Topic
Die-cutting
4 articles
Crosland Cutters reviewed: the tooling behind every die-cut box
The forme is where a CAD drawing becomes a physical tool. What goes into one, what rule height and point thickness decide, and why tooling sets the lead time.
FSDUs: what makes a cardboard display unit work in store
What separates a free-standing display unit that sells from one that sags: load path, footprint, assembly time, print and the lead times a promotion needs.
Die-cut or standard style: when custom tooling is worth the outlay
What a cutting forme costs you, what die-cutting buys that a slotted case cannot, and how to work out the run length where custom tooling starts to pay.
Policart anvil covers reviewed: why we run them on our rotary die-cutter
A review of Policart's boltless, metal-free anvil covers for rotary die-cutting: what they do, what sets them apart, and why we run them on our corrugated line.
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