Engraving Pionite

[David P Graham]

Good morning all,

I'm working on a project that requires me to engrave molds for a thermoform machine. We are using Pionite's DecoCor Phenolic Core Laminate on Vision's 2550 rotary engraver; however I can not seem to find a reference anywhere for recommended settings to use with this material. I'm hoping that maybe one of the members here has had some experiance with this and could point me in the right direction.

Thank you all

[Paul Phillips]

David, I have cut this and similar material on my CNC router, I can tell you that it's very hard and abrasive to even the best carbide bits so be prepared to have some extras on hand, for engraving I would use settings similar to non ferrous metals, your best bet will be to just test it by starting slow and working your way up until you find the optimum feed/speed. Wish I could give you more precise numbers, but maybe that will help. Good luck.

[David P Graham]

Thank you!