Thanks for the info Gary! Appreciated!!!!!
Dave
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Thanks for the info Gary! Appreciated!!!!!
Dave
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Lenses are cheap . either a 50mm x 50mm or 70x70 for when you need speed and ultimate power density for depth
110mm x 110m , little less power density great all rounder
210 x 210 .. excellent for cutting and engraving rowmark , plastics .. superfast
Combine these lenses with a 30w fiber ...., more or less all you need to cover most bases
I'd love one of these--25x25 working area...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmfBE8Z3AH0
http://auto-alt.com/wp-content/uploa...FlexMarker.pdf
--but to be honest, I couldn't use it for more than half the work I do with mine... but I WOULD love to find an "open" galvo fiber similar to mine with 100 watts available..
Not all the enraving plastics work , here are the ones that do , I do remember that stuff with a white substrate wasnt too good
http://www.tokerbros.co.za/Engraving...ser-engraving/
I forget the exact settings .. I passed my fibre on to one of my employees after I experimented so dont have them on hand
If its not in that pic gallery , it probably cant be fibre engraved as I tried every colour combo engraving lam we had on hand .. I got great results cutting some of the engraving plastics with the fiber laser .. also works real well with that thin laserlites type material
I had a customer for who I used LaserMag for tags. I got that to work on my Fiber and it took a lot of trial and error. She had not ordered for months and since I sold my ULS CO2 I told her to find someone else. But she insisted so I got it done on the Fiber.
I also use the aluminum anodized tags from Chewbarkas they look great for name tags.
Talked to a guy yesterday that said he could take my fiber, mount the scanhead to a 24x24" gantry, set it up with the needed software to drive it all and make sure it works, AND change out my 30w source for a 50w, all for 6 bills... and I keep the 30w source as a spare...
With a moving gantry taking care of the working area I could swap out the 160 lens for a 50--- the way higher power density coupled with a 50w laser-- All for less $$ than a separate 50 watt laser...
this really has my wheels turning--
I think you might have issues aligning the galvo head engraving and the moving table "tiles"
I was assured it wouldn't be an issue, supposed to be all automatic, but I do agree with you, I've seen how well my rotary lines up stuff!
However, the rotary 'text mark' feature works flawlessly... I figure a gantry could seam text together the same way, and my work is predominately text...
Kev,
This sounds interesting. If you don't mind sharing I'd like to inquire with your contact as well. If needed you can PM me.
FWIW CAMFive claims it can be done. Can't link their eBay ad, but "X-Y TABLE (optional): The adjustable table travels X-Y to be able to engrave in different areas when working with bigger objects, without having to move them, this is a great feature when using the rotary attachment. Not included with this price but available for purchase for $675.00."
If this would work, it would really take fibers a huge step forward.
I don't know that anyone really has a definitive answer to that question. For one, it depends entirely on what you are marking and the type of mark. ie. For black anodized aluminum you could get away with a pretty large marking area if all you are doing is bleaching out the color. If, on the other hand, you were deep marking hard tempered steel or hard coat anodized aluminum then you would lose quite a bit of area if you want the mark to be consistent over the entire area.
Check jimani - they have this completely resolved and working perfectly. To say the will cost you a small fortune is fairly accurate, but you do get what you pay for - support as well as quality hardware and software. If you have the jobs that require this technology then you'll easily afford it.