Selecting The Speed Of The Cut Or Creasing Tool; Selecting The Force Of The Cut/Crease - Intec ColorCut SC5000 Series User Manual

10.12.5 Selecting the Speed of the Cut or Creasing Tool

The parameter Speed
design/project. The available range is 7mm/s - 960mm/s.
When cutting packaging
predominantly straight lines and sweeping
curves, high speeds can be used for example;
850 - 960mm/s.
shapes slower speeds are recommended.
When using the creasing tool, on some substrates
a slower crease may yield superior results.
It is possible to create multiple Material Types
with different speeds. You can then apply the
different material types to various elements within your cutting design (the design will
need to be created using different line colors to allow you to identify each element)
This makes ColorCut Pro highly versatile as it enables you to assign multiple different
speed profiles within one cut file using the different line colors.

10.12.6 Selecting the Force of the Cut/Crease

The parameter Force
is 0 - 750g.
A cutting force of 250-350g should be sufficient for card or media up to 350 microns
thick. Settings above 550g may suggest that more blade is required.
Settings below 220g may suggest that you have too much blade exposed and less
blade is required (except when cutting labels).
The most OPTIMAL cutting results are achieved when using pressure to help
cut, NOT by extending the amount of blade. For the best results, you require
the smallest amount of blade achievable.
Cutting with too much blade, will reduce the life of the blade and cause
excessive wear on the cutting strip.
inverted turn (tears - a name for corners on inverted turns being turned over).
Please take care to observe the above guide lines for cutting force with
regular card on die-cut projects.
However, creasing often requires maximum Force and often up to 750g for is used
for creasing applications & you also further increase the creasing effect by selecting
'DoublePass' .
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controls the speed of the carriage while cutting your
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However for small delicate
controls the Force applied by the tool. The range available
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