OUR CUTTER LIBRARY

At Lizard Labels, we are proud to boast that our cutter library is one of the largest cutter libraries in the UK.  Our Cutter Library holds in excess of 8,000 cutters.

The chances are, we may have your required cutter or one so close, it will suffice, therefore negating the addition of cutter costs.

Die-cutting started out as an innovation in the 19th century Industrial Age–a way to cut patterns on materials such as leather, rubber, and fabric.  Modern die-cutting machines can now slice through a single layer of laminate on a label, with a technique called kiss-cutting.

On a rotary press, gears turn a cylindrical-shaped die to cut a long sheet or web of material which is continuously fed through the press to the area or “station” for cutting or making perforations.   The die rotates at a speed that allows cutting to be done in line with printing for the necessary registration and artwork and continuously repeats the image.

On the other hand, flat-bed die cutting uses an up-and-down technique to do the cut.  The die is lowered to cut the shape, then raised, while the material is moved the precise amount needed; then the die is lowered again to make the next cut.

As you can tell,  this is a much slower way to die-cut labels!

 

See some shots of our Cutter Library below.