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    Bystronic Autonom Gascon warning - Calibrating

    Hi All, Has anyone ever had a Gascon warning-"Calbrating" on a Bystronic Autonom 6 KW Laser is up and runnning , Byvision is all good with a plan loaded but it hangs after edge detect and even after restart same thing. Thanks Jetray
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    Bystronic 4400 over pressure on shutdown

    Hi All, Has anyone encountered a Bystronic 4400 laser unit pushing the plugs out or over pressure warnings while running ? - worst of problem is during shutdown cycle when flooding with nitrogen if error happens at about 400 hpa on laser view screen - my digital test gauge plugged into...
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    Wavy cut on Byspeed 4400

    The z axis has almost no play as the the leadscrew and linear bearings were replaced with the upgrade kit 6 months ago and now has remote greasing points, The x and y moves smoothly when pushed but requires some effort ( not really easy like a well worn leadscrew). The greasing cycles do...
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    Wavy cut on Byspeed 4400

    Hi Henry, Yes the encoder strips were replaced with the new non optical type when the machine was about 2.5 years old at no charge even though they now say no cleaning required we have clean the tapes , removed the reader head wiped clean and set the gap to 0.15 - 0.20 with he...
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    Wavy cut on Byspeed 4400

    Hi All, Has anyone seen small occilations in he cut finish on a Bystronic Byspeed 4400, 31,000 hours on time. It maybe it needs new ballscrews although they dont appear to have obvious signs off wear. With the power on if you try to push the machine off position with the power on the...
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    Amada Fol3015aj or Bystronic Bysprint Fiber 3kw ?

    Hi All, Thanks Chris for the info regarding the Bysprint drive system as we were a little worried about it and how it would perform over a long period. I know what you mean about linear encoders we have a Byspeed with the new type linear encoders and are getting out of tollerance...
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    Amada Fol3015aj or Bystronic Bysprint Fiber 3kw ?

    Hi Wavlength1, Yes it will come down to how much each machine can produce in a given hour relative to is capital and running costs, we are evaluating that now. With 2 machines that are quite different in spec and performance on paper. It would be nice to here from anyone using...
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    Amada Fol3015aj or Bystronic Bysprint Fiber 3kw ?

    Hi All, Does anyone have any first hand experience running or repairing any brands of fiber laser cutting machines. We are evaluating the Amada Fol3015aj and the Bysprint Fiber 3kw. These are 2 very different machines from a feature point of view. Power consumption of the Amada is 95kw...

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