Trotec Speedy 500 User manual
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Laser Manual
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Fundamentals
Materials
Plastics e.g. .:
• AcrylicGSmax.12mm
• AcrylicXTmax.2mm
• Polystyrenemax.2mm
WoodenSurfacese.g.:
• Paperwoodmax.5mm
• BalsaWoodmax.3mm
Papier e.g. .:
• Greycardboardmax.3mm
• Finecardboardmax.4mm
• Bristolpapermax.3mm
Absolut nicht verwendet werden können:
PVC-foils,MDF,stone,metal
SurfaceAreaoftheLasertable
1240x700mm
(=maximumworkarea)
Fileformat
• CAD-drawings(Rhino/Autocad/..)
• Pixelgraphics(toengrave)
In1960,TheodoreMainmanbuiltthefirstMachinethatusedtheconceptof„LightAmplifi-
cationbyStimulatedEmissionofRadiation“.Theconceptallowstoproducelightwithpowe
densitiesthataremillionsoftimeshigherthanthehighestconventionallyproducedcapacity
andpowerdensity.
Thelaserallowsfordifferentmaterialswithlowmaterialstrengthtobecut,drawninto,or
engraved.
Differentplasticsaremostappropriate,butpaper,woodensurfacescanalsobeused.
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1.Carving(Red)Frame(othercolor)
2.Cuttinginside(blue)
3.Cuttingoutside(green)
Drawing Preparation
PreparationfortheDrawing(e.g.RHINO)
• Drawinginmm(intherightscale)
• Drawtheframe(inthesizeoftheplate)anddrawthe
partstobecutinsidetheframe.
• Nodoubleoverlappinglines!!(acleandrawing)
• Cleanupandsimplifythedrawingtoshowonlythene-
cessarycutting-engravinglines
• Savethedrawingthefollowingfilesthatmaybeopened
inRhino(dwg, dxf, usw...)oraspdforjpg.SaveAuto-
caddrawingsinversion2007orolderversions.
Surfaceareaofthelasertable:L:1240mmW:700mm
LayersandColors
Thelaserwillreceiveinformationabouttheprintingjoband
thereforecertaincolorsmustbeused.
Eachcolorwillproduceadifferentcuttingperformance???
(engravingorcutting)andwillbeperformedinthefollowing
order:
Order(CarvingandCutting)
1.Red > RGB 255 0 0
2.Blue > RGB0 0 255
3.Green > RGB0 255 0
4.Magenta > RGB 255 0 255
Engraving
Engravingdoesnotworkforvectorgraphics,butonlyforflat
surfacelasering(e.g.photoorpattern)
Forengravingtheblackcolor(RGB000)orgrayscaleis
used.
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Thedrawingsmustbeinthecorrectscale
and units:
•OpenPropertiesat:
>Datei>Eigenschaften>Einheiten
•Changetometricunitsinmillimeters(ifnecessary)
•IfthewindowwithScalingappears,confirmwithNo.
1. Checking the units
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2. Printing Menu
PrintingMenu-Payattentiontotheorder
1. Openproperties(Eigenschaften).
2. Enter the width and height of the sheet to be cut. e.g. :
1000mmx700mm
3. Resolution600dpiStandard
4. OK
5. Activatethepreview(Ansichtsfenster)andclickonSET.
Finally,clickon„MOVE„intheRhinooperationcolumn,
undmovetheprintingwindowoverthedrawing.When
settingthescale,makesurethatitis1:1.
6. PRINT
7. AfterclickingPRINTopentheTROTECJobontrol
window.
5
1
600dpi
2
3
4
6
7
Assoonasthedrawingisreadyyoucanopenuptheprin-
tingmenu.
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3. Use the control-
panel to place the
laser printer head
in the center over
thematerial.
2. Ifthematerialis
notcompletely
at,usetapeto
xittothetable.
1. Place the
materialin
the upper left
corner of the
table.
3. Positioning of the materials and set-up of the table height.
Control Panel
4. Themetalpiece(spaceseparationtool)mustbehungontothelaserprinterheadasshownin
theimageabove.Thenthetablemustbecarefullymovedupstep-by-stepuntilthemetalpiece
falls off.
Inorderfortheburningpointofthelaserbeamtobeac-
curate,thedistancefromthelensetothematerialmustbe
installed.Ifmaterialthicknessischangedthennewsettings
mustbeinstalled.
TableHeight:
Up
Down
Front
Left-Right
Back
Standby-Function
3 2
1
1
3
2
4
4Gas 1
(checkparameterswith
materialcatalogue)
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Programtostartthejob
TheprintingjobissenttotheLaser´sprogram(TROTEC-
Engraver).
1. Delete all the old jobs with delete button.
2. Double-clickonthechosenlaserle(youcanviewthe
leinthesmallpreviewwindow).
The white area corresponds to the work area of the laser.
Thelemustbeplacedintheupperleftcornerofthewhite
area.
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Preview Window
4. TROTEC JobControl
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1.Doubleclickonthewhiteareatoopenthematerialpro-
pertieswindow.Enterthematerialnameandthickness.
2.Ifyouopenthe„All“(Alle)menu,youcanchangethe
values for the colors.
Thevaluesmustbetakenfromthelistthatislocatednear
thecomputer.
IMPORTANT:Gas1mustbeenteredintothe„Zublasung“
column.
Example:
Valuesforblackcardboardwith2mmthickness.
Leistung(Power)=70,00
Geschwindigkeit(Speed)=1,25
PP/Hz=5000
Durchgänge(Stages)=1
Zublasung(Ventilation)=Gas1
Korrektur(Correction)=0
Z-Offset=0,00mm
70,001,255000Hz1Gas100,0mm
1
2
Esc = zurück
5. Installation of Material Preferences
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Ifthedrawingsarecomplicatedwithmanylines,thevector
classication(Vektorsortierung)shouldbeused.Thismeans
thatthelineswillbecutinaspecicorder.
1.RightclickovertheJobwindow(greyorblack)>Vek-
torsortierung
2. Start
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2
6. Vector Categorization (optional)
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