Cutters are equipment that allow you to cut big stacks of paper (from 50 to 1000 sheets of 20# bond) only with maximum cutting dimension of 41". They are operated manually, electrically or hydraulically. manual models require you to physically lift & press down on lever, which works on spring mechanism, thus reducing amount of actual force you need to apply.
Trimmers are equipment that allow you to cut small stacks of paper (from 10 to 50 sheets of 20# bond) just with maximum cutting dimension of 141". Trimmers are divided into three categories: foam board trimmers, guillotine trimmers & rotary trimmers. Foam board trimmers cut standard, rigid, Sintra or some other types of foam boards up to 1.18" in thickness. Guillotine trimmers are strictly manual, while rotary trimmers may be manual or electric. Guillotine trimmers operate in similar fashion to manual cutters- both require physical effort, but cutter allows you to cut more paper at a time. Rotary trimmers are also either manual or electric; however, in both models source to be cut is manually fed into machine:
The main point of difference between cutters , trimmers is that cutters allow you to cut a greater number of sheets of paper at a time, while trimmers allow you to cut smaller number of different types of stock, including poster boards, mat boards, foam mounting boards, plastic, film, negatives, tissue , textiles.
You may determine which machinary to buy based mainly on the quantity of sheets of paper you need to cut at time. If you need to cut more than 50 sheets, you'll might want to consider purchasing a cutter rather than trimmer.
Cutters are typically used to cut paper or card stock, but trimmers could cut paper, card stock, poster board, mat board, foam mounting board, plastic, film, negatives, tissue , textiles.
For making complicated cuts or repeat cuts, you should purchase programmable electric cutter that lets you program and save numerous cutting sequences.
Electric cutters operate their clamps & back gauges using electricity: In fully automatic models, both clamps and back gauges are run by electricity, while in semi-automatic cutters, either one of the mechanisms may be manually operated:
Hydraulic cutters are powered by pressurized fluid to clamp and cut paper. Its clamping & cutting forces are measured in pounds.
Manual cutters are an economic way of cutting moderate amounts of paper. clamping system , back gauge are both manually adjustable.
Programmable cutters allow you to program cutting sequences & save them to its memory bank. memory key allows you to make repeat cuts of exact cutting dimensions.
Foam board trimmers allow you to cut standard, rigid & Sintra foam boards. The trimmers are either electric or manual. Horizontal & vertical trimmers operate in exact way, except that horizontal trimmers are easier to handle & vertical trimmers take up less floor space.
Guillotine trimmers are manual trimmers that could cut many different types of thing including paper, plastic, poster board, mat board, foam mounting board, plastic, film, negatives, tissue , textiles. Because the blade is limited in length, the longness of thing that can be cut in one pass is also limited: longest cutting longness within guillotine cutter_s category is 44". dedicated to longer cutting, see rotary trimmers below.
Rotary trimmers come in manual or electric models and use rolling blade to cut many different kind of material, including paper, plastic, poster boards, mat boards, foam mounting boards, plastic, film, negatives, tissue , textiles. Rotary trimmers are used when dimension of the source you wish to cut exceeds the maximum cutting longness of guillotine trimmers.
- Back gauge: A movable device on cutting machine against which the pile of paper or board is placed when measuring line at which the thing is to be cut
- Carbonless paper: Paper that is chemically coated so that duplicate copies could be produced without use of carbon paper
- Clamp: Holds paper in place by compressing front edge of pile of paper to be cut
- Hydraulic: Powered by pressurized fluid within machine
- Jogging block: A device that gently agitates the stack of paper to align the edges against flat surface
- Keyed access: Prior to cutting, access must be granted through a key to prevent unauthorized use
- Microprocessor: Allows you to program & save various cutting sequences
- Optical cutting line: An illuminated line that indicates the exact placement of your cutting stroke
- Parent stock: Paper that is produced only with a dimension of width & length of 17" x 22"
- Side guides: Plastic or metal guides that accomodate keep paper accurately aligned during cutting process
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