laser scorch the board edge?
Power, speed, and board stock set the edge browning, and it is tunable. On most coated and uncoated boards the process window produces a clean edge. The way to know for your stock is a trial, which is why we run one before quoting a machine.
Can it crease, or only cut?
Laser scoring produces the fold line by removing material to a controlled depth rather than displacing it mechanically. For most carton geometries this folds cleanly. We evaluate deep-crease constructions per board in the lab.
The fastest way to find out is to send us the material.
Trials in the PhotonX lab come back as processed samples and a written report — not a proposal.