Other notable features: Air-bed material handling, custom sizes, I-Cut, liquid cooling, removable beds, router-spindle upgrades, scrubbers.Ĭontact: CAM Tech International Inc, 80.
#PHOTOGRAV TROTEC SOFTWARE#
Software included: CMC4 Controller, Corel® Suite X3, PhotoGraV, TPCWin (vector cutting). Range of resolution (dpi): Vector to 1,200. Maximum materials weight accepted: 400 lbs. Maximum material size/production area: 78” X 150” (Larger production areas available.) Other notable features: U.S.-made, full-function control joystick, multiple-job queue.Ĭontact: ADSI, 60 CAM TECH INTERNATIONAL INC. Maximum materials weight accepted: Unlimited Maximum material size/production area: 4’ X 4’ to 5’ X 12’ The information provided is from surveys distributed to manufacturers in late 2007, along with additional research by Stone Business staff. For the latest information – and before making any purchase commitment – always contact manufacturers at the telephone numbers or Websites provided with each listing. Models can change, and prices can vary at any time. LaserProUSA machines are manufactured by GCC, for example similar models are available with the Pinnacle™ nameplate from Engravers Warehouse. Some companies also get their laser engravers from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), such as GCC in Taipei, Taiwan. Other software from the engraving industry, like PhotoGraV from ImageLaz LLC can address other needs, such as creating a halftone-dot effect for reproducing photographs. All the machines use lines (or vectors) as a pattern for output instead of using specialized software, the lasers can take data (and laser setting) directly from vector-based graphics software, most notably Corel Corp.’s CorelDRAW®.
#PHOTOGRAV TROTEC DRIVER#
It’s worth noting that many manufacturers offer a print driver for software. This also involves doing a job in stages, depending on the working (production) area of the laser, in a tiling routine of etching consecutive smaller sections form a larger image. Some of these enclosed units have ways to slide larger, longer pieces through the machines.
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A flatbed has an open-gantry configuration much like a CNC an enclosed cabinet puts everything inside a contained space, mainly for safety at close quarters. There’s also an indication of machine design.
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To change variables with the laser, including resolution and etching effectiveness, the process involves moving the worktable closer or farther away from the location of the laser – exactly the opposite of, say, a CNC production center. The weight capacity is key for any laser-etching machine it’s noted under “Z-axis table movement” in the listings.
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There’s also a listing for the amount of weight a machine can handle, since there’s more bulk to a monument or 2 ft(2) marble tile than a commemorative acryilc award. The machines made for that sector often deal with smaller goods, such as pens and trophy plaques, along with smaller stone pieces.įor this survey, a machine had to have a production area – the space where the laser can do its work – of at least 12” X 12”. Many of the machines come to the stone arena from other industries, particularly the awards-and-engraving (also called recognition) industry. What’s consistent, however, is that there’s a size and price for any production need and budget. Some offer the same machines … and others totally revamped the offerings. Not every manufacturer made large changes since our last survey in May 2005.