Aeronaut Leather Cutting Systems

Aeronaut’s leather cutting systems are designed to be the most cost-effective and practical solution for upholstery, marine and automotive trimming, furniture production and specialised garment manufacturing. Systems are competitively priced, making them accessible any businesses that works with leather and other materials like woven fabrics, vinyls, nonwovens, cardboard, and foam.

An Aeronaut leather cutting system comprises an automated cutter, Aeronaut's SiliconEye machine vision system for hide scanning and pattern tracing and Aeronaut's Tangent nesting software.

SiliconEye is the game-changing software for leather and upholstery work. SiliconEye uses a digital SLR camera to capture high resolution images of hides or patterns rather than just basic outlines and it loads the image into the nesting queue where texture, patterns and faults can be easily seen. Key patterns can be nested manually and the rest autonested into a hide outline to minimise waste. 

A hide or a table full of templates can be captured and accurately traced in about 12 seconds making digital cutting and CAD work easy for workers used to more traditional techniques. 

20-20 Machine Vision

SiliconEye lets the operator see exactly what's happening, from the smallest hide details to the alignment of patterns in a way that basic outline or projection systems cannot.

The Complete Picture

SiliconEye shows the compete cutting table, even down to a pair of scissors left on the table so mistakes are minimised. Powerful autonesting maximises material use. 

Full Flexibility

If you're working with small hides or irregular shaped fabric, even offcuts, Aeronaut's Tangent nesting software can autonest into the outlines in one operation, avoiding faults and tears.

Maximum Productivity

Tangent's advanced autonesting will achieve the best efficiency nesting into a particular hide outline and leave the remaining patterns in the queue for the next hide. 

The Tools of Your Trade

The Essentials

Aeronaut's entry level Elektron Mono cutters are perfectly suited for leather cutting where a simple rotary blade cutter will do the job. With quick-change tooling, you can use any Cam-lock tool you need.

Production

The Mikron 2 cutter is a fast, economical and very versatile cutter which would suit small or half hides as well as roll textiles. The compact sizeof the Mikron 2 makes it ideal for short-run or the design studio.

Versatility

The versatile multi-tool Elektron Quattro is a reliable workhorse where full hides and roll fabrics are cut on single or multi-bay tables. Rotary blade, drag blade, drill punches and creasing tools can be fitted

Cam-lock Quick Change Tools

On the Elektron Quattro, tools are changed automatically under software control. However Cam-lock tools can be changed by hand in a few seconds so you can fit the tools you need, when you need.

The Cam-lock tool range includes 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 and drill-punch sizes from pin to over 25mm. Drill-punch inserts are easy to sharpen and exchange.

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Software, Nesting and Technology

Nesting & Control

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. 

Autonesting

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? 

Rapid Patterning

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

Autotracing Patterns

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

Aligning Patterns

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

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

Contact Aeronaut

Get the facts from the factory direct. If you want advice on automated cutting, an offer on a complete cutting system or to arrange a demonstration, just ask!