Automated Cutters for Lightweight Aircraft, Parachutes & Hang Gliders

Aeronaut laser cutters are the automated cutting machine of choice for hang glider, lightweight aircraft, microlight, paraglider and recreational parachute manufacturers around the world. While the laser cutter is the same as ones used for military and aerospace work, the budget and type of laser may be different.

Low to medium power lasers are extensively used for production of parachutes and paragliders. Hang gliders and aircraft made from laminates can be easily blade cut because edge sealing is not such a big requirement. A laser cutting table the the best cutter for ripstop Nylon since laser cutting guarantees an all-round sealed cut edge, something you cannot get on a conveyor cutter.

When cutting fabric for microlights and hang gliders, industrial strength construction of Aeronaut's cutters combined with secure vacuum hold down and a concentric marker holder makes sure left and right wing panels are symmetrical, eliminating most post production trimming.

With a flatbed laser cutter and an inkjet print head, nothing touches the material while it's being cut. This means no movement of the material with wrinkles and bubbles pushed across the table. The vacuum bed holds the patterns securely meaning cutting can be a productive, stress free, hands off operation in small or large factories.

The Tools of Your Trade

Aeronaut's "All Metal" CO²laser cutters will cut the full range of parachute materials including Nylon, Cordura, Dyneema, Kevlar, foam and almost all synthetic fabrics. Aeronaut manufactures low, medium and high power laser cutters using US made laser tubes with exceptionally long service life, all of which are suitable for paraglider, parachute and associated equipment manufacture.

Low power laser cutters are lighter weight and more agile than high power laser cutters so they're ideally suited to cutting parachute Nylon. The higher power lasers come into their own when cutting other materials for harnesses and containers etc. where the higher power level means better cut speeds on heavier materials.

Some paraglider materials can be stack cut with a laser however other materials, mainly those used in parachutes which have a different coating, are unsuitable for stack cutting with a laser because the material welds together while being cut and tears when separated.

Blade cutters can be on laminates, Dacron, carbon and parachute nylon. It's not quite as hands off due to the nature of the fabric and you don't get edge sealing but for prototyping or low production volumes, an accurate cutter is far better than scissors.

Blade

Aeronaut's entry level Elektron Mono LC or Ikon cutters are set the standard for high performance entry level blade cutters yet they're no more expensive than less capable machines. These heavy duty cutters have Cam-lock quick change tooling and are available in cut widths to suit parachute and harness materials. The Elektron Mono is intended as a full turnkey installation machine while the Ikon is an industrial strength cutter which you can install yourself.

Essential

Aeronaut's Elektron Vi30 Laser is a low power laser able to cut most parachute Nylon at production speeds of over 1000mm/sec (39"/sec). Since the laser and chassis are light, the Elektron Vi30 laser is an agile machine capable of high throughput. It's made to the same industrial strength standards as Aeronaut's higher power lasers and can be fitted with the essential accessories like and inkjet print head for reliable high-speed marking.

Production

Elektron Ti60 - 100 lasers are production lasers suitable for all parachute work. Fitted with a long-wheelbase stable chassis, these medium power lasers are light enough for high speed cutting and powerful enough for the other materials used in parachute manufacture. The Elektron Ti60 - 100 range is available in air or water cooled versions for all environmental conditions and can be fitted with the essential accessories like and inkjet print head for reliable high-speed marking.

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.

15 years of great service... what is there to complain about?

AM

Window furnishings.
Actually, your cutter can cut everything. We also use it for hard materials (Cordura, thick foams and polyethylene, etc.) rigs, bags and so on. For this just increase the pressure.

A.K

Sporting Goods
Advantages of the Aeronaut cutter are: 1. Accuracy and neatness of details is much more better. 2. Possibility to cut various materials and multilayers for some fabrics (with good airporosity). 3. More reliable work 24 hours per day 7 days a week.

P.H.

Recreational Products NSW
Aeronaut software is by far the best in the industry and was the swaying factor in our decision to buy an Aeronaut cutter.

M.C.

Window Furnishings.
All our Tensioned Fabric Structures are cut on the plotter we have never had accuracy issues. 18 years this year, more square meters than I’d care to think about and still going strong.

N.M.

Tension structures & shade sails
At that price? We can aﬀord to buy two... (And they bought six.)

B.F.

Window furnishings
Buying a cutter from Aeronaut Automation has been one of the best decisions we have made in the last 10 years.

S.L.

Shade structures
Buying an Aeronaut cutter has improved accuracy and reduced waste. Production time has been greatly improved.

B.M.

Fabric structures
I am impressed by our Aeronaut machine. It is absurd to make comparisons between Aeronaut and XxxXxxx product. If Aeronaut is a cutter then XxxXxxx is a toy.

A. K.

Paragliders
I called five of your customers. You can't buy goodwill like that. You can expect our order this morning.

A.C.

Blind maker
I don't know what we would do without it. I could not imagine going back to working in the old way.

M.B.

Sailmaking
I just cut some medium weight kevlar sails, I'm still impressed by the speed and accuracy the Aeronaut cutter runs. Very nice when I have to work on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

J.H.

Denmark
I just want to say, this week we have going hard, 20 hours a day for 5 straight days and the Aeronaut machine hasn't missed a beat. Just wanted to congratulate you on a fine piece of machinery.

T.H.

Short run packaging
I knew within five minutes of seeing an Aeronaut cutter that I was going to buy it.

B.F.

Soft furnishings.
I must admit the more I use your machine more I am in love with it. It's a wonderful machine.

B.V.

India
I saw one of the new Aeronaut tables last week at XXXX Sails, a very smart set up. I can honestly say I don't know of anyone who has anything but praise for Aeronaut's installations here in the UK.

A.S

Cloth Supplier. UK.
I'm impressed by Aeronaut's practical approach instead of the marketing approaches of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx etc.

T.G.

Manufacturing Consultant UK
If you are looking for an endorsement for Aeronaut, mine would be 110% Yes!

T.R.

Blind Maker USA.
If you were thinking of getting an Aeronaut cutting system, just do it!!… You won’t regret it!!!

S.L.

Shade structures
In comparison with our old xxxxxx machine, cutting speed have increased (around 20-40%).

M.W.

Sailmaker
In my experience the Aeronaut is very good. It is simple and robust, and is able to be maintained with a limited skill set.

B.H.

Sailmaker
It is incredible what our Aeronaut cutter has allowed us to achieve in production and technical add-on to our business.

T.R.

Blind Maker USA.
It was the Aeronaut software which was the clincher. The software was the best we saw anywhere.

M.W.

Automotive Upholstery
Many thanks and well done on a fantastic product.

R. H.

Blind Maker
Next time, I won't buy just one Aeronaut cutter, I'll buy two or three!

F.C.

Window shades
Our Aeronaut cutter has fully fulfilled my expectation to the letter. I can’t fault the machine.

C.M.

Window shades. USA.
Our Aeronaut cutter has tripled our business. It has made our company a lot more successful and life is easier.

C.T.

Canvas
Our Aeronaut cutter is a great bit of kit. I would recommend it to anyone.

P.W.

Sailmaking
Our Aeronaut cutter is the best thing we have ever bought.

S.M.

Truck Curtains Victoria.
Our Aeronaut cutter oﬀers great advantages on smaller orders as well as the large ones due to fast and precise cutting of materials we use to create the final products.

P.M.

Shade structures
It's reduced a day's cutting for four people down to 1.5 hours for just one.

M.K.

Canvas
Our Aeronaut cutter paid for itself three times over inside the first two years.

JG

Truck Curtains
Our Aeronaut has done a phenomenal job... otherwise we would not be buying another.

JK

Window furnishings.
Our cutter has cut hundreds of thousands of pieces and we've never had a breakdown.

AK

Window furnishings.
Our cutter is an Aeronaut out of Australia and it has been my best purchase ever.

T.R.

Blind Maker USA.
The Aeronaut cutter does more work than two and a half people, and it doesn't make mistakes. Based on that and the price, I can pay for it inside two years.

M.B

Blindmaker
Our decision to invest in your product was like flying to moon for us but it has made a massive diﬀerence to our company.

B.D.

Composites NZ
The Aeronaut cutter has completely transformed our manufacturing process. The cut pieces just fall together under the welder.

S.T.

Tension membranes NZ.
The Aeronaut cutter is the best, most simple solution to the problem of wide format cutters that I have seen.

P.A

A CNC machine manufacturer
The best thing about our cutter... is that it has reduced stress in the factory. If we get a big order we know the machine will handle it, fast, and no mistakes.

P.W.

PVC fabrication
The eﬀort was well worth it as the new machine has revolutionised the way we do things here, and has been for the past few years.

D.P.

Paragliders
The Elektron Quattro is ideally suited to high volumes as it's very accurate in minimising fabric waste.

P.M.

Shade structures
The good thing about our Aeronaut machine is that it is so easy to operate that we have four workers who can use it.

N.S.

Carbon and Glass Fibre pre-preg
The quality of the machinery speaks for itself… it is more accurate than any other cutting table.

S.C.

Window Shades"
The reason we bought an Aeronaut cutter is that it looked simple and reliable, and I knew we could do any maintenance on it ourselves.

D.M.

Corrugated Packaging.
There is no doubt in my mind that the Aeronaut cutter is the best way to go when it comes to supplying pool blankets.

S.B.

Swimming pool covers
We are excited about the prospects and the future. Aeronaut's table is true work-horse and is out performing any other table on the market.

A.M.

Packaging.
We are happy with the product and your team is responsive and your are providing a good support. For these reasons I would like to ask you if you would be interested in working with us on a much larger scale project.

T.R.

Composites
We are only as successful as our suppliers and supporters allow us to be, and we view Aeronaut as an integral part of our success.

M.W.

Window Furnishings
We are very happy with our new cutter, you made a very good job. Thanks. When you have clients, who are interest for the Aeronaut cutter, its no problem so send the guys to us. We can show them, no problem

S.S.

Sailmaker
We can unpick a product, lay it flat on the table and trace it with SiliconEye so what might have taken days to design, draw and make up, might be finished in just hours.

P.M.

Shade structures
We cut 2,000 to 3,500 metres each week with 30% less waste than our competitors.

J.L.

Carpet Cutting
We have achieved an 80% reduction in the labour to mark and cut. It takes 2 minutes to mark and cut everything. Previously, that would have taken over 10 minutes.

W.K.

Hurricane screens
We have just cut 36 bags with our new laser at nearly 2 bags per minute. That's a saving of over three days a year on this product alone compared with the old method.

A.R.

PVC
We love our Aeronaut cutter! It's the best machine we've got.

G.H.

Window Furnishings
We love this machine... it just goes and goes.

AK

Window furnishings.
We've had our Aeronaut cutter two years now and it's going like a train. If anyone wants to know, they can call me.

B.S

Sailmaking.
Why wouldn't I promote Aeronaut at every opportunity? Our cutter has been the best technical investment we ever made!

B.D.

Inflatables NZ
With an Aeronaut cutter, production is up 30% on our most optimistic estimates. and that is after using two types of competitive machine.

R.B.

Corrugated Packaging
With the Aeronaut cutter performing three times faster than hand cutting, the company had to put on two extra full-time machinists, as well as one casual, to keep up.

C.K.

Canvas & PVC
Aussie Bills has been using the Aeronaut for about 9 years. We have found the drive system to be very reliable with low maintenance required.

A. J.

Blinds, awnings
With the Aeronaut cutter performing three times faster than hand cutting, the company had to put on two extra full-time machinists, as well as one casual, to keep up

K.C.

Truck curtains

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Automated Cutters for Lightweight Aircraft, Parachutes & Hang Gliders