Le Roy Print Packs installs iEcho PK 0705 Plus digital cutting system to replace manual die-cutting

INDIA – Le Roy Print Packs has installed an iEcho PK 0705 Plus digital cutting system, eliminating manual cutting and physical dies for sample making and short-run finishing across PP paper, vinyl, and KT board.

The system operates at high speed with minimal operator intervention, with the primary application being the creation of accurate product samples and prototypes alongside trimming of print-on-demand output from digital presses. 

The installation is part of a broader rollout of iEcho systems across the Indian packaging market, with Packnology confirming further orders from new customers.

The Cost of Physical Dies

Traditional finishing for labels and packaging requires custom steel rule dies for each shape, with tooling costs ranging from a few hundred to several thousand rupees per die (for example, ₹5,000 or approximately US$60) and lead times of days to weeks. 

For short-run jobs (hundreds or thousands of pieces), the die cost per piece can exceed the printing cost, making small orders uneconomical. 

The iEcho system uses a digital cutting head that follows a CAD file, producing the first piece as fast as the thousandth piece, with no tooling cost and no waiting for die manufacture. 

This changes the economics of short-run packaging: a customer can order 500 custom-shaped labels at a per-piece price that does not include amortised tooling.

Sample Accuracy Without Compromise

For a packaging converter, producing accurate samples for customer approval has traditionally required either hand-cutting (imprecise) or paying for production dies before the design is finalised (wasteful). 

The iEcho system cuts samples directly from the digital design file, delivering accurate prototypes that match what the production run will produce. 

Navneet Jain of Le Roy Print Packs stated that the new iEcho PK 0705 is a perfect precision machine for trimming print-on-demand products produced using digital presses, adding that this highly automated intelligent digital cutting machine from Packnology is truly a marvel for multiple finishing jobs.

Integration with Digital Presses

Le Roy Print Packs operates digital presses for print-on-demand work. Digital printing eliminates plates and setup time, but without digital finishing, the bottleneck shifts from printing to cutting. 

The iEcho system matches the digital press’s agility, allowing the company to offer a fully digital workflow from file to finished product. 

The system handles multiple materials, PP paper (synthetic labels), vinyl (decals and stickers), and KT board (rigid signage and displays), without changeover tooling.

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