Specifications

The Motion Control System
The motion control section of the control panel (the four directional arrow buttons)
enables the user to manually control motion system movement. Pressing and holding
down an arrow button will cause the focus lens holder assembly to move in the
respective direction. Pressing two adjac ow buttons ill move the assembly in a
diagonal direction. This part of the contr l is primarily used for focusing the laser
beam on the engraving material using the focus tool. Refer to the next section on
focusing for a thorough explanation on how to set focus.
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The “SETUP” button positions the focus carriage in the upper left hand corner of the
engraving area where the majority of focusing will be done. Once the focus carriage is
positioned, the motion system can still be moved by using the motion control arrow
buttons. Pressing the “SETUP” button again will move the focus carriage back to the
home position. Refer to the next section for a more detailed explanation on how to
focus.
4.3 Loading and Fo
The first step to laser engraving is loading the material and focusing th
the top surface. Let’s use a wooden plaque as an example. Ope
place the wood on the engraving table. Rotate the wood so that the longest direction is
the horizontal direction. Slide the wood into the upper left hand corner of the
engraving table against the horizontal and vertical rulers.
Materials larger than the maximum engraving area can be processed p
all the doors to be closed properly. If you have an be fit into the machine and allow
application of this type, load the material through the fro
owever, all the doors must be able to close before cutting andH
WARNING:
too large to fit into the system as this could result in
radiation.
o process more than one piece of material at a time, sT
a pplication, a template can be easily made to help in loading the system. To make a
template draw a slightly oversized outline of the material to be processed
it as many times as will fit into the engraving area. Place a large pie
cardboard, or acrylic on the engravin
Position the engraving objects within the template outlines. Now position the graphics
on screen so that they are aligned within the template outlines. Finally, print o
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