Roland’s CAMM-1 GR-640

 

The new generation of GR-640/540/420 professional vinyl cutters from Roland DG has been redesigned for improved cutting quality and productivity.

According to Yohei Shinomura, product manager of Roland DG’s digital printing business, the GR series’ new ergonomic L-shaped design of the integrated stand and machine provides the stability required to ensure precision cutting even at high speed. The redesigned cutting carriage, blade holder and other core mechanisms enable the machines to achieve a maximum cutting speed of 1,485 mm/s and up to 600 g of downforce for cutting through difficult media with a single pass. Models are available in 1,651 mm, 1,397 mm and 1,075 mm cutting widths.

The GR series is equipped with electronic pinch rollers that can adjust the pressure to 10 pre-set levels for smooth feeding of any media thickness. The overlap cutting function allows for up to 10 times overlap cutting for difficult-to-cut substrates. The overcut function emulates the results from a tangential cutter and is said to deliver sharp, clean corners on challenging media.

The cutters are capable of reading crop marks on pre-printed data to accurately align graphics. The bundled Roland CutStudio features a perforating cutting function that is convenient for making die-cut effect stickers and decals, and a cut-by-colour function for outputting designs with multiple coloured sheets. A new function automatically creates weed lines for more efficient weeding after designs have been cut. Roland CutStudio includes plug-in software that allows outputting from Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. A media basket is provided to collect cut sheets. 

‘The GR series has been developed with the aim of delivering class-leading cutting quality and productivity based on all the technological achievements our company previously established while adding an entirely fresh layer of innovation,’ said Mr Shinomura. ‘I am positive that the GR series will boost the quality and efficiency of customers’ work, and provide ample capability for expanding their business opportunities.

Roland DG will be demonstrating the CAMM-1 GR Series at Sign & Digital UK 2017.