Trotec Speedy 500 User manual

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Fundamentals
Materials
Plastics e.g. .:
• AcrylicGSmax.12mm
• AcrylicXTmax.2mm
• Polystyrenemax.2mm
WoodenSurfacese.g.:
• Paperwoodmax.5mm
• BalsaWoodmax.3mm
Papier e.g. .:
• Greycardboardmax.3mm
• Finecardboardmax.4mm
• Bristolpapermax.3mm
Absolut nicht verwendet werden können:
PVC-foils,MDF,stone,metal
SurfaceAreaoftheLasertable
1240x700mm
(=maximumworkarea)
Fileformat
• CAD-drawings(Rhino/Autocad/..)
• Pixelgraphics(toengrave)
In1960,TheodoreMainmanbuiltthefirstMachinethatusedtheconceptof„LightAmplifi-
cationbyStimulatedEmissionofRadiation“.Theconceptallowstoproducelightwithpowe
densitiesthataremillionsoftimeshigherthanthehighestconventionallyproducedcapacity
andpowerdensity.
Thelaserallowsfordifferentmaterialswithlowmaterialstrengthtobecut,drawninto,or
engraved.
Differentplasticsaremostappropriate,butpaper,woodensurfacescanalsobeused.

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  1.Carving(Red)Frame(othercolor)
 2.Cuttinginside(blue)
3.Cuttingoutside(green)
Drawing Preparation
PreparationfortheDrawing(e.g.RHINO)
• Drawinginmm(intherightscale)
• Drawtheframe(inthesizeoftheplate)anddrawthe
partstobecutinsidetheframe.
• Nodoubleoverlappinglines!!(acleandrawing)
• Cleanupandsimplifythedrawingtoshowonlythene-
cessarycutting-engravinglines
• Savethedrawingthefollowingfilesthatmaybeopened
inRhino(dwg, dxf, usw...)oraspdforjpg.SaveAuto-
caddrawingsinversion2007orolderversions.
Surfaceareaofthelasertable:L:1240mmW:700mm
LayersandColors
Thelaserwillreceiveinformationabouttheprintingjoband
thereforecertaincolorsmustbeused.
Eachcolorwillproduceadifferentcuttingperformance???
(engravingorcutting)andwillbeperformedinthefollowing
order:
Order(CarvingandCutting)
1.Red  > RGB 255 0 0
2.Blue  > RGB0 0 255
3.Green > RGB0 255 0
4.Magenta > RGB 255 0 255
Engraving
Engravingdoesnotworkforvectorgraphics,butonlyforflat
surfacelasering(e.g.photoorpattern)
Forengravingtheblackcolor(RGB000)orgrayscaleis
used.

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Thedrawingsmustbeinthecorrectscale
and units:
•OpenPropertiesat:
>Datei>Eigenschaften>Einheiten
•Changetometricunitsinmillimeters(ifnecessary)
•IfthewindowwithScalingappears,confirmwithNo.
1. Checking the units

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2. Printing Menu
PrintingMenu-Payattentiontotheorder
1. Openproperties(Eigenschaften).
2. Enter the width and height of the sheet to be cut. e.g. :
1000mmx700mm
3. Resolution600dpiStandard
4. OK
5. Activatethepreview(Ansichtsfenster)andclickonSET.
Finally,clickon„MOVE„intheRhinooperationcolumn,
undmovetheprintingwindowoverthedrawing.When
settingthescale,makesurethatitis1:1.
6. PRINT
7. AfterclickingPRINTopentheTROTECJobontrol
window.
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600dpi
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Assoonasthedrawingisreadyyoucanopenuptheprin-
tingmenu.

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3. Use the control-
panel to place the
laser printer head
in the center over
thematerial.
2. Ifthematerialis
notcompletely
at,usetapeto
xittothetable.
1. Place the
materialin
the upper left
corner of the
table.
3. Positioning of the materials and set-up of the table height.
Control Panel
4. Themetalpiece(spaceseparationtool)mustbehungontothelaserprinterheadasshownin
theimageabove.Thenthetablemustbecarefullymovedupstep-by-stepuntilthemetalpiece
falls off.
Inorderfortheburningpointofthelaserbeamtobeac-
curate,thedistancefromthelensetothematerialmustbe
installed.Ifmaterialthicknessischangedthennewsettings
mustbeinstalled.
TableHeight:
Up
Down
Front
Left-Right
Back
Standby-Function
3 2
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4Gas 1
(checkparameterswith
materialcatalogue)

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Programtostartthejob
TheprintingjobissenttotheLaser´sprogram(TROTEC-
Engraver).
1. Delete all the old jobs with delete button.
2. Double-clickonthechosenlaserle(youcanviewthe
leinthesmallpreviewwindow).
The white area corresponds to the work area of the laser.
Thelemustbeplacedintheupperleftcornerofthewhite
area.
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Preview Window
4. TROTEC JobControl

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1.Doubleclickonthewhiteareatoopenthematerialpro-
pertieswindow.Enterthematerialnameandthickness.
2.Ifyouopenthe„All“(Alle)menu,youcanchangethe
values for the colors.
Thevaluesmustbetakenfromthelistthatislocatednear
thecomputer.
IMPORTANT:Gas1mustbeenteredintothe„Zublasung“
column.
Example:
Valuesforblackcardboardwith2mmthickness.
Leistung(Power)=70,00
Geschwindigkeit(Speed)=1,25
PP/Hz=5000
Durchgänge(Stages)=1
Zublasung(Ventilation)=Gas1
Korrektur(Correction)=0
Z-Offset=0,00mm
70,001,255000Hz1Gas100,0mm
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Esc = zurück
5. Installation of Material Preferences

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Ifthedrawingsarecomplicatedwithmanylines,thevector
classication(Vektorsortierung)shouldbeused.Thismeans
thatthelineswillbecutinaspecicorder.
1.RightclickovertheJobwindow(greyorblack)>Vek-
torsortierung
2. Start
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6. Vector Categorization (optional)