Range 03 · PRIMA · your first step towards in-house production
Your first step towards independent production. Built to grow with you.
For advanced craft businesses, joinery workshops, sign makers and print shops bringing their first machining processes in-house. Start with the base machine, vision and tool change; add modules as needed without changing the structure.
Overview
For investment decision-makers
The problem it solves, the effect on your business, payback, installation and future upgrades. A five-minute read.
Read more →Technical detail
For technical managers
Full specifications, construction, electronics, modules, materials and thicknesses, supplied equipment and technical videos.
View the specifications →For investment decision-makers
Your first investment should add capability, not complexity.
Angelo Cava introduces PRIMA: production needs and investment decisions. Video in Italian; click to play with sound.
Small jobs are turned down, lead times depend on subcontractors and growth is limited by the owner's working hours. A first CNC machine helps unlock this capacity, with an operator who can learn the machine in a few days.
PRIMA shares the heavy-duty construction principles of Automa's industrial machines, with a 3050 × 2050 mm bed and the equipment needed to start: vacuum bed, vision system and automatic tool change. Additional options can follow when needed.
As your work changes, the machine grows: further modules and spindle power can be added at your premises, with material advice continuing after purchase.
Figures provided by Automa based on previous installations; they vary with material, volume and configuration. We check them together on your actual work before you order.
What changes in your business
More services for existing customers, greater control over urgent jobs and a foundation for your next step.
- 1Produce signs, furniture and profiled panels in-house
Letters, plaques, shapes and engraving from your file, within the same day as the sale.
- 2An operator can learn it in days
Open CAD/CAM software and an Italian-language interface; an Automa technician provides training on your material.
- 3Print registration maintained
The vision system reads registration marks: PRIMA also profiles printed panels by following the artwork.
- 4The manufacturer answers your call
Automa develops the hardware and software: your contact knows the machine and your material.
Expand through modules
Start with the base. Add what you need when you need it.
The structure and mechanics match the fully equipped configuration: modules can be added later at your premises, without trading in the machine.
Base: routing, vacuum bed, vision and tool change
Routing, profiling, engraving, pocketing and 2.5D machining of wood, plastics, foam, acrylic and light alloys.
Videos
PRIMA in action: machining and details.
Machining and machine details. Video in Italian; click to play with sound.
Covers are frames and thumbnails from Automa's YouTube videos; click to play.
Videos retain their original Italian audio.
For technical managers
Features and accessories to configure your PRIMA.
Working area, spindle, software and accessories: define the configuration around your materials and production processes.
Technical specifications
- Spindle
- 4.5–9 kW · up to 24,000 rpm, depending on configuration
- Tool change
- Automatic, with up to eight rack positions; digital tool setter
- Lubrication
- Minimum-quantity air-oil lubrication for metals and light alloys
- Material thickness
- Materials up to 150 mm thick, depending on configuration
- Power consumption
- 6 kW at full load (base model) · 400 V supply
- Compliance and origin
- CE · Industry 4.0 ready · Made in Italy
Construction and electronics
- Structure
- Heavy-duty frame with 10 mm steel box sections, machined and mechanically stress-relieved; aluminium supports
- Motion system
- Recirculating-ball guides, precision helical racks and 750 W brushless motors with two-stage planetary gearboxes
- CNC control
- Italian Ethernet CNC, up to six interpolated axes, EtherCAT drives, 1024-block look-ahead and High Speed Cutting
- Component sizing
- Components sized to operate at no more than 70% of rated load
Modules and options
Tool change, workholding and accessories to configure PRIMA for your materials and production processes.
- Automatic tool change
- ER30 spindle, rack with five to ten positions
- Tool cooling
- Compressed air or minimum-quantity air-oil lubrication
- Height setting
- Precision tool setter, controlled from the operator panel
- Vacuum bed
- 30 mm zoned phenolic bed and vacuum pump; combined vacuum/mechanical workholding on request
- Chip extraction
- Extraction hood and hose connection; extractor available as an option
Materials and thicknesses
- Wood and wood-based panels
- Solid wood, MDF and plywood
- Plastics and PVC
- Forex, rigid PVC and polycarbonate
- Acrylic
- Acrylic cutting and engraving
- Aluminium composites
- Dibond: profiling and grooving for folding
- Foams
- Polystyrene and polyurethane for shaped parts and prototypes
- Light alloys
- Aluminium: engraving and light-duty routing
Thicknesses are indicative and depend on tooling and configuration. They are checked on your material.
Processes
- Routing and profiling
- Engraving
- Pocketing and recesses
- 2.5D machining
- Registration-mark reading on printed panels
Included in the supply
- CE-marked electrical cabinet
- Operating, maintenance and operator manuals
- Licensed CAD/CAM software
- Installation and training over 3–5 days
Real applications
PRIMA at work.
Frequently asked questions
What customers ask before a material test.
Is this the right machine to get started?
Yes, if you work with rigid panels and currently outsource or turn down jobs: signs, furniture, profiled panels, components, prototypes and short production runs. If you already need knife cutting for cardboard, start with VISIO Pro.
How much space is required?
The bed is 3050 × 2050 mm. Together we check the space required for the selected configuration, including loading and unloading.
How does a test on my material work?
Contact us with your machining file and material details: together we will agree on testing arrangements and availability.
How long do installation and training take?
Three to five days at your premises with an Automa technician: assembly, testing on your material and operator training in Italian.
What does it cost?
We discuss pricing after a call to define the right configuration for your work. We support Italian customers applying for eligible incentives (see Italian incentives).
See also applications, support and Italian incentives.
Material testing
Bring us a file, a material and a target result.
Contact us with your machining file and material details: together we will agree on testing arrangements and availability.
You will speak to someone at Automa. We discuss pricing after understanding your work, rather than sending a standard price by email.
