Zünd Lineup for drupa 2024

Zünd has announced its lineup for drupa, with Lars Bendixen, Segment Manager at Zünd, saying, “We have systematically expanded our portfolio to optimise the cutting workflow every step of the way. At drupa 2024, we will be presenting innovative and highly productive solutions to help our customers digitalise their production on an individual basis according to their needs. During our conversations with customers, we take the time to really get to know their specific requirements, right down to the smallest details. This way, we can put together exactly the right combination of solutions they will need to ensure a successful and competitive production workflow. We actively support them in their transformation to the digitalised future.”

Making a debut in the trade show will be the new Q-Line generation of cutters—with the Board Handling System BHS180 and the integrated UNDERCAM optical capturing system. The company says the new cutting solution sets new standards in industrial, non-stop production and represents the highest level of automated digital cutting. The new machine concept in the Q-Line with BHS180 will redefine performance limits in multiple respects and significantly improve production efficiency compared to traditional die cutting.

The new Q-line substructure is made from a highly stable mineral casting. It ensures smooth operation and optimum cutting precision even when working at high speeds. The beams are made from carbon fibre-reinforced plastic, which makes them lightweight but exceedingly strong. This enables exact cutting even of challenging materials at maximum speeds. With Q-Line, the Zünd portfolio of productive cutting solutions has been rounded out at the top level and now covers all performance classes and customer requirements.

Zünd intends to show how productivity and cost-effectiveness can be optimised with innovative solutions such as the new board-loading extension with optional UNDERCAM, now available for its third-generation cutting systems. This solution has been adapted in a technology transfer from Q-Line with BHS180 and will be presented at drupa 2024 with a Zünd G3 cutter. Combined with the UNDERCAM optical capture system, the board-loading extension enables semi-automatic board feeding, job identification via QR code, and registration during the production process. This significantly increases productivity, particularly in cases where cutting and creasing are done on the reverse side of the board.

Visitors to the Zünd booth will have the opportunity to experience live demonstrations of how robots can be used to pick & sort finished parts automatically. Zünd is demonstrating this process with the Robot PortaTable 130, which consists of a mobile off-load table equipped with a robotic arm that can be quickly and easily set up and moved from one Zünd cutter to another. The Visualising Option ensures efficient job logistics, providing the operator with visual assistance when removing cut parts. Functions such as optical identification of cut parts and printed QR codes simplify order tracking, facilitate cutting and kitting, and ensure smooth, efficient logistics.

Zünd is also displaying its digital expertise with its growing software portfolio and range of workflow automation solutions designed for all requirements and applications. This includes the ZCC Zünd Cut Center, in which the operating software has been fully re-engineered and now features an impressive, state-of-the-art, intuitive touch interface. Zünd Cut Center - ZCC helps the user optimise the production process before, during, and after cutting. The system is sold in modules, with businesses able to add required modules anytime.

Drupa attendees will also get a close-up view of how even the most compact models in Zünd’s cutter portfolio, the Zünd S3 cutters, ensure outstanding productivity. Zund hardware can also be viewed in the digital Textile Micro Factory at the Textiles Touchpoint in Hall 4 and the Canon booth in Hall 8A.