In my experimenting on polystyrene I have my power and speed settings relatively close to producing an acceptable result. Not perfect but I don't think I can get it much better.
With my laser being a 30watt model, for this experiment I have the power at 35 and the velocity at 30. Given that the machine has the capacity to go to 100 for both, is there a formula or has anyone published a chart which would show (for example) that increasing both power and speed 2x will produce an equal effect on the material?
My goal is to increase speed but keep the same visual result I've achieved already, but without having to make another 40 tests.
For all I know the factor may be completely different - maybe the power should increase only 25% for every 50% increase in speed, or the opposite...
Does the power setting effect decrease by 1/2 if you increase the velocity by 2x?
Is this a manufacturer and machine specific ratio or is it somewhat universal?