System and Method for Securing a Die During Cutting

Abstract

A die cutting machine mat including a magnetic layer to attract the metal die and prevent its movement during pressing, a first soft layer on the top surface side of the magnetic layer, a second soft layer on the bottom side of the magnetic layer and a rigid plastic layer between the magnetic layer and the second soft layer. The mat may replace the bottom plate of the assembly, and soft layers may be self-healing. At least one of the soft layers may be covered in a sticky coating to better grip the sheet of paper and an adhesive may be placed between at least two of the layers to adhere adjacent layers to each other. The rigid plastic layer and the magnetic layer may be about the same thickness and soft layers may be about one half the thickness of the rigid plastic layer and the magnetic layer.

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