Cutting everything with one cutting head??

[sjclaser]

Hi All,

Please can someone answer my question!!?? We cut Mild steel up to 15mm on our 2.2kw bystronic bysprint. Also Stainless up to 8mm.

When we bought the machine second hand a year or so ago, it came with a 5" and 7.5" head. The question is... Can we cut everything with the 7.5" head, and not use the 5" head??

At present we use both, 5" for 0 - 3mm, 7.5" if over 3mm thick.

From my thinking i can't see why we cant just use one 7.5" head because this will still be able to focus in the full range we require??

Thanks for any reply.

Best regards, SJClaser.

 

[RPosty]

you can, but you will lose speed on thinner material because of the power density difference between a 5" and a 7 1/2". try it and see if it works good enough for you. we use the 7 1/2" lenses sometimes when we are out of 5" for thinner material. %" is definitely better for thin.

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[krugtech]

RPosty is right, and you may also have a wider cut so check the tolerances

Chris Krug

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[eletric]

Some guys think that he lost time exchanging the cutting head, but usually they lost more time and material trying to develop parameters to cut with low speed.

 

[sjclaser]

Hi All,

thanks for the tips. We have given it ago and it cuts well, but is defiantly slower.

Cheers, sjclaser