USED CARDBOARD DIGITAL CUTTER PLOTTER (100 x 140 CM)

Optimize your packaging sample making and short-run production with this highly versatile Used Digital Cutter Plotter. Featuring a generous 100 x 140 cm working area, this flatbed cutting table is specifically engineered to process a wide variety of substrates. It effortlessly handles cardboard, corrugated materials, paper, films, foam, rubber, and plastics without the need to manufacture expensive traditional cutting dies.

The journey from a blank substrate to a finished packaging product involves three major stages. Understanding these steps highlights where a digital cutter plotter fits into the manufacturing ecosystem, particularly for prototyping and short runs.

1. Printing Process

This is where graphics, branding, and text are applied to the substrate (such as cardboard or paper films). For high-volume production, industrial offset or flexographic presses are used. For short runs and personalized packaging, large format digital flatbed printers are utilized.

2. Die Cutting & Digital Cutting

Once printed, the material must be cut to its structural shape and creased for folding.

• Traditional Die Cutting: Uses heavy machinery (like automatic flatbed die-cutters) and custom-made wooden boards fitted with steel blades (dies). It is extremely fast but requires setup time and tooling costs, making it ideal for mass production.
• Digital Cutting (Plotters): A machine like this 100 x 140 cm cutter plotter uses a computer-guided multi-tool head equipped with oscillating blades, drag knives, and creasing wheels. Because it requires no physical dies, it reads digital CAD files directly, making it perfect for rapid prototyping, foam inserts, rubber gaskets, and short-run bespoke packaging.

3. Print Finishing & Converting

The final step transforms the flat, cut sheet into a usable product. This includes surface treatments like UV varnishing, hot foil stamping, or laminating for protection and aesthetic appeal. Structurally, it involves folding and gluing machines (folder-gluers) that apply adhesive and fold the cut blanks into finished, collapsible boxes ready for the client.