Edward Mathias & Company

Example- MSK500F

• M     Indicates the body type and dictates the machines into which it will fit.

• SK    Indicates SMART KNIFE and is common to all types.

• 500  Indicatesthe cutter offset in MICRONS. [500 Microns = 0.5mm but we don’t use decimal points in part numbers]

• F      Indicates the type of blade fitted in the unit and the mater...

DRAG plotters are less expensive to manufacture because they are simpler in their design and have fewer moving parts, but they have no means of rotating the blade when it is out of the media, and rather as a windsock depends on wind resistance to drag it down wind of the pole [Its centre of rotation] a drag cutter depends on the cutting resistance of the media to ensure that the cutting part of the blade [which is offset from its centre of rotation] is dragged behind centre and there...

What is it?

A program built into the firmware of drag knife plotters.

Why is it needed?

To enable drag knife plotters to cut text or images with sharp corners.

How does it work?

The plotter manoeuvres on a path which compensates for the blade offset.

Is it automatic?

NO.You must give the plotter the correct information about the type of blade in use.

How is ...