Machine for machining a moving object

A cutting machine configured for cutting a moving object, the machine comprising:

• (a) conveyor means,
• (b) a processing unit, and
• (c) a driving and cutting unit;
• the conveyor means being adapted for carrying the object along an advancement direction at a line speed;
• the processing unit being programmed and configured to control the driving and cutting unit so that the driving and cutting unit moves in a cutting cycle having:
• (1) a forward phase along a direction parallel to the advancement direction with a same direction as a direction of the conveyor means in order to cut the moving object, and
• (2) a return phase subsequent to the forward phase, along the direction parallel to the advancement direction with a direction opposite to the direction of the conveyor means in order to return to an initial position of the cutting cycle;
• wherein the processing unit is programmed and configured to generate a driving signal controlling the movement of the driving and cutting unit with an acceleration trend wherein a maximum absolute value of the acceleration within the return phase is smaller than a maximum absolute value of the acceleration within the forward phase;
• wherein the driving and cutting unit comprises (a) a cutting slide configured to move in the forward and return phases of the cutting cycle and (b) driving means configured to drive the movement of the cutting slide;
• wherein the processing unit is further programmed and configured to calculate a trend of the speed of the cutting slide as a function of input parameters and generate said driving signal;
• wherein the driving signal controls the movement of the cutting slide with said acceleration trend.