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Challenge Machinery — Cutting & Drilling
Premium paper cutters and drill equipment built for durability and precision in demanding print environments.
Serving South Florida from our Miami headquarters — sales, install, training, and on-site service.
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The Challenge Machinery Lineup
We help South Florida operations choose, install, and run the right Challenge Machinery machine for their volume and workflow.
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Challenge CHAMP 150 Hydraulic Paper Cutter
The Challenge CHAMP 150 is billed by the manufacturer as the strongest 15" paper cutter on the market: full hydraulic power drives both the clamp and the knife with up to 2,350 lbs of pressure, ideal for high volumes and thick stocks in small formats. Its narrow welded-steel frame rolls through a 29" doorway, and it plugs into a standard 120 V, 20 A outlet. Made in the USA.
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Challenge CHAMP 185 Hydraulic Paper Cutter
The Challenge CHAMP 185 delivers hydraulic clamping and cutting — 2,350 lbs of pressure through 3.25" piles — with a straightforward manual backgauge, making it the workhorse choice for shops that want 18.5" hydraulic capacity without programming. The 1/4" cold-rolled-steel welded frame cuts today's hard digital stocks accurately, and lockable casters let it roll through a standard 36" doorway. Made in Michigan, USA.
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Challenge CHAMP 185Pro Programmable Paper Cutter
The Challenge CHAMP 185Pro brings true hydraulic clamping and cutting — 2,350 lbs of pressure through 3.25" piles — to an 18.5" market crowded with weaker electric-motor cutters. Its 7" color touch screen stores 99 programs of 99+ cuts with repeat/loop commands, cut-and-record job creation, and USB memory, and the whole machine rolls through a standard 36" doorway on lockable casters. Made in Michigan, USA.
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Challenge Champion 305 TC Paper Cutter
The Challenge Champion 305 TC is a USA made 30.5 inch programmable hydraulic paper cutter built for one to two shift production environments. It pairs powerful hydraulic clamping and cutting, accurate to within plus or minus 0.002 inch, with a 10.5 inch color touch screen TC controller and a rust free solid 1 inch thick stainless steel table. Light beam curtain safety, two hand timed cut activation, and UL, cUL, and CE certification make it one of the safest cutters in its class.
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Challenge Champion 370 TC Paper Cutter
The Challenge Champion 370 TC brings 37 inch hydraulic cutting capacity to demanding production floors, with up to 7,000 lbs of clamping force and accuracy within plus or minus 0.002 inch. The 10.5 inch color touch screen TC controller offers graphical program layout, auto sheet division, and .csv offline programming. Built in the USA with a solid stainless steel table, light beam curtain safety, and UL, cUL, and CE certification.
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Challenge CMT 130TC On-Demand Book Trimmer
The Challenge CMT 130TC trims perfect-bound books up to 2" thick with a single knife and automated book rotation, replacing slow, error-prone guillotine trimming for on-demand book work. Automatic size detection and barcode reading make changeovers fully automated in about 10 seconds, and its industry-exclusive modular design grows with you — start as a hand-fed off-line trimmer, then add a 35.5" pile feeder, vertical stacker, or in-line conveyor to run directly behind your perfect binder. Made in Michigan, USA.
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Challenge CMT 330TC Three-Knife Book Trimmer
The Challenge CMT 330TC is a fully automated three-knife trimmer for perfect-bound books, cutting up to 2" thick blocks and finishing landscape formats up to 12.1x12.9". Digital servo setup changes book sizes in under 6 seconds with no tools, the integrated barcode reader enables true book-of-one production, and multi-book mode pushes throughput to 750 books per hour. Its exclusive simultaneous in-line and near-line feeding lets it trim from a perfect binder and a hand-loaded pile feeder at the same time. Made in Michigan, USA.
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Challenge Combination Series Paper Joggers
Challenge Combination Series joggers are the bindery workhorses for squaring large-format stock ahead of the cutter or folder: table sizes run from 20x26" to 28x40", each handling piles up to 4" high. The table tilts from flat to 60 degrees, accepts accessory dividers for jogging multiple lifts of smaller stock at once, and the Dial-a-Jog control adjusts the jogging action with toggle or hands-free foot-switch operation. Made in the USA.
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Challenge EH-3 Three-Spindle Paper Drill
The Challenge EH-3 has been the print industry's standard 3-hole drill for over 50 years: hydraulic power drives all three spindles through piles up to 2-1/2" thick at up to 18 strokes per minute. Fast head adjustments, a flexible backgauge, and automatic drill return keep 3-hole work moving in any copy center or in-plant shop. Made in Michigan, USA.
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Challenge Handy-Drill Tabletop Paper Drill
The Challenge Handy-Drill puts real 2-1/2" pile drilling capacity on a tabletop: pull the hand lever and the spindle motor starts automatically, then shuts off when the lever returns. Interlocked chip-collector cups double as safety covers that cut motor power during bit changes, and four adjustable backgauge stops handle multi-hole patterns. At 70 lbs and 115 V, it fits any copy room. Made in the USA.
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Challenge Handy-Jog Tabletop Paper Jogger
The Challenge Handy-Jog puts quiet, powerful jogging on a tabletop: it squares piles up to 3" high and sheets up to 11x17" with a maintenance-free drive, front-side loading, and a choice of three trays — standard, slotted check tray, or large 11x17" tray. An optional instant-on foot switch keeps both hands on the stock. At 15 lbs it lives next to the cutter or copier. Made in the USA.
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Challenge Handy-Padder Tabletop Padding Press
The Challenge Handy-Padder turns a corner of any workbench into a padding station: its 8-degree slanted table gravity-aligns up to 8,000 letter-size sheets of 20# bond, quick-release clamps lock the load in seconds, and the self-locking swivel table turns so you load, clamp, and pad from one position. All-steel construction with an extended rear stabilizer keeps it planted under a full load. Made in the USA.
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Challenge iCutter Series Heavy-Duty Paper Cutters
The Challenge iCutter series covers large-format guillotine cutting from 26.7" up to a full 62" width, with mechanical-drive power, backgauge accuracy of +/- 0.002", and clamp pressure adjustable up to 9,921 lbs on the larger frames. A 15" color touchscreen handles job storage, diagnostics, and maintenance reminders, an optional iCUTTER interface adds CIP/JDF workflow integration (HP SmartStream partner), and an infrared safety light curtain protects the operator. This is the machine for commercial binderies cutting big sheets all day.
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Challenge iJOG Paper Jogger
The Challenge iJOG squares a 4" pile of stock up to 13x19" in seconds with electro-mechanical jogging, front-side loading, and foot-pedal control. Add the air-assist option — adjustable from zero to 112 CFM — to blow static out of digitally printed sheets while jogging, the common cure for feeding and finishing problems downstream of a digital press. Made in the USA.
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Challenge JF Single-Spindle Paper Drill
The Challenge JF is an industrial-grade single-spindle floor drill that punches through 2" piles with foot-pedal operation, leaving both hands free to handle stock. The auto-trip side guide advances through up to seven backgauge stops automatically for multi-hole patterns, and optional attachments add round cornering, slitting, and slotting to one machine. Made in the USA.
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Challenge MiniPadder Tabletop Padding Press
The Challenge MiniPadder is a 15 lb all-steel tabletop press for low-volume padding: load up to a 5" stack of sheets as large as 11x17", clamp with the thumb-screw bar, and apply padding compound. Small enough to store in a cabinet between jobs and ship by UPS or FedEx, it is the lowest-cost way to bring notepad production in-house. Made in the USA.
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Challenge MS-5 Multiple-Spindle Paper Drill
The Challenge MS-5 drills up to 5 holes in a single hydraulic, foot-pedal-activated stroke through piles up to 2-1/2" thick — the production paper drill for shops running multi-hole patterns all day. Three drill heads come standard (expandable to five), and optional 1-3/8" narrow heads handle tight medical-form hole patterns in one cycle. Made in the USA.
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Challenge Paddy Wagon Padding Press
The Challenge Paddy Wagon is the original patented rolling padding press: tilt it back and its 30-degree table slant gravity-aligns up to 15,000 letter-size sheets of 20# bond, clamp the load in seconds, then tilt upright and pad. Built-in shelves hold glue and tools and catch drips, and heavy-duty casters roll the whole press to the cutter or out of the way to dry. Made in the USA.
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Challenge SCM Hydraulic Cornering Machine
The Challenge SCM Hydraulic corners a full 4" stack of paper in one powered stroke — the manufacturer rates it at up to ten times the capacity of electric tabletop cornering machines. Six knife sizes from 1/8" to 5/8" radius (plus a straight diagonal) handle everything from playing cards to coated cover stock, with a shear cutting action that keeps knives sharp and gravity chip disposal into a large waste bin. Made in Michigan, USA.
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Challenge SCM Manual Cornering Machine
The Challenge SCM Manual delivers the same shear cutting action and six corner-knife sizes as its hydraulic sibling in a foot-activated machine that needs no electrical hookup at all. It corners stacks up to 2" high on any size sheet, with gravity chip disposal — a simple, durable way to add professional round corners in a smaller shop. Made in Michigan, USA.
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Challenge Titan 200 BC Manual-Backgauge Paper Cutter
The Challenge Titan 200 BC pairs full hydraulic clamping and cutting — 2,500 lbs of pressure through 3.25" piles — with a simple hand-wheel backgauge and digital cut-size display, keeping the price of entry down for small shops that don't need programming. Its 20" width handles 11x17" stock comfortably, it plugs into a standard 120 V outlet, and it rolls on lockable casters. Made in the USA.
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Challenge Titan 200Pro Paper Cutter
The Challenge Titan 200Pro is the newest generation of the 30 year proven Titan 20 inch hydraulic paper cutter line, made in the USA. Its 9 inch pivoting color touch screen and Pro software make programming simple, automatically saving your cut history so a job program is one save button away. Mounted on lockable casters, it rolls wherever your shop needs it and runs on standard 220 volt single phase power.
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Challenge Titan 230Pro Hydraulic Paper Cutter
The Challenge Titan 230Pro brings fully hydraulic cutting and clamping with 2,500 lbs of pressure to a 23" format — a step up in capacity from the 20" Titan 200Pro without moving to 3-phase power. The tilting 9" color touch screen "Pro" controller builds a job automatically from your cut history and stores up to 9,801 cut positions, and Category 4 safety light beams plus a fully enclosed rear table back its UL and CE certifications. Made in the USA.
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Challenge Titan 265 TC Programmable Paper Cutter
The Challenge Titan 265 TC is a 26-1/2" hydraulic programmable cutter built on cast iron and steel, delivering up to 26 cuts per minute with up to 4,000 lbs of electronically controlled clamp force. The 10.5" color touch-screen TC controller stores unlimited programs, reads .csv job files from a USB drive, and automates sheet-division and label work — a true production cutter for digital and offset shops stepping up from a 20" class machine.
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ARD Printing Solutions LLC
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Baptist Health South Florida — In-House Print Shop
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