Digital flatbed cutters
Compare the five Apex cutting tables by speed, hold-down, tooling and table size. If your work is sheet-fed or routing-led, see where Eclipse and COMAGRAV fit.
Apex range
Apex M Series photo
Apex M Series
Apex M Series
Strong fitFastest traverse in the range at 2.0 m/s, with three tool heads mounted at once.
- Traverse speed
- 2.0 m/s
- Vacuum power
- 15 kW
- Tool heads
- 3
- Router
- 1.8 kW
Compare Apex flatbed cutters
Every Apex is a digital cutting table with vacuum hold-down, camera registration and interchangeable tools. The families differ in drive system, speed, router and how the machine arrives at your shop.
Standard with every Apex
- Tool package: two Universal Cutting Tools, 80 W electric oscillating tool, 45° V-cut tool, kiss-cut tool, drawing and marking tool.
- Creasing: Type 1, 2 and 3 crease inserts and a medium crease wheel.
- Workstation: PC, plus starter blades and router bits where the model has a router.
- Safety: gantry safety barrier, bumper guards, emergency stops, pause and resume.
- Power: standard blower-pump configuration is 220 V three-phase at 60 A. Confirm requirements for your model and site before installation.
| Specification | Apex M Series | Apex Plus | Apex Pro | Apex Pro SF | Apex E Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drive | Magnetic linear drive, X and Y | Rack and pinion | Hybrid belt drive | Apex Pro platform | Rack and pinion |
| Max traverse speed | 2.0 m/s | 1.5 m/s | 1.8 m/s | 1.8 m/s | 1.2 m/s |
| Active tool heads | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Router | 1.8 kW liquid-cooled spindle | 1.8 kW liquid-cooled spindle | 450 W air-cooled SycoTec spindle | 450 W air-cooled SycoTec spindle | No router |
| Router bit changer | 7 positions | 9 positions | None listed | None listed | Not applicable |
| Vacuum power | 15 kW (20 hp) turbo pump | 7.5 kW (10 hp) blowers, one to eight by table size | 7.5 kW (10 hp) | 7.5 kW | 9.5 kW (12 hp) |
| Max cutting thickness | 50 mm | 50 mm | 50 mm | Up to 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Listed table sizes | 2516, 3516, 3532 | Ten, from 1516 to 5532 | 1312, 1516, 2516 | 1312 | 2516 |
| Delivery | 2516 prebuilt, larger sizes modular | Modular, assembled on site | Prebuilt | Prebuilt | Prebuilt |
| Details | Apex M Series | Apex Plus | Apex Pro | Apex Pro SF | Apex E Series |
Cutting table, die cutter, CNC cutter or router?
People searching for a flatbed cutter are often comparing four kinds of machine. Start with how material reaches the cutter and how much of the job is routing.
Apex Plus photo
Apex digital cutting tables
For boards, rolls and rigid sheet up to 50 mm thick.
- Tables from 51 × 47 in to 217 × 126 in
- Knife, crease, kiss-cut, V-cut and routing on one gantry
- Static or conveyor tables
Eclipse 3547 photo
Eclipse sheet-fed digital die cutters
For stacks of printed sheets: labels, cards, cartons and short-run packaging.
- Automatic sheet feeder and camera registration
- Cutting areas from 15 × 23 in to 35 × 47 in
- Cut, kiss-cut and crease without a physical die
Explore Eclipse digital die cuttersLarger sheets: Apex Pro SF
COMAGRAV Digi Corsa photo
COMAGRAV CNC flatbed cutters
Digi and Digi Corsa, for shops that need knife cutting and milling on one configurable platform.
- Digi Corsa: multifunctional flatbed cutting and milling
- Digi: cutting and routing boards and roll-fed fabrics
- Modular sizes, tool modules and spindles
COMAGRAV Notus Plus photo
COMAGRAV industrial CNC routers
Notus Plus and Notus Evo, for work where routing and machining are the main process.
- Routing, engraving and prototyping
- Aluminum, acrylic, plastics and advanced materials
- Industrial spindles with automatic tool exchange options
Check your sheet against the table
Pick a machine family and a size. The drawing is to scale and shows how many standard sheets fit the cutting area by dimensions alone.
Watch Apex cutters run
Production and application videos from the CUTWORX USA channel, across the Apex E Series, Apex Plus, knife cutting and routing. Select a video, then press play.
Questions buyers ask about flatbed cutters
What is a digital flatbed cutter?
A digital flatbed cutter is a computer-controlled cutting table. Material is held flat by vacuum while a gantry moves knives, creasing wheels, kiss-cut tools or a router along paths from a digital file, so no physical die is needed. Read the full guide to flatbed cutters.
Is a flatbed cutter the same as a digital cutting table?
In most shops the terms describe the same machine. You will also hear CNC knife cutter, dieless cutter and flatbed cutting plotter. A sheet-fed digital die cutter such as Eclipse is a related machine that feeds stacks of smaller sheets automatically.
Which Apex should I look at first?
For occasional light routing on a prebuilt machine, start with Apex Pro. For regular routing or three mounted tools, compare Apex Plus and Apex M Series. For high-volume or multi-shift work, the Apex M Series has the fastest drive. If you never route, the Apex E Series covers knife, crease and kiss-cut work.
Can a flatbed cutter replace die cutting?
For short runs, prototypes, samples and jobs that change often, yes: the cut file replaces the die. Conventional die cutting can still cost less per piece on very long repeat runs.
What power does an Apex need?
The standard blower-pump configuration is 220 V three-phase at 60 A. Apex Plus is offered with single-phase pump options, and shops without three-phase service can use a phase converter or transformer. Confirm the requirement for your model before site preparation.
Do I need riggers to install one?
Apex Plus and most Apex M Series sizes are modular and assembled on site, which helps with standard doorways and upper floors. Apex Pro, Pro SF, E Series and the Apex M 2516 arrive prebuilt, so check entry width and rigging access first.
Bring your largest sheet and your hardest material
Tell the CUTWORX USA team what you cut, how much of it, and what your building allows. They will narrow the range to the table, tooling and feed that fit.