Trotec laser offers an acrylic or metal cutting table option for your laser.
Acrylic sheet laser cut file.
Yes you can create beautiful designs and shapes from any acrylic sheet.
Laser cutting is a subtractive manufacturing technology that uses a high power laser beam to cut flat sheet materials such as acrylic.
Variant a requires a larger laser and larger sheet of acrylic whereas variant b has been reconfigured to accommodate smaller lasers and a common sized sheet of 24 x 12 acrylic 60 cm x 30 cm.
A computer directs this laser to follow the cutting line provided in your digital design.
And today i want to take you through the process of laser cutting acrylic material.
To achieve a polished finish on cut acrylic it is best to use cast acrylic not extruded acrylic.
So how do you laser cut acrylic.
You will need to run at high power low speed 4 8mm s and have the air assist on a low level.
The acrylic cutting table is essential to a high quality flame polish cut.
Small x 1 eps file by derekelley.
Acrylic sheet 1 piece select color and size 0 118 inch thick 1 8 inches plexiglass sheet plastic sheet acrylic square plexiglass lucite green translucent 12 x 12 inch 5 0 out of 5 stars 2 10 11 10.
Tim shows me how to use a laser cutter to make clean cuts from an adobe illustrator file in acrylic plexiglass.
Cad design file svg file by wb8cjxou.
Depending on the type of acrylic you re working with the laser can produce a smooth flame polished edge when laser cut and it can also produce a bright frosty white engraving when laser engraved.
The high precision laser vaporizes a cut line through the acrylic leaving a 90 degree high quality cut edge finish.
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Laser cutting acrylic is an exceptionally popular application for epilog laser machines because of the high quality results that are produced.
When cutting acrylic on a metal cutting bed the laser energy may hit the metal cutting bed and bounce back into the material causing divots or vertical marks along the cut line.
In order to generate heat in the cut consider using a longer focal length lens 2 5 or 4.
Get it as soon as tue sep 15.
You ll learn the basic concepts benefits.
The complete guide do you know laser cutting acrylic is safe efficient and precise way of making different accessories.
This video was taken at the james madison u.
