Knife cutting machine Versalis Furniture

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Overview
From hide digitization to offloading, Lectra’s Versalis all-in-one cutting solution brings value, speed and precision to your leather cutting room. Industry 4.0-ready digital leather cutting solution for furniture, developed with the input of furniture manufacturers to optimize leather consumption and maximize cutting room performance.

Key benefits

• Optimize yield: maximize material use at each stage of production and mix orders to get the most from hides.
• Accelerate turnaround time: reduce time to market with an all-in-one, digitalized leather cutting solution.
• Enhance workforce productivity: overcome labor shortages and improve worker efficiency through automation and standardized operator performance.
• Increase manufacturing efficiency: produce furniture designs without wasting materials, time or labor.

Features & Benefits

• Maximize hide yield: automatic advanced nesting features can increase material savings by up to 10% compared with manual processes; capability to cut with 0 mm between parts to reduce leather consumption and hide waste.
• Boost productivity: all-in-one cutting line supports the full flow from hide digitalization to offloading; can cut multiple hides per hour and standardize operator performance.
• Standardize product quality: advanced cutting head, vibrating cutting tool and wide range of blades and drills allow accurate cutting of intricate parts; scanner digitally maps defects with up to 5 defect qualification grades.
• Collect and leverage data: embedded sensors enable real-time reporting, analysis and predictive maintenance to achieve continuous improvement of cutting processes and support Industry 4.0 initiatives.

Key figures

• Up to 10% increase in material savings with automated nesting.
• 0 mm between cut parts (enables tighter nesting and reduced waste).
• 200+ / 250 embedded sensors referenced for real-time reporting, analysis and predictive maintenance across the line.

The Versalis range

• Versalis Furniture iH Series: comprehensive cutting solutions addressing performance, productivity and flexibility for various production methods and leather types.
• Versalis Digital Marking: digital marking station coupled with automatic hide repositioning for improved marking accuracy and efficiency.
• Versalis LeatherSuite: data intelligence platform that enriches production data for process optimization, monitoring production output and helping manufacturers reach performance objectives.

Product brochure
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Technical characteristics / specifications

• All-in-one digital leather cutting line: from hide digitalization to offloading.
• Industry 4.0-ready: software monitoring, data collection and connectivity for continuous improvement.
• Advanced nesting engine: up to 10% material savings compared to manual nesting.
• Minimum spacing capability: 0 mm between parts for optimal yield.
• Throughput: multiple hides per hour (page references cutting up to 20 hides/hour in feature overview; customer cases cite 13 hides/hour and throughput improvements).
• Cutting technologies: advanced cutting head, vibrating cutting tool, support for a wide range of blades and drills.
• Defect handling: digital defect mapping with up to 5 defect qualification grades recognized by the scanner.
• Embedded sensors: 200+ (250 referenced) sensors for real-time reporting, analysis and predictive maintenance.
• Software suite: integration with Versalis LeatherSuite for enriched data intelligence and process optimization.