Step 1 of Printing Process Die Cutting Plate Production: Draw Die Cutting Diagram

Step 1 of Printing Process Die Cutting Plate Production: Draw Die Cutting Diagram

Firstly, the production personnel should comprehensively consider the design of the die-cutting plate from the aspects of the materials used for making the die-cutting plate and the characteristics of the die-cutting process. The task of die-cutting layout design includes: determining the size of the die-cutting layout to match the specifications and working capacity of the selected die-cutting equipment; Adhere to the principle of ensuring processing quality while also maximizing equipment capabilities; Determine the type of die-cutting plate, select the materials and specifications used for the die-cutting plate; Ensure that the work section is located in the center of the die-cutting board; The transplantation of lines and graphics should ensure the required accuracy of the product; The cutting lines on the layout should be straight, with the vertical and horizontal cutting lines forming right angles to each other and parallel to the side of the die-cutting board. The cutting and cutting lines should be aligned. In order to ensure good die-cutting adaptability of the die-cutting blade and indentation line on the die-cutting plate, the following issues should also be noted

(1) The cutting lines for slotting and opening should be made of whole steel lines as much as possible, and rounded corners should be provided at the corners of the lines to prevent the splicing of die-cutting knives that are perpendicular to each other.

(2) The joint between the two blade lines should avoid sharp corners.

(3) To avoid connecting multiple adjacent narrow waste edges, the connection part should be increased to connect them together for easy waste cleaning.

(4) To prevent the occurrence of multiple consecutive sharp corners, sharp corners without functional requirements can be changed to rounded corners

(5) To prevent the sharp corner line from ending in the middle section of another straight line, which will increase the difficulty of fixing the knife, make the die-cutting knife loose, and reduce the die-cutting adaptability, it should be changed to a circular arc or increase the meeting angle.

Then, the production personnel can draw the die-cutting diagram. Die cutting diagram is the unfolded image of the printed cardboard box, which is the first key step in the production of die cutting plates. In the printing and plate making process, if it is a whole page layout, directly outputting the die-cutting image can effectively ensure the unity of the printing and die-cutting plates. But if film is used for manual typesetting, then in the die-cutting and plate making process, the production personnel need to draw die-cutting drawings based on the actual size of the printed layout.

In order to ensure that the die-cutting plate does not become loose during the plate making process, it is necessary to leave at least 2 positions in the large enclosed graphic area without cutting, which is usually referred to as the "bridge". For small die-cutting plates, the "bridge" width can be designed to be 3-6mm. For large die-cutting plates, a bridge width of 8-9mm needs to be left.

Step 1 of Printing Process Die Cutting Plate Production: Draw Die Cutting Diagram