Can the Langmuir team speak to the dust created with the laser vs say plasma equipped with a water table?
Really leaning towards laser due to less dross & (hoping) less dust generated.
What’s the requirements for the exhaust fan for effective fume extraction?
Wife is onboard, as long as it doesn’t coat the garage in dust…
I dont have pics on this phone but it was a bescutter, it had an IPG source and a ray tools head, this will have the same head and I know the max phototronics source they are using pretty well too and it should be able to do it too
maybe that had something to do with it
Air pressure helps too, not everyone can pump out 250 psi plus. At that stage its probably best to move over to bottled gas as even if your compressor can do it, its different fittings, different drying system etc to handle that kind of pressure.
We were sending out or carbon steel 1/4-3/8 -1/2 plate to a local shop with a larger laser machine they exclusively cut on a 5x10 CNC laser and used nitrogen in large volumes and were working on a nitrogen generator (as nitrogen is not so inexpensive) so so not sure on just using clean shop air making the machine 100% as advertised. Also read the fine print. Finishes are not under warranty so when all the large panels start flaking paint you may end up with something not so nice. Ask me how we know. We still have some paint on mainly the frame of our XR machine, Y rails and cable trays are dropping paint in large sections. Ken in NC~ USA
XR tops out @400 with Y steppers getting out of SYNC with any rail paint flaking etc. Cameron specifically said just turn it down to 300 ipm. Ripping full sheets with 400 ipm move settling and and good luck on resetting mid cuts on your sheet. Live an learn. K
Hi Everyone! We’re getting closer to our GoLive for accepting deposits on the Apollo Fiber Laser…we have been working on a few new videos and wanted to share them with you. Here is one with improved cut quality. We continue to tweak and adjust parms on Apollo…getting some nice results from it.
Have a look: https://youtu.be/7h4bI5xuK1g
And don’t forget…Nov 17th (Monday!) is our Go Live for deposits…keep watch on your email and social media and the forum here…we’re going to announce a little extra offer for Nov 17th deposits only. Of course, the deposits are fully refundable, so no harm in placing one on Monday if you think want to reserve your place in line. More to come…stay tuned!