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Which CNC cutter fits your production?
“CNC cutter” covers a broad family of machines, including routers, plasma and laser systems, milling machines and knife-based cutting tables, and the right one depends on what you produce. A woodshop needs a router. A metal fabricator needs plasma. For packaging, display and print finishing, that machine is a digital cutting table.
If you produce packaging, displays, signage or finished print, the digital cutting table is your CNC cutter. It cuts, creases, routes and mills sheet material from a file, using interchangeable tools instead of a single fixed spindle.
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CNC cutter, laser, die cutting or digital cutting table
Four ways to cut a sheet, each built around a different priority. Here is how they differ on the points that decide the purchase.
Cutting systems
Which Kongsberg table could help your production?
Keeps up when corrugated and display volume keeps climbing
Rising order volume puts pressure on every step of the floor, from board handling to changeover time. The Ultimate is built to absorb that growth, with a rigid carbon fiber beam and precise motion control that holds its accuracy at speed.
- Built for: high-volume corrugated and display production
- Typical work: packaging, displays, complex corrugated jobs
- Strength: the most productive table in the Kongsberg range
- Max. linear speed (XY): 167.5 m/min (2.8 m/s), acceleration up to 2.74 G
Holds its accuracy through demanding, round-the-clock runs
Continuous production leaves no room for accuracy to drift between the first sheet of a shift and the last. The C Series pairs a rigid frame with advanced motion technology to keep cutting and creasing precise on demanding materials, day in, day out.
- Built for: continuous 24/7 production on demanding materials
- Typical work: packaging, signage, displays
- Strength: heavy-duty construction and advanced motion technology
- Max. linear speed (XY): 100 m/min, acceleration up to 1.72 G
Moves with you when the job mix changes from one order to the next
Short runs, mixed materials and designs that change by the week call for a table that adapts as fast as the job does. The X Series switches between jobs without new tooling or long changeovers, covering a broad and shifting mix on one platform.
- Built for: versatility across a broad and changing job mix
- Typical work: mixed materials and mixed job types
- Strength: the widest application range
- Max. linear speed (XY): 50 m/min, acceleration up to 0.56 G
Results
Proof from the production floor
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Trade show exhibit & display fabricator
“The accuracy on your Kongsberg? Legitimately, I don't know how you get better!”
- Speed of the C64 enables completion of jobs just hours after receiving designs
- Increased productivity means improved profitability
- Ease of set-up, use and changing of tools maximizes uptime
Before you ask
Frequently asked questions
What is a CNC cutter?
What is a CNC cutter?
A CNC cutter is any cutting machine controlled by a digital file rather than by hand, covering routers, lasers, plasma systems and knife-based cutting tables. In packaging, display and print finishing, the CNC cutter used is a digital cutting table such as the Kongsberg C Series or X Series.
Is a digital cutting table a CNC machine?
Is a digital cutting table a CNC machine?
Yes. It is computer-controlled in exactly the same sense, but it carries several interchangeable tools rather than a single spindle. Kongsberg tables hold up to four tools across three positions on the Ultimate, so one job can cut, crease and route without an operator stepping in.
What is the difference between a CNC router and a digital cutting table?
What is the difference between a CNC router and a digital cutting table?
A router removes material with a rotating bit, which suits thick rigid stock but cannot crease or handle flexible sheet. A Kongsberg digital cutting table includes routing, with milling spindles up to 3 kW, and adds knife cutting, creasing and drilling on the same machine.
What is the difference between a CNC cutter and a laser cutter?
What is the difference between a CNC cutter and a laser cutter?
A laser cutter uses a focused beam and cuts thermally, which limits the material range and can affect the edge. A Kongsberg digital cutting table works mechanically with interchangeable knives, creasing wheels and routing tools, keeping a wider material range open with no heat-affected edges.
Can a CNC cutter crease and fold board?
Can a CNC cutter crease and fold board?
Only if it carries creasing tooling, which routers and lasers do not. Kongsberg tables offer the Heavy-Duty Tool Unit and VariAngle Unit for creasing and V-notch work, so board comes off the table scored and ready to fold.
Which CNC cutter is best for packaging and display production?
Which CNC cutter is best for packaging and display production?
A digital cutting table, because packaging and display work needs cutting and creasing together across a wide material range. The Kongsberg Ultimate is built for high-volume corrugated and display output at 167.5 m/min, with the C Series for continuous production and the X Series for varied job mixes.