Pathfinder L-Series Low-ply Automated Cutting Machine

The L-Series delivers a reliable and highly productive conveyorised cutting system that will dramatically enhance the speed of your cutting room. Whether you are a sample maker in the fashion industry or responsible for cutting challenging composite materials, upholstery fabrics or technical textiles, the advanced technology of the L-Series cutter will give you consistent, trouble free and accurate cutting, time after time.

From Silk to Aramid

The Pathfinder range of high-precision conveyorised cutting machines are designed and manufactured to deliver the very best results. Pathfinder engineers will discuss your particular requirement and configure a solution that will be perfectly tailored to your production environment. The Pathfinder L-Series comes standard with the folllowing:

• Windows® operating system
• PathCut® cutter operating software
• Touchscreen user interface
• Utility drawer
• Digital vacuum control – 2 speed
• Vacuum Economiser® power saving function
• Import standard industry files – DXF, HPGL, ISO RS274d, NTV, ESSI
• Common line deletion – dynamic ‘on the fly’ calculation
• Notch identification and alteration
• Drill hole identification and transformation
• Cut line proximity awareness
• Automatic cutting window calculation- ‘Whole piece cutting’ where possible.
• Zoom and Scroll graphic gestures
• Piece and cut order and identification
• Self diagnostics
• End cut – Operator programmable
• Cutting small pieces first – user definable
• Pre-set cutting parameters
• Multi-level user access – parameter protection
• MultiCut™ queuing of nested files
• QuickPath™ automatic cut piece ordering to reduce dry haul

• Integration – automatic cut job queuing, cutting list status and completed marker list
• Automatic selvedge waste cut at programmable intervals
• Self adjusting software parameters optimising cut quality
• Marker manipulation features, notch selection, rotation, flip, drill omission, scaling and more
• Conveyor advance pause – automatic user definable
• Automatic conveyor advance – distance & time user definable
• Automatic pause at piece selected
• Selection of pieces – do not cut
• Automatic lay width checking
• System history file – production cut file verification
• Power fail re-start sequence – integrating intuitive operator prompts
• Maintenance Manager – automatic reporting of maintenance requirements and schedule
• Head parking – user definable
• Units display in metric, imperial/yards and inches
• Flaw avoidance- automatic piece movement avoiding material flaws
• Recut – Selection of single piece or from piece number
• Multi-language supported
• Roll feeder (bar and cradle feeding)

Customisable for any application

A single L-Series cutter is suited to a wide variety of applications. The cutting head can be fitted with four working tools at the same time including both Round Knife and Drag Knife, Marking Tool, and a Crease, Notch or Punch tool. Additionally there are a host of pre and post cutting productivity enhancing options for material loading, piece marking and bundling.

• ABR (Airbrush) – non contact paint marking for difficult materials such as fibreglass
• ANT (Automatic Nesting) – automatic pattern nesting. (Available only with PTW)
• APM (Adaptive Pattern Matching) – Bow & Skew adjustments for stripes, motifs and pre-printed textiles
• BCR (Barcode Reader) – automatic opening of production using barcodes
• DRG (Drag Knife) – ultra fine cutting tool for specialty materials
• HDC (Head Camera) – camera dynamically interacts with PathCut for Matching and other functions
• IJP (Ink-Jet) – mounted inside the cutting head used for printing part identification
• JTP (JetPen) – non contact high speed ink marking

• LSC (LS Convert) – automatic conversion of native PLA & PLX file format
• MRK (Marking) – tool holder accepting a variety of standard marking pens-seam lines/text etc.
• OFD (Offload Display) – synchronised display of delivered cut parts
• OFP (Offload Printer) – adhesive label (50mm x 35mm) synchronised with OFD and delivered cut parts
• OFJ (Offload Projector) – synchronised projected display of delivered cut parts directly onto the material
• PTW (PathWorks®) – integrated within PathCut® enabling pattern creation and nesting
• PM (Pattern Matching) – aligns patterns across cut parts with pinpoint accuracy from any striped, plaid or motif material
• PRA (Production Analyst) – remote access to production manager data – standalone software
• PRM (Production Manager) – integrated production reporting