Hey all,
Yes our speedmarker CL is collecting dust. We started out with that machine and it worked for a while but was seriously under powered. 30w isn't powerful enough to cut card clean and required multiple passes which created a soot problem. We then bought the Speedy 400 which was comparable speedwise as the 30w was under-powered and could cut much finer detail and super clean with the added benifit of cutting wood and acrylic. We are now looking at getting a new co2 galvo but this time with all the bells and whistles. Full automation, cameras and a whopping 200w pulsed co2 laser which puts out a peak power of 600w. We are talking to the company to build us a turn-key solution so should have something finalised in the next few months. This new machine is an absolute beast and to give you a comparison, we ran a cutting file on our s400 - run time 48 minutes. On this new machine 2 minutes. Another file took 11 minutes on the s400 - this was cut down to 15 seconds!
Jit Patel
London UK
30w Trotec Speedmarker CL (Galvo) with 400mm & 250mm lens
80w Trotec Speedy 400 with Rotary, Vacuum Table, Cutting Lamellas, 2" & 1.5" lens, Pass through
Oki Printing Press
Abobe Creative Suite - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.
Vector Magic
Jacob,
A CO2 galvo does cut it - it cuts amazing as long as you have enough power to keep up with the speed. No point having all that speed when you don't have enough "umph" to cut through things. Now 600w will solve that!
The system we are building is based using this laser-source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY2eTI-eHDI
Happy for you to take the galvo off my hands - where are you based - if you're happy to take a trip to London I'm sure we can work something out!
Last edited by Jiten Patel; 11-27-2018 at 4:28 AM.
Jit Patel
London UK
30w Trotec Speedmarker CL (Galvo) with 400mm & 250mm lens
80w Trotec Speedy 400 with Rotary, Vacuum Table, Cutting Lamellas, 2" & 1.5" lens, Pass through
Oki Printing Press
Abobe Creative Suite - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.
Vector Magic
Man, it's crazy looking at how intricate that laser cut that card. I don't know why I'm so much fonder on my fiber galvo, but I love watching it work. Same with that CO2 galvo. I forget you're in London, I'm across the pond in good ole Houston, Texas! That would be quite a trip for a laser, though my wife would love it! 😆🤣
Hey there Jit, sent you a PM.
Jacob,
Do you now own a galvo? I wasn't sure if I was your reading your sig to mean that you do. If so, what do you think of it now?