Flatbed Cutters
Our shop is in the market for a flatbed cutter with light routing capabilities. We currently have 2 flatbed printers, 2 roll-to-roll printers, 2 plotters, and a CNC router with print/cut functionality. We're up against the limits of what that CNC system is capable of in terms of print/cut work so we're seeking a user-friendly flatbed cutting system mostly for board work (foamcore, coro, acrylic, ACM) with occasional vinyl work. This will help reduce the workload for the CNC, which will be better utilized for fabrication work (aluminum, thick acrylic, etc).
I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience that they'd like to share with the following manufacturers:
Kongsberg (Specifically the Entro 24) Colex (Sharpcut SXC 1732) CutWorx (Apex M 3516)
I had considered Summa as well, as we have a Summa plotter that is fantastic. Ultimately, though, Summa's router capabilities and belt driven head architecture are probably too limiting for us.