Valiani’s New Optima 160 Flatbed Cutter Helps Wellington Press Of Leyton Cut Thicker Substrates At Faster Speeds
Wellington Press, Leyton, East London, has taken the decision to upgrade its flatbed cutter from the Valiani Mat Pro Ultra V150 to the Valiani Optima 160.
The product was purchased and installed by Morgana Systems, the UK exclusive distributor for Valiani products.
Commenting on the purchase, Nick Murray, Managing Director of Wellington Press, said: “We are now regularly handling thicker substrates.
The Optima 160 can cut up to 20mm, and we can now work on materials up to 1,600mm x 1,230mm.
It also allows us to produce work faster thanks largely to the twin head tool station. That means, for example, that we can cut and crease at the same time.”
The Valiani Optima 160 replaces an existing Valiani Matt Pro Ultra V150 at Wellington Press. “The V150 was a great product, and has served us well, but, as demand has grown, the time was right for us to move to a more capable and more productive machine,” added Nick.
“Morgana kept in touch with us after the initial purchase. We were able to update them on our progress with that unit, and when the more robust Optima unit became available to them, they talked to us about the benefits the change might offer us. We were looking for faster production and the ability to cut thicker boards, and that is what the more robust Optima can provide.”
The Valiani Optima series of flatbed cutting tables offer extreme versatility. The Optima 160 machine is a vacuum flatbed die-cutting unit that is able to cut a wide range of materials up to 20mm (3/4″) thick, on a bed measuring 1,600 x 1,230mm.
The unit is ideal for in-house prototyping, point-of-sale displays, or short to medium runs of packaging boxes – which can even incorporate high levels of personalisation.
Valiani Optima units provide the user with reliability and flexibility, and are simple and intuitive to operate.
The Optima series incorporates refined cutting technology that can satisfy the most demanding of users.
The 160 offers a vacuum table for holding the media in place, a twin headed tool station, and interchangeable accessories for cutting, half-cutting and creasing, drawing and oscillating, and perforating a wide range of media.
The Optima comes as standard with a camera for crop mark detection.
Used in combination with the optional OptiCrop software, the unit can perform accurate contour cutting and creasing around pre-printed media – even with print-distorted materials.
About Valiani
Cutting machines, excellence since 1974
Valiani is the perfect expression of Italian mechanics.
From the invention of the first computerized mat cutting machine for the framing industry to robust machinery for packaging and printing industries, our goal is to provide all of our industry partners the ability to process the widest range of materials.
We export our cutting machines to more than 80 countries, where we have carried out over 4,000 installations, ensuring first-class service.
Our flatbed plotters for framing are chosen by museums such as the Vatican Museums, the Louvre, the Hermitage and other prestigious institutions such as The White House, EU Brussels Parliament and NY Public Library.
Our cutting machines are also chosen for use by large companies such as Ferragamo and Kering Group.
