The foam cutting machine is a unit course-controlled along x,y axis, driven by stepmotor, which will cut the foam panel separated with small voltage (about 10-12 V) with hotwire.
In the unit the foam panel can be placed vertically, standing. It needs a small place in the Graphic Studio in shut form.

The cutting thread runs continuously in the job, therefore the thread must be led into the objects with inner outline through a cut, and afterwards led out from there, possible on the same route, so that no redundant cuts are made.

The panel rough size is 600 x 1250 mm, from this 20 mm is left due to the lower hold and an additional 20 mm due to the upper hold, therefore the height size to be used can be 1210, the height size of the blue sheet on the software working area is of this size as well. 20 mm is also left on the panel side to the machine due to the hold. The working sheet's set width size is 580 mm.

Cutting can be started at any point along the outer, longer edge of the panel. The free cutting thread part is cooled with one ventilator each, therefore the cutting slit is thin, but it is a bit wider in the panel inner. The cutting speed is adequate, if the thread does not get visibly tight to the table, but remains straight.

The recommended cutting speed is maximum 10-11 mm/s, at thicker materials it is less by 2…5 mm/s. It is always worth testing the speed, as it is possible that certain thicker basic materials require lower speed. The cutting speed can be set even during operation through the software by moving the roller; nevertheless the new setting will not get enforced till the cutting does not reach the next section end points. At too high speed adverse resonance will appear, the motors can miss steps. If there is no panel in the machine, the speed can be put to the maximum for the fast move of the head.

It can happen that the cutting thread gets broken during cutting due to oxidation. In this case the machine will immediately stop, the green light in the software on the JOB panel will turn red, and the switch will automatically cut off power from the cutting thread (see 5.3.11 and 5.3.12). New thread can be threaded, the power is turned on with the switch, and cutting will automatically re-start in 3 seconds.