Kiss-cutting
Kiss-cut pipe markers
Each marker's outline is cut through the face stock while the liner stays intact. The next legend and size come from the file — no die.
Equipment
Industry
Labels & Narrow Web
Kiss-cut, die-cut, perforate and mark pressure-sensitive label stock from the file — no tooling, no blade-to-anvil gap to drift, and a changeover that is a recipe load, not a die swap.
Applications
What LasX equipment does in Labels & Narrow Web
Kiss-cutting
Sticker orders back to back
A LaserSharp® module on a narrow-web finishing line switches from one sticker design to the next on the running web — no die change, no line stop.
Equipment
Kiss-cutting
Short-run labels, finished digitally
Short runs, versioned shapes and variable data cost a recipe, not a die.
Equipment
See it on your materialSend a sample →
Marking
UDI, lot and 2D codes on the same line
Codes marked on the line that cuts the labels, without a second machine.
Equipment
Why laser, in this market
01
Depth is a number.
Kiss-cutting on a rotary die depends on the gap between blade and anvil, which drifts as the blade wears. On a laser it depends on the energy delivered per unit length — the same recipe value on the last roll as on the first.
02
No force on the stack.
A die presses through face stock and adhesive; on thin films and multi-layer PSA constructions that pressure moves the material and squeezes adhesive out of the cut. A laser removes material without contact, so edge geometry depends on absorption and focus, not press setting.
03
Every SKU is a file.
Short runs, versioned shapes and variable data cost a recipe, not a die. Marking on the same line adds UDI, lot and 2D codes without a second machine.
Buy the equipment
Buy the equipment
MicroLam™ is a stand-alone narrow-web laser finishing platform — 100 mm or 350 mm web, spindles and nips configured to your unwind and rewind, one to three LaserSharp® LPMs. The LaserSharp® LPM is the processing module alone, integrated into an existing press or digital finishing line by LasX or the line OEM.
- Kiss-cut depth is a recipe value — the same on the last roll as on the first
- No press force on thin films and multi-layer PSA constructions
- Short runs, versioned shapes and variable data cost a recipe, not a die
- UDI, lot and 2D codes marked on the same line
Have us make the parts
Have us make the labels
Contract laser converting of pressure-sensitive label stock on LasX narrow-web equipment — kiss-cut, die-cut, perforated, and marked from your file, prototype through production. No die to buy, no tooling lead time.
- First labels in days — a recipe, not a die
- Every SKU and version at the same set-up cost
- Move to your own MicroLam when the volume is there
The lead process is kiss-cutting: cut the face stock and adhesive, stop at the liner, so labels stay on the carrier for handling and dispensing.
Where dies still win
We do not laser-process vinyl (PVC) or fluoropolymer stocks. They release HCl and HF. Very long runs of one simple shape on paper stock may still be cheaper on a rotary die. We tell you which side your job falls on after a static-sample trial.
How LasX fits your line
- MicroLam — a stand-alone narrow-web laser finishing platform: 100 mm or 350 mm web, spindles and nips configured to your unwind and rewind, one to three LaserSharp® LPMs.
- LaserSharp® LPM — the processing module alone, integrated into an existing press or digital finishing line by LasX or the line OEM.
- PhotonX — send label stock; one business day to a feasibility answer, and the static-sample run is at no charge.
Submit label stock for a feasibility trial → · Have us make the labels → · Talk to an engineer about MicroLam →
Materials we process here
Questions we get asked
Can a laser cut what our die can't?
Often — it's the most common reason a die cutter sends us a job — small holes that lift off the liner, adhesives that load the die, inside cuts too intricate to strip. Minimum features run to 25 µm on laminates with NIR, green or UV sources and 50 µm in CO₂ production; on adhesives and foam, the trial sets the limit.
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.