We are a specialty stationery store and really want to add laser products to our product offerings.
Our customers order in bulk quantities typically (50-250 items at a time). I've timed a typical cut on a card around 2 minutes, and using a flat bed cutter (epilog, trotec), it seems we can only do a very small handful of orders per day on a single machine. Economically, it doesn't seem to add up with the going rates of laser cut invitations and the processing time in the US.
The dream would be a galvo conveyor feed system, but we can't afford that. So for now, testing out cutting multiple sheets at a time.
I tested out cutting multiple sheets with a epilog showroom and it actually was able to cut through 6-8 sheets at a time with decent results. But this was only with simple shapes like squares and circles. Once it got more complex, there was a lot of burning on most of the sheets.
I'm wondering if there are any ideas for obtaining higher output.
Thanks.