After printing and finishing by varnishing and gilding, the French manufacturer MGI Digital Technology launches into cutting, digital of course. Four years of research and development were necessary to develop this new machine, Octopus Web, which owes its name to the impressive number of motorized arms that compose it.
Intended for the finishing of adhesive labels in reel, this equipment is "a breakthrough technology that combines the best of both worlds of cutting: the traditional with the quality of the blades and the digital with its ability to use a PDF file" explains Nicolas Venance, MGI Digital Technology's communication director.
Demonstrated for the first time at the All4Pack 2024 exhibition held at the end of November in Villepinte, the machine has three independent motors, each with one to five knives, and reaches a speed of 20 m/min.
Each arm has the ability to perform a particular cutting pattern, both simple and complex. One arm handles one row of labels, every other row if there are two arms, every third row if there are three arms.
Being based on digital technology, MGI's specialty, the Octopus manages variable data. Thus, each row of labels can be cut in a unique way.
"Here at All4Pack, we have made different labels from a simple graphic thanks to cutting. Cutting thus becomes finishing." underlines Nicolas Venance.
In addition to managing digital files, its other advantage is its cutting quality. "Even on textured paper, the cut is of high quality. Unlike laser technology, the blades leave absolutely no burn marks."
The Octopus Web can also be equipped with punching and creasing tools.
The commercialization of this machine is planned for the first half of 2023.
