Vacuum Tables Enhance Automated Cutting Systems

Automated cutting systems typically use vacuum tables when cutting most types of fabric to hold the fabric firmly in place for accurate cutting.  Plotting and cutting systems use heavy duty vacuum pumps to ensure that your desired cut is what you get, with consistent accuracy.  Vacuum pumps can be designed to work in separate zones when required, activating specific areas of the table with vacuum pressure.

Some fabrics may need a sacrificial layer to help hold the fabric while cutting, then discarded after the cutting is complete.  These layers may consist of polypropylene, PVC, Porex or a high-density polyethylene (HDPE).   This sacrificial layer is designed with your table to not reduce any suction.

Most plotter and cutter systems will have a rotary blade that is 28mm in diameter to easily cut fabric without pushing it downward.  This allows for the blade to have minimal contact with the vacuum table, which can extend the life of the sacrificial layer.

For a sturdy material, you may need carbide blades to cut through something like carbon fiber.  Typically, plotter cutter systems are used for cutting canvas in industries manufacturing large pieces of cut fabrics such as boat sails and require only the standard blade.

Systematic Automation Provides Superior Vacuum Cutting Systems

Systematic Automation is a world leading manufacturer of vacuum chuck systems in any size imaginable with distinct types of pumps to accommodate your unique process.   Our vacuum chuck systems are custom designed to fit your plotting and cutting system, with sizes from 5’ x 6’ all the way up to 72’ x 144’.  Tables greater in size the 48’ x 48’ will require additional support beyond the standard 4 points to maintain precision within +/- .001”.

We manufacture vacuum tables within +/-.001” flatness per linear foot for accuracy, setting the standard for precision flatness in the vacuum table industry.   Systematic Automation has been designing, engineering and manufacturing vacuum tables for over 30 years since our inception in 1983.  With our vast resources and expertise, we can provide high performing equipment at an affordable cost.  Let us show you how to enhance your plotter cutter system and improve your quality and cost efficiencies with superior vacuum tables.

Systematic Automation is a global leading expert in automated equipment including UV curing systems, screen printing machines and state-of-the-art vacuum table systems.  Contact us today to speak with one of our knowledgeable engineers for precision vacuum table systems.