This Polar 137 XT AT Pace is a used guillotine — also commonly referred to as a paper cutter — dating from 2010 and currently located in Germany. Guillotines of this type are used in print finishing and bindery operations to make precise, high-volume cuts through stacked sheets of paper and other substrates. Polar is a well-established German manufacturer recognised globally as one of the leading producers of cutting machinery and finishing equipment for the commercial printing and graphic arts industries.
What sets this particular machine apart is that it is configured as a semi-automated Pace cutting system rather than a standalone cutter. The complete line integrates a loading lift, a jogging unit with count scale, a gripper transport system with rotary function, and a delivery unit, allowing continuous, largely automated cutting operations with minimal manual handling between stages. The machine has accumulated approximately 5.43 million cuts.
The workflow begins at the Polar Stack Lift LW 1200-4, which raises palletised material to an optimal working height for the operator. The lift platform measures 80 × 126 mm and carries a maximum load of 1,200 kg. It is equipped with steplessly adjustable photoelectric sensors that handle automatic lifting and lowering as the pile is consumed.
From the lift, material is placed into the Jogger RAH-4, which accommodates working formats up to 75 × 105 cm. The jogger features an air removal roller and automatically squares and compacts the pile before unloading it rearward into an STR stacking rack, ready for transport to the cutter. A Polar count scale by Avery Weigh-Tronix is integrated at this stage to ensure each cutting layer contains a precise quantity of sheets.
Transport from the stacking rack to the cutter's rear table is handled by the Polar Autoturn gripper transport system. This unit takes over the prepared cutting layer and conveys it via air tables — which float the material on a cushion of air for optimised handling — directly onto the rear table of the high-speed cutter. Throughout transport the grippers hold the layer firmly, preserving the squared alignment established during jogging. A rotary gripper function allows the layer to be rotated as required before it reaches the cutting position.
The cutting machine itself is the Polar 137 XT-AT with touch control. It includes the Autotrim function, which automatically removes trim waste beneath the front table during the cutting cycle, keeping the workflow uninterrupted. A lowerable left-hand side gauge is fitted, which is required to accommodate rear-table loading and also enables handling of formats with a diagonal cut configuration. After cutting, the Transomat delivery unit automatically stacks the finished layers onto a pallet, completing the continuous cutting cycle without manual intervention at the output end.
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