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ColorCut SC7800 Pro-RS XL

Digital cutter-creaser that mimics a traditional die and form solution, says Simon Eccles
moves it back and forth to give the other
dimension.
“We call it a Y axis cutter, as the sheet
movement is in the Y axis direction when
looking at the cutter from the control
panel on the front,” says Baker-Homes.
Feeding is by vacuum belt and sheets are
then moved back and forth by rollers that
also press it down.
The tool head is in a double-synced car-
riage moving in the X dimension (left-
right), with the creasing tools both above
and below the sheet moving together to
form the folds.
There are three tools: two above and
one below. The tangential creasing tool
can orientate itself in the direction of the
What does it do? Label Business Unit, says that different crease and can be fitted with five wheel
This is a new design of B2 digital sheet Plockmatic Group brands will be used widths from 0.28mm to 0.95mm. It is
cutter and creaser, the latest addition to depending on local markets. In the UK, “super-easy to change” says Baker-
Plockmatic Group’s ColorCut SC7700 the Morgana brand is used for most off- Homes. This is followed below by a coun-
series cutter- creasers, with a more com- Specifications line finishing models, while Plockmatic
pact format than a conventional flatbed Max media size XL is used for inline systems, including the ter-creasing tool. The second top tool
machine. It can handle sheets up to model: 520x740mm ColorCut range of smaller-format digital holds a passive contour cutting blade
520x720mm in thicknesses up to cutters and flatbeds. suitable for up to 450micron board. This
450microns, and as well as cutting and Effective contour The Intec brand, from Plockmatic’s is fast and can follow the contour without
creasing also offers kiss-cuts and perfora- cutting area XL takeover of the UK printing and finishing lifts, though lifts are available if anyone
tion. Plockmatic claims it produces the model: 510x720mm supplier, is still popular in the UK too, wants them.
best creases of any digital sheet cutter, says Baker-Homes. So in the UK you’ll be The tool carriage also contains the
thanks to pressing and moulding tools Crease capability able to buy this as either a Morgana or “ninth generation Vision3 sensor,” used
Dual opposing tan-
that move above and below the sheet gential creasing Intec SC7800 Pro XL, but the only differ- to detect registration marks. It can read
simultaneously, giving ‘formed’ creases wheel and groove, ence is the badge. tricky marks like white on dark board, or
similar to a metal rule platen machine. It Reverse side capa- Initial batches of the SC7800 Pro XL
can feed up to 1,000 sheets unattended, ble will be made by a Chinese partner of marks on foil.
with automatic job call-up by reading QR Plockmatic that already makes the earlier Plockmatic says that it delivers “proba-
codes on the sheets. Creasing force Up to ColorCuts, but Baker-Homes says that bly the best digital on-demand crease in
Like the earlier Intec ColorCut cutters 2.5kg for max production will in future switch to the world”. Also that it’s patent-pending.
that are sold by the same Plockmatic 450micron Plockmatic’s own factory in Riga, Latvia.
Group (it merged Morgana and Intec a Max speed How does it work?
year ago), it’s also very competitively 1,060mm/second What is it? Baker-Homes explains that: “This is
priced, starting just below £11,000. The SC7800 Pro-RS XL is compact the world’s first machine that uses a float-
800x1,800x1,400mm with a small footprint, and when not in ing second creasing wheel under the
When was it launched and what are use the inclined catch tray can slide
the target markets? inside the main cabinet, while the feed media, which moves in perfect synchro-
The machine was first revealed at the tray can be extended for maximum nisation with the upper tool carriage. It
Printing United show in Florida held length sheets be pulling it out of the main enables a traditional male and female
near the end of October. Although devel- body. creasing effect, delivering an enhanced
oped by the Plockmatic Group and intro- This is a standalone two-axis cutter and superior crease when compared to
duced with that brand, Mark with a tool head that moves left-right today’s flatbeds where the crease only
Baker-Homes, VP for the Packaging and across the sheet, while a sheet advancer hits from one side.
The ColorCut SC7800 Pro-RS XL launched in the UK on 1 January 2026.

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