CMYUK has developed a series of ‘How to’ tutorials on its new ‘CMYUK Showroom’ channel on You Tube. The company, which plans to produce around ten videos a month, has already provided simple instructional films on short run packing and prototypes, printing i-phone cases and pens, printing pre-cut boards on Mimaki printers, and greyscale printing on a Vutek H2000.
“We wanted to offer our customers a bank of professional tutorials that will enable them to get the most from their equipment, and to diversify into new markets,” said CMYUK director Robin East.
“The videos we create for our You Tube channel are based on direct feedback and ‘frequently asked questions’ from our demo centre. The customers that visit our demonstration suite ask to see practical applications that are real, relevant and useful for their business so we decided to share these demonstrations with a wider audience by creating a digital learning centre online.
“For example the next video will be on the Zund G3 cutter XY trimming at speed, which demonstrates the accuracy and efficiency of the cutter enabling common line removal for increased productivity. What this means in effect you can cut up to fifty 750mm x 2m pop-ups in ten minutes flat.”
Other tutorials in the pipeline for the Zund G3 are:
- Speed perspex routing including inlaid paths for 3D signage creating niche applications. The wide array of tooling offers finishes up to 50mm in depth for multiple applications, executable on one platform.
- Processing 16mm ReBoard. Zund Cut Centre uses the registration marks to calculate the relevant distortion and position for the thru-cut and the Electric Oscillating Tool 250 can process not only thick touch honeycomb media, but also corrugated packaging media, Kapa foam type materials and up to 50mm thick foams.
- Reverse head registration crease and cut for corrugated board. The Zund reads the registration marks like a standard print and cut process, then automatically mirrors the file to suit. The product is then cut and creased from the reverse without any manual interaction.
- Zund Cut Centre Software which guides any user through the steps of digital cutting, including the import of jobs and hot folders; Cut Queue with barcode scanning, time estimation, filtering, production setup and simultaneous cutting and preparation; Cut Centre with tool ID, timings, blade mileage, material database, auto vacuum adjust, safety features (red or green warnings), visualisation; and Cut Editor with inlays, cut optimisation, common line removal, file editing.