Multicam Laser Cutter

Technical specifications

•Slew speed: 800”/min (0.33 m/sec) in X axis, 2400”/min (1 m/sec) in Y axis

•Cut speed: 800”/min (0.33 m/sec)

•Repeatability: +/- 0.001” (0.025 mm)

•Raster speeds up to 1800”/min (0.8 m/sec) using up to 256 gray scale with up to a 1200 DPI resolution

•Precision servo drives with helical rack and pinion and linear ball bearing guide ways on the X and Y-axis

•Ball lead screw and linear ball bearing guides ways on Z axis

•Gantry clearance 1.875” (48 mm)

•Z axis stroke 3.25” (82 mm)

•Y axis stroke 60” (1524 mm) and 80” (2032 mm)

•X axis stroke 50” (1270 mm), 100” (2540 mm), 120” (3048 mm),144” (3658 mm), 168” (4267 mm), and 240” (6096 mm)

Materials and configuration

Wood:

• Plywood is a manufactured wood panel made from thin sheets of wood veneer. It is one of the most widely used wood products. It is flexible, inexpensive, workable, re-usable, and can usually be locally manufactured.
• Medium-density fibreboard (MDF) is an engineered wood product formed by breaking down hardwood or softwood residuals into wood fibres, often in a defibrator, combining it with wax and a resin binder, and forming panels by applying high temperature and pressure. MDF is denser than plywood.

0.5mm

CUT

• Speed: 100
• Power: 52

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 100
• Power: 15

3mm

CUT

• Speed: 30
• Power: 190

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 70
• Power: 60

4mm Plywood

CUT

• Speed: 40
• Power: 180

4mm MDF

CUT

• Speed: 40
• Power: 180

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 60
• Power: 50

5mm

CUT

• Speed: 22
• Power: 220

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 60
• Power: 50

6mm

CUT

• Speed: 20
• Power: 220

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 60
• Power: 60

7mm

CUT

• Speed: 30
• Power: 240

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 60
• Power: 60

10mm

CUT

• Speed: 15
• Power: 360

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 60
• Power: 60

RASTER

• Speed: 600
• Power: 80

12mm

CUT

• Speed: 15
• Power: 370

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 50
• Power: 60

12mm

CUT

• Speed: 15
• Power: 380

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 50
• Power: 60

13mm

CUT

• Speed: 10
• Power: 370

15mm

CUT

• Speed: 12
• Power: 380

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 50
• Power: 70

20mm

CUT

• Speed: 10
• Power: 380

Contraplacat Pollancre 10mm

CUT

• Speed: 40
• Power: 180

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 90
• Power: 30

Contraplacat Pollancre 25mm

CUT

• Speed: 22
• Power: 255

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 100
• Power: 60

RASTER

• Speed: 500
• Power: 150

Cardboard:

• Cardboard is a generic term for a heavy-duty paper of various strengths, ranging from a simple arrangement of a single thick sheet of paper to complex configurations featuring multiple corrugated and uncorrugated layers.

1mm

CUT

• Speed: 100
• Power: 80

1.5mm Grey

CUT

• Speed: 70
• Power: 100

2mm Grey

CUT

• Speed: 100
• Power: 120

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 100
• Power: 80

3mm Grey

CUT

• Speed: 50
• Power: 90

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 100
• Power: 35

1mm Black

CUT

• Speed: 90
• Power: 90

4mm Rippled

CUT

• Speed: 100
• Power: 150

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 100
• Power: 65

6mm Rippled

CUT

• Speed: 100
• Power: 160

Acuarela

CUT

• Speed: 100
• Power: 96

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 100
• Power: 48

Cartulins Común / Generic Cardboard

CUT

• Speed: 120
• Power: 90

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 200
• Power: 46

Metacrilato/Methacrylate:

• Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a transparent thermoplastic, often used as a light or shatter-resistant alternative to glass. It is sometimes called acrylic glass. Chemically, it is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate.

2mm

CUT

• Speed: 30
• Power: 90

3mm

CUT

• Speed: 20
• Power: 90

3mm Verde Opal

CUT

• Speed: 45
• Power: 112

4mm

CUT

• Speed: 10
• Power: 85

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 120
• Power: 80

5mm

CUT

• Speed: 15
• Power: 100

5mm Blanco Opal

CUT

• Speed: 33
• Power: 200

6mm

CUT

• Speed: 40
• Power: 200

8mm

CUT

• Speed: 15
• Power: 275

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 120
• Power: 160

10mm

CUT

• Speed: 10
• Power: 270

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 110
• Power: 40

Polypropylene:

• Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging, textiles (e.g., ropes, thermal underwear and carpets), stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes.

0.5mm

CUT

• Speed: 90
• Power: 90

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 90
• Power: 60

0.8mm

CUT

• Speed: 90
• Power: 140

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 110
• Power: 40

1.5mm

CUT

• Speed: 70
• Power: 350

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 90
• Power: 90

Cotton fabric

CUT

• Speed: 90
• Power: 15

ENGRAVE

• Speed: 70
• Power: 40

Suede

RASTER

• Speed: 600
• Power: 32

Felt/Fieltro

CUT

• Speed: 50
• Power: 180

Plastico dos capas con aire 4mm Plastic 2 layers with air

CUT

• Speed: 90
• Power: 200

Acrylic 3mm

CUT

• Speed: 40
• Power: 170

Plastic sheets welding

ENGRAVE

• Cut pressure 6
• Pierce pressure 6
• Power 80
• Pierce power 80
• Speed 30

Machine workflow

• Turn on the machine.
  • Turn System to 'ON'.
  • Turn Laser to 'ON'.
  • Turn Shutter to 'OPEN'.
  • Turn Mode to 'RUN'.
• Turn on the fume extraction.
  • Fume collector to 'ON'.
• Turn on the the main compressor (main switch on the front wall of the lab, small box with two smal blue caps).

Multicam 2000 interface pannel

Important commands

• 1.Shift home to home the machine when you turn everything on. SHIFT is button number 20 and HOME is button number 1.
• 2. Set thickness of material and Z axis. By pressing button number 6 and ENTER (button number 30)we set the thickness of the material.The values are in millimeters. By constantly pressing button 0 we set the Z axis.
• 3. Set home. Move the machine with buttons 2,4,6,8 and place it at the starting point you wish. By pressing button number 11 and ENTER(button number 30) set the 0,0 for your file.
• 4. Set the speed and the power of the material you are going to cut. In MENU (button number 15) choose Params 2d and ENTER. set power and speed according to the table found in the wiki.
• 5. Load your file. By pressing button number 16 you will enter in your hosts files. Browse your file and choose by pressing ENTER.(button number 30)
• 6. Start the job. By pressing button number 10 two times.
• 7. Pause in case of accident. Button number 5.
• 8. Restart by pressing Enter ( button number 30).

Downloads

MultiCam Settings for different material types and thickness.