Elektron B1 Neo Bayonet Mount Cutting System

The Elektron B1 Neo is a single bayonet tool holder cutting head which can be fitted to almost any Aeronaut gantry. Bayonet tool holders can be fitted with all Aeronaut's bayonet tools from unpowered rotary blades to powered tools such as ultrasonic, recipro and plunge knife. Since the tool change takes just a few seconds, with this cutter you can have it all.

If you just use one tool or just one power tool per job then the Elektron B1 Neo is the perfect solution.

But there are plenty of times where you can do most of the work with just one tool and occasionally need to use a different type tool and don't want the added expense of a multi-tool cutter, then this versatile machine fits the picture.

Bayonet tools are loaded from above and locked with a quarter turn ring. Tools can be a lot longer than those on a Cam-lock tool cutter and various types of powered tools can be fitted.

The bayonet tool holder can take drop-in reciprocating knives, both electric and pneumatic as well as ultrasonic tools, powered rotary blade cutters and plunge cut tools. In addition you can fit the normal range of unpowered cutting tools like rotary (pizza) blade holders (18mm, 28mm, 45mm), drag blades and  creasing tools. 

Bayonet quick-change tooling system

Bayonet mounted tools lock in just like the lens on an SLR camera in few seconds.

Powered Cutting Tools.

Electrice reciprocating knives, pneumatic reciprocating knives  ultrasonic tools, powered rotary blade cutters and plunge cut tools.

Unpowered Tools

Rotary (pizza) blade holders (19mm, 28mm, 45mm), drag blades, creasing and crush cut tools.

Swap between blades, drill punches, and other tools in seconds for maximum safety and efficiency.

Concentric Pen Adaptor for Accurate Marking

Compatible with a wide range of markers (ballpoints, paint markers, etc.), enabling easy marker type changes without affecting seam allowances.

Optional Higher Pressure Tool Axes

For applications requiring extreme pressure, such as cutting and creasing thicker materials, the tool axis can be made higher pressure. As with most Aeronaut cutters, tool pressure is software controlled.

Accessories

Other equipment such as drill punches, inkjet print heads, machine vision cameras and extra pens can be fitted to the head.

The Future-proof Solution

The Elektron B1 is a single tool holder cutter but it will take all the tools you think you need… and the others too.

Long Service Life

Engineered without compromise, the bayonet tool holder has been made for almost three decades without any significant change.

Very low maintenance

The Elektron Quattro is designed for low maintenance. The drive system is belt driven with no hard-to-replace and rapidly-wearing gears to worry about. 

Thick and Thin Materials

Rotary blade tools are remarkably versatile but there are some materials, especially tough and thick materials and some types of work where more grunt is needed. Reciprocating blade tools can cut over 12mm (1/2") and thicker depending on the tool.

If you are cutting materials like thick leather for belts and tool holsters, a standard reciprocating blade cutter will do the work with speed and accuracy.

Ultrasonic and Beyond

Many window furnishing fabrics need an edge seal and ultrasonic tools are the industry standard. If you don't need creasing then the Elektron B1 is an economical option. Of course a crush-cut tool can be fitted in place of the ultrasonic tool.

Bayonet tools drop in from above the holder and are locked in alignment with a 1/4 turn bayonet ring. Tool changes take just a few seconds which is perfect for blade replacements.

The bayonet tool range includes both pneumatic and electric powered reciprocating blade tools, ultrasonic tools for cut and sea, powered rotary blade tools and plunge knife tools.

Almost any unpowered tool be bayonet mounted including 18mm, 28mm and 45mm rotary blades, tangential or drag knives with various depth stops for normal and high friction materials, creasing and scoring tools in a wide range of profiles.

The Elektron B1 may be a single tool holder cutter but since tool changes are quick and easy, you can change tools mid-job without a problem. The Tangent cutter control software takes care of things like cut and crease pressure and critical blade alignment. 

If you only need one tool per job, the advantages of a bayonet mount are the ease of blade changing without fiddling around under the cutting head with sharps.

If you need a dedicated ultrasonic or crush cut and seal machine, then the Elektron B1 is a good choice, with a price advantage over the two tool Elektron B1.

Many materials which don't need a sealed edge can also be cut using these tools.

The Elektron B1 is well suited to work like miner's, lifting and tool belts made from 3-5mm hide. Given the small table size, leather can be cut with a soft overlay while a rotary blade cuter can be used directly on the plastic vacuum table cutting surface. This offers a versatile cutter at a reasonable price.

PVC & Hypalon products can require a few tools to get the best results for easy fabrication starting with an accurate marker to do seam lines, pattern numbers and details. The Elektron B1 is used by RIB manufacturers for production work and the occasional corrugated package.

Because a bayonet tool holder can take the widest range of tools, it's found a place in many general PVC and canvas fabricator's workshops. Changing the cutting tool or putting a soft overlay on the cutting table will give you a cutter which can handle almost any job you put it to.

Aeronaut's Tangent software is the key to reducing fabric waste and Tangent's powerful and user friendly cutter control is essential to increase production. 

Fast and efficient autonesting can pay for a cutting system in months if your fabric is expensive - and isn't waste fabric the most expensive fabric in your business? 

Aeronaut has developed rapid patterning software and CAD plugins to reduce the design to cut time down to a few minutes on complex patterns.

Aeronaut's revolutionary SiliconEye machine vision software can accurately trace and digitise a table full of patterns in seconds.

With Aeronaut's full-table or gantry mounted machine vision systems, aligning cut profiles to patterned fabric or digitally printed material is simple.

Inkjet printing is the fastest way to do pattern numbers, markings and reference text on almost any fabric.

Most of the benefits of automation are obvious, others less so.

• Automation will increase productivity without increasing staff numbers while at the same time reducing waste, mistakes and staff stress at busy times.
• If you don't want growth, automation can let you produce the same number of good quality products with fewer staff.
• Automation reduces your reliability on key workers and conventional skills while attracting another generation of workers who might be entirely happy with computers but less so pushing a pair of scissors.
• Automation adds value to a business since the IP, designs and patterns are all digitised and can be stored off-site.
• Cutting accurate patterns no longer depends on key workers. Aeronaut cutter are easy to operate so many people can run a cutter and saved jobs can be easily  recut.
• Automation means you can do more markings and more markings means faster, more accurate and more reliable assembly. The cutting and marking process may take a while longer but the sewing, welding or bonding operations are much faster.

• Apart from the obvious reason that Aeronaut has some of the best people around in sales, design, software and support…
• Aeronaut cutters are legendarily reliable. We've got dozens of cutters over 20 years old which are still doing the same reliable job for their owners.
• The cost of ownership of an Aeronaut cutter is very low. Upgrades, spares and service are readily available even for 30 year old machines.
• Over a third of new machine orders are from customers who already own at least one Aeronaut cutter, something which applies across the board from NASA contractors to the boat cover maker down the road.
• Aeronaut's cutters are rationally designed machines. As one customer said, "if we'd bought another make of cutter, we'd have spent more on plastic covers than we did on our whole machine".
• Aeronaut cutters may be overbuilt, like a '70s Mercedes and there's a sense of security in knowing that your 3 metre wide cutter is also working somewhere else at 6 metres wide.
• If it's yellow, it doesn't break! 90% of components are made in-house on one of 5 CNC machines, most of which are German 5 axis machining centres. If we made it once, we can make it again.