Multicam Laser Cutter
From Fab Lab Bcn WIKI
Contents
- 1 Technical specifications
- 2 Materials and configuration
- 2.1 0.5mm
- 2.2 3mm
- 2.3 4mm Plywood
- 2.4 4mm MDF
- 2.5 5mm
- 2.6 6mm
- 2.7 7mm
- 2.8 10mm
- 2.9 12mm
- 2.10 12mm
- 2.11 13mm
- 2.12 15mm
- 2.13 20mm
- 2.14 Contraplacat Pollancre 10mm
- 2.15 Contraplacat Pollancre 25mm
- 2.16 1mm
- 2.17 1.5mm Grey
- 2.18 2mm Grey
- 2.19 3mm Grey
- 2.20 1mm Black
- 2.21 4mm Rippled
- 2.22 6mm Rippled
- 2.23 Acuarela
- 2.24 Cartulins Común / Generic Cardboard
- 2.25 2mm
- 2.26 3mm
- 2.27 3mm Verde Opal
- 2.28 4mm
- 2.29 5mm
- 2.30 5mm Blanco Opal
- 2.31 6mm
- 2.32 8mm
- 2.33 10mm
- 2.34 0.5mm
- 2.35 0.8mm
- 2.36 1.5mm
- 2.37 Cotton fabric
- 2.38 Suede
- 2.39 Felt/Fieltro
- 2.40 Plastico dos capas con aire 4mm Plastic 2 layers with air
- 2.41 Acrylic 3mm
- 2.42 Plastic sheets welding
- 3 How to turn on the machine
- 4 How to cut
- 5 Downloads
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
Fabrics
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
OTHERS:
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
How to turn on the machine
- On the control panel:
- Turn System to 'ON'
- Turn Laser to 'ON'
- Turn Shutter to 'OPEN'
- Turn Mode to 'MAINT'
- Fume collector to 'ON'
- All the light should be on except for RUN MODE
- On the wall:
- Turn on the main compressor (there's a small box on the wall with two blue caps and two red caps: the switches inside this box have to be up)
- On the remote:
- SHIFT + HOME to home the machine (SHIFT is button № 20 and HOME is button № 1)
Multicam 2000 interface pannel
How to cut
- 1. Place your material on the bed of the machine. The X axis is the longer part of the laser cutter and the Y axis is the sorted one. Home (0,0,0) is on the lower left corner.
- 2. Set material thickness and surface height. Press SET SURFACE (button № 6) and ENTER (button № 30) and set the thickness of your material. The values are in millimeters. Press ENTER again, then button 0 and hold it until the sensor touches the surface to automatically set the height.
- 3. Set home. Move the machine with the arrow buttons 2, 4, 6, 8 and place it at the point where you want your zero. Press SET HOME (button № 11) and ENTER to set home for your file.
- 4. Set speed and power. In MENU (button № 15) choose Params_2d by pressing ENTER. Set speed (X Y feedrate) and power for your material according to the table.
- 5. Find your file. By pressing button № 16 you will enter the DNC files folder on the computer. Use the up and down arrows to find your file and choose it by pressing ENTER.
- 6. Start the job. Press GO (button № 10) twice.
- 7. If something goes wrong hit PAUSE to stop the machine (button № 5).
- 8. To continue press ENTER.
Downloads
• Media:EnRoute Instructions.pdf: how to prepare and send your files to the big laser cutter using EnRoute.
- Media:EnRoute instructions in .dxf.zip: EnRoute instructions in .dxf format (e.g. for engraving).
• Media:MultiCam Instructions.pdf: how to turn on and use the machine.
- Media:Multicam instruction in .dxf.zip: MultiCam instructions in .dxf format (e.g. for engraving).
• Media:MultiCam Settings.pdf: settings for different material types and thickness.
