Ryan Barila
10-28-2015, 10:56 AM
After changing parts out I finally got my laser machine up and running. I have an issue I am experiencing. I have someone that wants me to engrave plastic badges. I was using one as a sample to get the settings right no matter what I do not working (looking nice).
I tried
power from 12.5-70% It either didn't engrave the gold off or it burned through.
Speed was at 320-420mm/s.
DPI 250-1000
I am using CorelDraw...Results weren't good looked burned and had a bunch of dots wasn't nice and smooth.
I tried putting masking tape over it.
Thoughts/Ideas that I can try? There is about 4-5 inches from laser head to plastic badge... Unit does have air assist... I am not looking for deep engraving just basically scratch the service of the plastic to remove the gold to expose the black under it, nice and smooth look & feel. I also tried multiple runs with very low power... We are looking to achieve a look with logo and text like this:
http://www.naagtag.com/name-tags/engraved-pocket-name-tags/engraved-pocket-name-tags-logo-up-to-2-lines-of-text
This RILLA was already engraved by another company. I am using the back of it to test.
I tried
power from 12.5-70% It either didn't engrave the gold off or it burned through.
Speed was at 320-420mm/s.
DPI 250-1000
I am using CorelDraw...Results weren't good looked burned and had a bunch of dots wasn't nice and smooth.
I tried putting masking tape over it.
Thoughts/Ideas that I can try? There is about 4-5 inches from laser head to plastic badge... Unit does have air assist... I am not looking for deep engraving just basically scratch the service of the plastic to remove the gold to expose the black under it, nice and smooth look & feel. I also tried multiple runs with very low power... We are looking to achieve a look with logo and text like this:
http://www.naagtag.com/name-tags/engraved-pocket-name-tags/engraved-pocket-name-tags-logo-up-to-2-lines-of-text
This RILLA was already engraved by another company. I am using the back of it to test.