Brian Leavitt
12-03-2014, 10:33 AM
Our 60-watt Universal X-660 has been having an issue with low power for quite some time now. It's been going on for a couple of years, on and off, but since I rarely use the machine, I have been lackadaisical about fixing it. Now I really want to get it fixed up again.
At first I thought it was an issue with the laser tube because the power output was only measuring at 37 watts the last time it was checked. After that I just kept using it, but with higher power settings to compensate. During that time, the output seemed relatively consistent. A few months later I decided to just go ahead and order a new laser tube. After that went in, everything was fine for about a week, but then I noticed that the output was decreasing again. So I swapped laser tubes between the X2-600 and the X-660. Both tubes worked fine in the 600, but both had decreased output when installed in the 660. I let it go for several more months and just didn't use the machine. So fast forward and I replaced all of the optics in the 660 a couple of weeks ago. Again, after doing so, everything seemed fine... until yesterday. I was running acrylics on there and the power output is definitely down again.
Laser tube is less than a year old; optics are a couple of weeks old; everything is clean; beam is aligned; table is level; and all belts and bearings are about two years old, and have seen little use.
Anyone have an issue like this? I'll be contacting Universal Tech Support, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas.
Thanks,
B
At first I thought it was an issue with the laser tube because the power output was only measuring at 37 watts the last time it was checked. After that I just kept using it, but with higher power settings to compensate. During that time, the output seemed relatively consistent. A few months later I decided to just go ahead and order a new laser tube. After that went in, everything was fine for about a week, but then I noticed that the output was decreasing again. So I swapped laser tubes between the X2-600 and the X-660. Both tubes worked fine in the 600, but both had decreased output when installed in the 660. I let it go for several more months and just didn't use the machine. So fast forward and I replaced all of the optics in the 660 a couple of weeks ago. Again, after doing so, everything seemed fine... until yesterday. I was running acrylics on there and the power output is definitely down again.
Laser tube is less than a year old; optics are a couple of weeks old; everything is clean; beam is aligned; table is level; and all belts and bearings are about two years old, and have seen little use.
Anyone have an issue like this? I'll be contacting Universal Tech Support, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas.
Thanks,
B