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  1. thepooh

    laser cutting titanium Trumpf L5030 and L4030

    HELLO I don't use Trumpf, only Amada machine from 1500W to 4000W , mostly alfa/PULSAR for titanium I use always pure (100%) Argon Max I already cut is 5mm with good result but just for small number of parts : less than 10Pcs (PRICE !!) Normally I cut from 0.5 to 2.5mm for aeronautic parts. THE...
  2. thepooh

    gas quality

    I have a look to bottles of premix and assist gas we have here and the oldest is 1998 !! I haven't notice this kind of problems maybe because our customers are not provided with old bottles by gas suppliers. I hope you will understand what I say because I'm not really good in english LOL
  3. thepooh

    Lens Savers for protecting the focal lens

    On the web this thing look like great, but in my case (southwest of France)I never hear that one of my customers was using this kind of product. Sorry ... The pooh
  4. thepooh

    close pitched slots on 4.4KW Bystronic

    I have already seen the same problem in one of my customer's laser and my solution was cutting/dividing the slug in two like you was thinking (in my case 0.8mm stainless steel). The pooh
  5. thepooh

    Laser cutting Corian

    ATH means in French "trihydrate d'alumine " it's like bauxite / the mineral base of aluminium I don't know the exact formula of Corian : it's a patented material of Dupont/Zodiac Happy Xmas and happy NewYear
  6. thepooh

    Mits 3015lvplus

    so if you can enter the windows "side" : follow START / RUN / enter OSK / press VALID key normally it appears the virtual keyboard you just need to validate CAPS LOCK excuse me for grammatical error I don't speak and write a lot in english !! the pooh
  7. thepooh

    Mits 3015lvplus

    does your cnc controler have a window OS inside the mitsubishi software I wait your answer
  8. thepooh

    Laser cutting Corian

    hello corian is an "homogenuous" mix between 1/3 PMMA and 2/3 ATH I think you can try your PMMA parameter The pooh
  9. thepooh

    Cracks in anodized aluminum after printing

    hello maybe you can change the internal radius of your part something like 2 or 3 times the thickness
  10. thepooh

    how to avoid spatter sticking from lasering .062 304 ss

    If it's possible you can pierce with low oxygen gas pressure and power and cut after with nitrogen I guess Remenber to make a dwell between those gas !! The pooh
  11. thepooh

    Is Cutting aluminiumized steel sheet metal Okay ?

    hello In France some of my customers are cutting GALFAN (Al-Si coating) with nitrogen realy without problem from 0.8 to 2mm but a little slower than electrogalva the pooh
  12. thepooh

    Amada Apelio III 2510v question

    HIE Darkblade goto function works like this : GOTOx with Nx If u want to go the lazer part of the program : O2086(SANS TITRE) M102(A5052-1.5) G06 A1.5 B0 G92 X3050. Y1875. G90 GOTO2 (go to line N2) N1 M500 X609.82 Y605.46 T112 (0 4.0) M13 N2 ( N2 just before M100) M100 E6 G00 X663.56 Y604.77...
  13. thepooh

    LASERCUTTING STAINLESS STEEL WITH ADHESIVE ON ONE SIDE.

    I have never try to cut this kind of adhesive but first you have to know the film will burn a little due to the heat of the SS along the cut line Is it possible for the part's quality ? the pooh
  14. thepooh

    amada lc 1212

    hello I reply from france but let's start with AMADA software : AP100 cad/cam 7025 Firestone Blvd. Buena Park, California 90621 (877) AMADA US - 877-262-3287 you have also : lantek Expert II Lantek Systems, Inc. 2737 South Broadway Suite 209 Tyler, TX 75701 radan Genesis Radan CIM Inc. 1100...
  15. thepooh

    MasterCAM/ Post questions????

    Hello I think "the post" means "post processor" : those files traduce the laser path into G code. The pooh
  16. thepooh

    Anyone using SCS processed sheets with lasers? Success?

    hello I have ,as maryon, try to cut two sheets at the same time on amada alpha/pulsar : aluminium and also steel. Cuting quality is great but small angles are difficult to obtain on the second sheet. IT'S NEED A ROLLER HEAD !! On the same kind of machine I 've try to cut 2x1.5mm stell with...
  17. thepooh

    cutting 2mm hot rolled stainless steel

    hi nathan Before please check surface of your lens : clean as possible! You can start by moving the focus point between f -1mm to f-2mm. try also to increased step by step the pressure I think not more than 12bar finally reduce speed 200 by 200mm the pooh
  18. thepooh

    Laser scanning for reverse enginering

    hello In my country, factories are using the machine you describe : fabrivision (without coating) Scanning Accuracy*+-0.05mm (0.002") Maximum Part Thickness 200mm (8.0") http://www.metalsoft.com/products/product7/overviewp7.html THE POOH
  19. thepooh

    ByVention

    hello I have seen bystronic website : byvention looks interesting !! But it's limited to 8mm mild steel, is it adapted with your 3/8"(10mm??) and they speak about minimum 1mm however you may cut really thin sus sheet? What about? Your "biggest concern" : not only for laser machine purchase...
  20. thepooh

    block processing time

    OK Jay You can also give the dxf file ! remi-1978@wanadoo.fr I'll test as soon as possible on lasers equiped with fanuc 18i and mitsubishi CNC But I can say already that amada laser equiped mitsubishi can do it "normally" because I tested multiG01 - ellipse without any problem !! The pooh

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