fab3
Industrial
- Dec 4, 2008
- 33
Our small fab shop has been thinking about getting a newer laser for awhile. To give you an idea of our size we only have three to four guys on the floor so anything new or a couple of years old is not ideal. The 1500 watt mazak I run is still cutting quite well but it is twenty-four years old and is slowly falling apart. I have my mind set on a mazak hybrid for the ease of transition and simplistic beam delivery. We dont have much need for a higher power machine right now but we are looking at possibly upgrading to a 2000 or 2500 watt resonator just in case something comes along in the future. From what I understand the resonator makes up the bulk cost of a machine, so if we were looking at two similar machines (year,hours,features) but one has 500 to 1000 more watts, how much more money could we expect the seller or dealer to be asking for? I know this will vary company to company, I would just like a better understanding of all the prices I see for used machines without talking to a million sales reps.
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