Summa F Series, built to grow with your business

Summa’s professional Flatbed Cutting System is an innovative solution for producing a broad variety of signage, displays, samples, packaging applications, and more.


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  • UNLEASH APPLICATIONS

    Multifunctional cutting head for cutting efficiency

    The multifunctional head can hold up to three modules at one time. The central unit houses a positioning laser and an integrated camera system for fast and accurate contour-cutting mark recognition.

  • BEAT EVERY DEADLINE

    Tangential Module for power and precision

    Offering a vertical force of 10 kg and corresponding to a wide range of matching tools. Each tool has a barcode identifier, ensuring automatic recognition and parameter settings.

  • WHEN GOOD ENOUGH WONT DO

    Advanced Safety System

    The advanced Safety System, delivered with all F Series models, guarantees a safe work environment and is compliant to worldwide health and safety requirements. Thanks to the placement of the system on the top beam, the F Series can be accessed easily, which results in higher production efficiency.

  • WHEN GOOD ENOUGH WONT DO

    Barcode for Automated workflows

    The barcode automatically identifies the job to obtain the necessary cutting data from the computer. The built-in camera scans the job automatically or by a hand scanner, depending on the selected workflow.

  • WHEN GOOD ENOUGH WONT DO

    Accelerated workflow with F-Performance

    Increase the performance of your F Series flatbed system with almost 40%. Advantages include faster up, down and turning movements of the cutting head, which will be most remarkable when using the Kiss-cutting tool.

  • WHEN GOOD ENOUGH WONT DO

    Heavy-Duty Roll Support

    The optional Heavy-Duty Roll Support allows a straight throughput of print rolls onto the wide-format flatbed sizes, F1832, F3220 and F3232. For the processing of heavy banner material and light to non-stretchable wide textile rolls, this roll support will facilitate the operator’s life considerably.

  • WHEN GOOD ENOUGH WONT DO

    Conveyor extension to minimize downtime

    The conveyor extension, optional on the F1612 flatbed cutter, processes cut designs that are much larger than the actual cutting area. While the machine cuts the next part, the first cutout parts can be removed safely at the extended front.

Breakthrough cutting solution

The F Series is developed to meet every customer’s cutting need. For this reason, the flatbed cutters from Summa include so many elements to compose your ideal cutting solution.

With an ever-increasing arsenal of tools and optional add-ons, the F Series flatbed cutting system is the breakthrough cutting solution you’ve been dreaming about.

 

Future proof your business

With the F Series, Summa offers a future-proof cutting product line based on over 30 years of expertise in building the world’s very best cutting plotters. These advanced engineered flatbed cutting tables are designed to cut various sheet and rigid materials as well as roll stock. A multifunctional cutting head, a great range of modules and tools and many media handling options contribute to the series’ versatility and flexibility

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A strong base to build upon

High-quality cutting equipment relies on a strong base. It requires a cutting unit which can be enhanced with additional features, options and add-ons at any given time. This way, the cutter can grow together with your business goals and aspirations. That is what the F Series is all about. Providing a solid base to transform your F Series model into the versatile cutting solution that perfectly fits your business needs.

The F Series is your versatile business companion. A companion you can build upon

Modules & Tools

The F Series models are equipped with a multi-functional cutting head that is able to hold up to three cutting modules at once. The system is therefore able to efficiently process cutting jobs including multiple cutting techniques. Or to quickly switch between jobs in which different materials are used. The LED pointer in the central unit and integrated camera system enable fast and accurate mark recognition.

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Drag module & tools

Make notations with pens or kiss cut a wide range of materials, using a drag knife with a pressure of 600 grams of downforce. Multiple Drag Modules can be put on the multi-functional head to allow both kiss-cutting and drawing without the need to dismount modules.

Pen Tool & Universal Pen Holder Tool

Attached to the Drag Module, this fast and accurate tool allows precise drawing on a range of materials, using either our own brand of fiber tip pens or a variety of third-party pencils and pens in a multitude of sizes and diameters, using the Universal Pen Holder Tool.

Drag Knife Tool

The Drag Knife Tool is specifically designed for fast kiss-cutting a wide range of material. With 600 g of force, this tool is ideal for cutting through a wide range of adhesive types of vinyl.

TANGENTIAL MODULE & TOOLS

The powerful tangential module is equipped with Summa's True Tangential Technology. It offers a vertical force of 10 kg and a horizontal force of 20 kg. It corresponds to a wide range of matching tools. Each of the many and varied tools have a barcode ID that ensures automatic recognition and parameter settings. Discover all the cutting techniques with the 8 tools that fit in this module.

Kiss Cutting Tool

With mechanically-controlled knife pressure, this tool is specifically designed for kiss-cutting material down to its liner up to 1.2 mm thick. This tool also includes an adjustable nose piece for precise depth control.

Single Edge Cutout Tool

The Single Edge Cutout Tool is designed for detailed cutting through materials up to 6 mm thick. A spring-loaded gliding disk allows cutting of very precise details and can be fixed at a set depth.

Double Edge Cutout Tool

The Double Edge Cutout Tool ensures minimal wear when cutting through rigid materials up to 5 mm thick. A spring-loaded gliding disk allows cutting of very precise details and can be fixed at a set depth.

Heavy Duty Cutout Tool

The Heavy Duty Cutout Tool is suitable for cutting through thicker material up to 15 mm thick.

Various Creasing Tools

The Creasing Tools are designed in several radius sizes and depth configurations to create folds in a variety of materials, such as paper, cartons, polypropylene and PVC material.

Various V-Cut Tools

The V-Cut Tools are available in 5 angles and are designed to cut a V-shaped groove in rigid sandwich and foam composite boards up to 27 mm thick, depending on the material’s density

Electronic Oscillating Tool

The EOT is ideal for cutting soft and medium-density materials, designed for cutting through material up to 10 mm thick and lightweight material up to 18 mm thick. This tool is driven by an electric motor, producing up to 12,000 rpm and moves a knife up and down over a stroke of 1 mm.

Pneumatic Oscillating Tool

This tool is available in two types. The POT is powered by compressed air and moves its knife up and down over a stroke of 8 mm. It is designed to cut through thicker, stronger and more rigid material up to 25 mm thick. The POT-L has a long knife to cut thick, soft material with a minimum thickness of 20 mm and a maximum thickness up to 42 mm.

Perforating Tool

The perforating tool is used to make perforations in a very efficient and fast way. By using this tool, the perforated materials will be a lot easier to bend or fold. This will save considerable time in the assembling of, for instance, cardboard or polypropylene boxes.

Media Handling & Workflows

The Summa F Series flatbed systems offer many intelligent and efficient media handling features to optimise and future-proof your cutting workflow. A number of them are integrated, others can be retrofitted at any given time.

So, go ahead and add another shift to your F Series operation with our large gamut of media handling add-ons and options to obtain ultimate production efficiency, reduce operator intervention and enhance overall ease-of-use.

 

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Summa F1612

The F1612 is Summa’s smallest F Series flatbed cutter, fitting effortlessly into many production area’s.

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Summa F1432

The F1432 is the latest addition to the F Series flatbed cutters.

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Summa F1832

The F1832 F Series flatbed cutter is a perfect match for cutting popular materials, such as 150 cm wide rolls and 152 x 304 cm rigid board materials.

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Summa F3220

The F3220 F Series flatbed cutter has a working width of 3.2 m. It is the ideal companion to process wide-format materials with utmost ease and accuracy.

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Summa F3232

The F3232 is Summa’s large format F Series flatbed cutter, the ideal companion to process popular print sizes with utmost ease and accuracy.

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