APMC News

This 100-ton cutting on nylon belt die cutting system has landed in Mexico and is already in operation cutting parts for the automotive industry.  Our customer requested special delivery instructions – they asked for a truck that can deliver the machine directly to their factory without any transloads and to deliver the machine with minimal machine assembly required upon arrival.  APMC was able to find a direct truck and to keep the machine in one piece instead of disassembling the feed system (with the help of our longtime friends at So-Cal Machinery Movers).  Our customer was able to put the machine into production quickly after receiving the machine.  Click here to view more die cutting machines.  Click here to submit information about your cutting project.

Loading 100-ton cutting on belt die cutting machine using a crane lift.

100-ton cutting on belt die cutting machine on the truck.

While many thermoforming machines have the ability to trim cut parts after molding, not all do.  When these tall parts need to be trimmed, an off the shelf die cutter might not work.  In this particular case, our customer’s layup was almost 10″ tall and needed the corresponding daylight to fit everything into the cutting area.  If you’re looking for a die cutting press for cutting thermoformed parts, please fill out our Contact APMC form and we will be in touch with the current machine options we have available.

Check out a quick demo of the machine in action:

Custom posts for higher daylight.

10″ daylight full head hydraulic press for thermoforming packaged and ready for pickup.

It’s with great sadness that we post a longtime friend of Associated Pacific Machine Corp., Michael Mahnen­smith, has passed in the Lahaina wildfire.  Michael was known by customers around the world for hand-making leather sandals with a design used 3000 years ago.  His philosophy was that our feet are our connection to the Earth, and your footwear should mold itself to both yourself and the ground you walk on.  The time-tested design of his sandals allowed just that.

The Wax family has had the pleasure of visiting Michael’s shop in Lahaina on numerous occasions.  Michael was always full of stories from his travels, and was passionate about finding ecological solutions to problems faced by both residents of Hawaii and citizens of the world.  He will be missed.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/10/06/hawaii-news/lahainas-resident-sandalmaker-confirmed-as-a-wildfire-victim/

“We’ve had to reinvent ourselves and the company several times,” Bob Wax reflects, thinking about his family’s involvement in leading Associated Pacific Machine Corp (APMC) based in Camarillo, California.

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Before die cutting evolved to what it is today at Associated Pacific Machine Corp, the technology emerged from presses in the publishing industry. Picture Germany, in the early twentieth century. Craftsmen tinkered and toiled to create the Heidelberg platen press, and this press could imprint, print, die cut, and more.  Read more

HSC-25 Automated High Speed Hydraulic Cutting Machine
with Automatic Feeding, Slug Collection, Cut Parts Registration and Knock Out, and Waste Web Rewind

APMC is proud to present a new HSC-25 machine for the medical industry. This machine is designed to cut breathing filters for the medical industry. Read more

Associated Pacific Machine Corp. is introducing a new cutting system for profiled scouring pads, the ABC-100 Automatic Press. This provides fully automatic operation from sheet material auto feeding, guiding before cutting to ensure the material is in the correct position, and then a conveyor belt to output the sheet. Read more