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Travelling Head Cutting Presses

Part of the Nova Range

The GCT range of travelling head presses provides a versatility rarely achieved by other press styles and is the natural progression if a swing arm press is too small or limited for an application.

The travelling head press has the key advantages of being able to process material in roll form as well as sheets, in their full width, without previously ranging down. Larger head sizes and cutting forces permit the cutting of a wider range of materials, in single or multiple layers, with larger cutting dies, although small dies can be used equally as well.

Simple, safe and virtually effortless to use, the operator has only to position or feed the material onto the bed of the press and place the cutting tool. On activation, the press head travels across, descends under hydraulic power to cut the required shape or shapes. The press head moves away automatically after the cut so that the operator has perfect access and visibility to remove the cut pieces and re-position the tool for the next cut.

Range of Applications

Ideal for many products manufactured in soft or semi rigid materials including:-

•Abrasives
•Automotive components
•Carpet and flooring
•Carpet and flooring pattern books and sample swatches
•Clothing components for hats, ties, collars, shoulder pads
•Cork gaskets and mats
•Disposables pads, wipes, strips
•Electronic components flexible PCBs touch pads, button covers, legend plates
•Felt strips, washers, gaskets
•Filters for machinery, breathing apparatus and the medical industry
•Foam and sponge gaskets, packaging, consumer products
•Footwear components shoes, insoles, insole socks, uppers, straps
•Gaskets, seals, washers in plastic, cork, rubber, paper, felt, PTFE, graphite and more
•Insulation materials
•Lampshades fabric or plastic, with or without cut outs
•Leather and leathergoods shoe uppers, wallets, purses, belts
•Medical products filters, dressings, foot care products, orthopaedic footwear
•Packaging foam, inserts, card, promotional products, blister packs
•Paper, card stationery, novelties, filters, labels
•Plastic cards promotional, business, badges, labels
•Plastics PVC binders, lampshades, stationery products, gifts, novelties, gaskets
•Rubber gaskets, seals, washers
•Textiles sample swatches and pattern books, underwear and outerwear components, hats, ties
•Toys soft toys, advertising novelties, mini jig-saw puzzles and more

Features

•Cut materials that are soft or rigid
•Cut materials in single or multiple layers
•Fast, quiet, easy to operate
•All standard die constructions can be used strip steel, wood forme or forged steel
•Powered head traverse for effortless operation
•Simple, accurate die setting and daylight adjustment
•Quiet, vibration free operation
•Photocell front barrier for complete safety
•Illuminated work area
•Complete with high grade polypropylene cutting board, hydraulic oil and operating manual

Options

•Higher tonnages up to 100 tons
•Material feed rollers
•Roll holding gantries
•Alternative cutting board grades

Service

All GCT machines are installed and serviced by our team of in-house service engineers, conveniently based in the Midlands. Customers have free access to our helpline and fast call out, when needed, is assured. GCT service is the best in the industry ask anyone!

Receding Head Press
Our receding head press is the No. 1 best seller in the UK and is our best selling die cutting press.

The success of this range is due to its outstanding versatility. It is ideal for cutting components large or small, from sheets or rolls, in single or multi layers, using all types of tooling strip steel, wood forme or forged steel.

It is fast, easy and safe to operate, with unrivalled access and visibility.

Unlike the fixed beam cutting press, there is no work tray to push and pull. Instead, the cutting head is motor driven forwards and backwards to reveal the cutting area so that perfect access and visibility are assured.

Additionally, because the bed is fixed, the process of feeding material becomes much easier with no possibility of the material layers being disturbed.

These machines are delightfully easy to operate the operator places the cutting tool on the material, the head travels forward, down, and retracts to reveal the cut components.

A variety of feed systems can be specified to enhance productivity even further.

The cutting tool can be used to cut downwards, or upwards, and can also be clamped to the head when required.

The press body is so rigid that the machine can be specified with a precision hardened and ground steel plate and mechanical depth stops for steel to steel cutting