User`s guide

User’s Guide SC-PRO Cutting Plotter

CHAPTER 5 : FINETUNING YOUR CUTTER

AP-75280 – Rev. 1.2

5.2 SETTING THE TOOL FORCE

Tool force (cutting pressure) is the amount of downward pressure that the cutter applies on the knife / pen.

We merely want to point out that you have to try to cut your design with the lowest possible pressure that

gives no trouble to weed. Some cast media require only 20 grams to be cut completely through. In that case

there is no need to apply 100 grams of pressure. Too much pressure can cause a decrease of quality.

For cutting through applications we recommend 250 grams. The same principle as for contour cutting, the

lowest possible pressure is advised, not only for the output quality but also for the lifetime of the cutting mat.

Notes

Please refer to the chapter “Direct key access” to know how to change the tool force.

5.3 OFFSET PRINCIPLE

One of the most important factors to obtain good quality, but unfortunately also one of the factors that is

easily forgotten, is the offset.

As you can see in the figure below, the knife offset (2) is the distance between the knife centre and the knife

tip.

1: Cutter blade

2: Theoretical Offset

Accurate measurement of the OFFSET to be used is very difficult and requires specialized equipment. You

should therefore adjust the offset (2) by checking real cutting results on the media you will use. MUTOH

helps you doing this by way of a semi-automatic offset adjustment routine, which has been integrated into

your cutter.

The selected Offset value is LARGER than the

optimum knife offset.

The selected Offset value is SMALLER than the

optimum knife offset.

In this case, a square corner will be cut as follows :

The cutting direction is indicated by the arrow. The

corners are not well formed. The cutter cuts too far in

the angular points.

The cutting direction is indicated by the arrow. The

corners are not well formed. The cutter did not cut

far enough in the angular points.

Notes

Please refer to the chapter “Direct key access” to know how to change / test the offset value.

= 30°