Carton Cutting & Sizing Machine
Complete design of a carton cutting and sizing machine — frame, roller stack, gear drive and infeed table modelled as one working assembly.
Machine Tools
CNC Cutting Machine Design
A three-axis CNC cutting machine designed as a complete assembly — gantry, linear rails, spindle mount and bed — with stiffness treated as the governing requirement.
Stiffness decides cut quality
On any cutting machine, accuracy is a structural problem before it is a control problem. Cutting forces deflect the gantry and the spindle mount, and that deflection appears directly in the finished part. The design effort went into the load path from the cutter back to the bed.
Gantry and motion
The gantry was designed around extruded profile with the linear guides positioned to keep the cutting force close to the rails, minimising the moment that tries to twist the beam. Drive motors sit at the ends of each axis with the transmission arranged so backlash does not accumulate along the travel.
The spindle mount
The spindle carrier is the last link before the tool, so any compliance there shows up at the cut. It was modelled as a short, deep bracket rather than a long overhung plate, keeping the spindle close to the Z-axis rails.
The bed
The bed provides the reference everything else is measured from. It was designed flat and supported so the workpiece sits on a known plane — an accurate gantry over an unsupported bed is wasted effort.
What was delivered
A complete three-axis machine assembly, fabrication drawings, bracket and mount machining drawings, and a bill of materials covering profile, linear guides, drives and fasteners.
Project at a glance
- Industry: Machine Tools
- Service: Product Design & Development
- Software: SolidWorks
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