Press for cutting a material in the form of a sheet comprising a horizontal work-table, a moving bridge located above the worktable over the whole length of the latter and capable of sliding horizontally so as to either overhang the said table or free it by being moved aside therefrom, a press-plate supported by a carriage mounted under the said bridge and movable in horizontal translation in a direction perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the bridge itself, the said plate being moreover movable in vertical translation so as to apply a vertical pressure on the cutting tool placed on the material to be cut and cause it to penetrate into said material.
A control device for the driving and translation, in a chosen direction, of the movable head of a diecutter machine, provides for the pre-setting of the direction of translation and for the successive driving of the pressing head by means of five sets of sensitive plates switches, disposed in the front portion of the machine. By touching opportunely one or two of said plates, combinative logic circuits are activated that allow selection of the direction of motion, the actuation of the thus preset displacement and the lowering of the head for the cutting operation.
