Plywood laser-cut tests using different types of lens>
We are making some tests of laser cutting with G7 and G8 laser lens
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| G7 lens | G8 lens |
For laser cutting, we will use our 10 watt PLUS laser
Materials for cutting – soft plywood
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| Cedar plywood | Larch plywood | |
| Thickness 3.5 mm (1/7”) | Thickness 4.5 mm (1/6”) | Thickness 4 mm (2/13”) |
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| Moroccan 3 layer plywood | |
| Thickness 2.5 mm (1/10”) | Thickness 3.8 mm (1/7”) |
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| 3 layer birch plywood Thickness 3.8 mm (1/7”) | MDF Thickness 3.2 mm (1/8”) |
Laser cutting tests results (density, speed, amount of repeats)
| Material | Thickness (mm) | Density (g/cm^3) | Speed (mm/min) | Lens G7 | Lens G8 | |||
| Focal range (mm) | ||||||||
| 63 | 92 | |||||||
| Amount of repeats | ||||||||
| Minimum | Guaranteed | Minimum | Guaranteed | |||||
| Cedar plywood | 3.5 | 0.39 | 300 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4.5 | 200 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Larch plywood | 4 | 0.64 | 200 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Moroccan 3-ply plywood | 2.5 | 0.48 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3.8 | 200 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 3-ply birch plywood | 3.8 | 0.69 | 200 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
Learn more about wood and plywood cutting >>>
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