Laser die cutting machine can cut quickly without burning marks

As the printing market environment continues to gain momentum, new equipment and tools are constantly attracting the attention of bosses. According to industry insiders, the digital printing market is expected to grow by 15%. In digital printing technology, production efficiency is high when printing in small batches, and the operation is simple, which can save time and money. It is also easy for customers to send DM and invoices that only change the content in the same form. In addition, there is a growing demand for barcodes for inventory management, tracking delivery information and capacity changes, and traceability through label printing in the case of counterfeit or stolen products. Variable data label companies expect that the use of variable data in the digital printing market will continue to increase in the future.

Variable data is often a problem for various small batch printing, so it is becoming a digital post-processing device that mainly manufactures small quantities of digital label finishing machines. In the analog label market, Thomson blades must be created according to label shapes and sizes, which is not suitable for small batch production of labels. But now, in the digital market, the situation is different. It uses blades and lasers to cut all die lines. It does not have to make new blades for new shapes and new sizes, so it saves money and time.

Of course, they each have their advantages and disadvantages. For the digital laser label cutting machine, its cutting speed ranges from 5m/min to a maximum of 15m/min. In addition, it is equipped with lamination, slitting and other mechanisms, so it is an all-in-one label cutting machine combined with speed. But this laser die-cutting machine has a disadvantage. The laser will produce burn marks (or called white edges in the film) on the outside of the label after cutting, which is the biggest reason why people cannot replace it.

By the way, digital blade label cutting machine will not produce burn marks or white edges like label laser die-cutting machine, which is very clean and delicate. However, most roll-to-roll label post-processors have an average speed of 1 to 2 meters per minute, which is a very slow speed for producing commercial labels. This is a very difficult choice. The user must choose fast cutting even if it produces burn marks (or white edges) or consider the clean cutting result of slow speed.