Just to give you an idea, we got a new laser in July of '03 too. We now have 4700 hours on it, not one service call. Our load/unload cell had one glitch, it took 2 different guys and 3 days to fix. I would say anything under 90% uptime is unacceptable. I'm no expert, but if there is anything...
We are tring to cut 3/16" SS with a PVC cover that says "for laser cutting". If we remove the pvc we get a better cut. Also, is it possible to get a dross free edge everytime? Can anyone help me? My machine is a 4K Mazak(only 2 months old)
Thanks