History of Auto Wire Setting :

In 1989 Carlo Donadon invented a system for automatic setting of hotwires on EPS cutting machines.
Today´s machines are more advanced (i.e. precise) than the original design, one of the best is VIRO´s contactor system.

Wire magazine :

This is the traditional way to set cutting wires to the required disctance (layout - top view). the cutting wire is held by springs, the power is transferred via the brass connectors. If you want to accommodate up to 70 wires, and each wire holder has a thickness of 10mm this adds up to 700mm magazine height - add this to the height of your cutting frame and then imagine, that contour cutters have to move this fame up for another 1.300mm.