Zünd | Digital Cutter
The Zünd | Digital Cutter is a high-end professional cutting machine that allows precision processing of large-format materials. Different interchangeable tools enable a variety of processing possibilities:
- Cut
- Crease
- Score
- Draw
- Engrave
- Route
Material is being held in place by a vacuum table. The advantages of this machine are evident: No nasty laser or melting traces and razer-sharp edges.
- Model: G3 XL-1600
- Processing area: 2000 x 1600 mm
- Max. material thickness is 20 mm, max. weight is 32 kg. Please consider these limitations.
The following list gives an overview of materials which can be processed by the Zünd.
- Wood up to 20 mm
- MDF + HDF
- Cardboard + Corrugated Cardboard
- Paper
- Foam Board (Kapa®)
- PMMA (Plexiglas®)
- Polycarbonate (Makrolon®)
- Polystyrene (Styrodur®)
- Aluminum Composite Pannel (Dibond®)
- Textiles
- Foils (Mylar®, ...)
- Leather
Other materials have to be evaluated and approved by us.
The tools (milling heads) must be made available by the user of the machine. Standard tools can be bought from the vending machine:
- 0,8mm Milling Head
- 1,2mm Milling Head
- 2,0mm Milling Head
- 3,0mm Milling Head
- 6,0mm Milling Head
- Engraving Head
- Typ 6 Knife
- T22 Knife
Special milling heads or knifes can be used after consultation with the DDL. Depending on their availability they can be used by an additional charge.
In the file, objects must be created as closed polylines and without any group. These are to be arranged on sensibly named layers. The layer structure of the file should refer to the different processing steps. Here is a distinction between:
- material size (outline of material)
- drawing
- engraving
- scoring
- creasing
- routing inner contour
- routing outer contour
- routing on contour
- clearing of surfaces
- cutting (blade)
The required file must be .ai (CS6) format and has to be checked by our staff one day in advance to your cutting appointment.
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the DDL team.
The Zünd machine is intended to support research at the TUM faculty of architecture.
Student jobs will only be executed provided they are not realisable using other methods of manufacturing or are part of a research project.
The machine is being operated only by DDL staff (zuend.defac@ed.tum.de). Hence, you always need an appointment for Zünd-projects. You have to make an appointment at least a week before your planned processing date.
For making an appointment you need:
- File for joint review with a DDL-Staff
- Informations about the project: Material and amount
- Client Details: student number, name and address
The final files must be reviewed by the DDL-Staff at least one day before the appointment.
For more informations don't hesitate to contact us during our opening hours (zuend.defac@ed.tum.de).
The tools for routing and cutting (blades) are available at the vending machine. We'll tell you which tool is required. For special cases, we provide other precision tools and bill only part of the tool costs.
Attention!
The processing is being executed at the client's risk!
We are not liable for any damage to material or tools!
We do not replace damaged material, even if the damage can be attributed to the operator's fault!
There is no guarantee for a fulfillment of the task on time (machine damage, illness, etc.)! An alternative date can be arranged in consideration with the Zünd schedule.
For the usage of the Zünd you need to pay the operation hourse of the machine, as well as the working hours of the DDL-Staff. The operating costs are as followed:
- Students
- Machine per hour: 12,00 € plus 16% VAT
- DDL-Staff per hour: 17,00 € plus 16% VAT
- The machine time starts with the start of processing and ends with the end of processing. Plate changes etc. are included in the processing time.
- Chairs
- Please ask at the Chair for Architectural Informatics
- Non-TUM-Clients
- Unfortunatley, we cannot provide services for Non-TUM-Clients