Australia could be considered to be the birthplace of hang-gliding. It is also one of the best places in the world for paragliding and sport aviation. Since many of the people who work at Aeronaut as well as our contractors are involved in this sport, it is natural that we would develop machines and software to support a sport which we love.

 

  

 

Flat-bed low-ply automated cutters are ideal for this work, where marking the fabric, accuracy of cut and multiple tools are required. It does not matter whether you need a cutter for making prototypes or for use in production, the requirements are the same… accuracy, reliability, speed and repeatability. 

An Aeronaut automated cutter can give you all this, with easy maintenance and a low purchase price too. And unlike many low-cost plotters, Aeronaut plotters have the accuracy required to make sure that one half-wing is the same shape as the other, so the glider flies straight first time.

 

 

 

Automated cutting is faster, more accurate and more economical than hand cutting. In fact one plotter can normally do the work of at least three people, but with zero mistakes and resulting benefits in product quality, reduced waste and improved profitability.

Aeronaut cutters have been designed from the beginning to work with industrial and recreational textiles. They are heavy duty machines capable of working 24 hours a day. Our blade cutters can put an enormous amount of force down on the cutting blade… far more than most garment industry based machines.

 

 

 

Aeronaut has two cutters which are well suited to this type of work.

The Elektron Laser Z cutter has been designed specifically for high-speed accurate cutting and edge sealing of the lightweight fabric used in paragliders and fabric covered aircraft. The Elektron Laser Z is very fast, light and extremely well priced. The perfect production tool.

 

 

The Elektron Mono LC rotary blade cutter is a development of our legendary Maxis LC which has become the workhorse of sail makers.  The Elektron Mono LC features Aeronaut’s revolutionary quick change cam-lock tooling which gives operators the ability to use a very wide range of tool options from 18mm, 28mm, and 45mm rotary blade cutters to drag knives, drill punches and creasing tools, extending the uses of the cutting system beyond what’s offered on conventional plotter-cutters. 

 

 

All Elektron automated cutters share a new stiffer and lighter gantry extrusion, high torque motors and extra-wide drive belts which have increased speed, acceleration and output. Design detail changes have allowed us to reduce the adjustment and calibration requirements to make the Elektron more robust and low maintenance than ever.