GRAVOGRAPH L-SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre, User Manual

Page 1: ...must read this user guide carefully Keep it in a safe place in case you need to refer to it later G2142 701 04 2011 ENG UPDATED EDITION NUMBER 1 User manual L SOLUTION 100 Ex Machine LASER engraving...

Page 2: ...arising out of the application or use of any products circuits or software described herein Neither does it convey a license under its patent rights nor the patent rights of third parties GravoTech M...

Page 3: ...stallation recommendations 19 Electrical connections of the machine 20 Powering the machine on 22 Problems 22 Powering the machine off 22 Mechanical jamming 22 Powering on again 22 Setting up transmis...

Page 4: ...blems and solutions 73 Options and accessories 74 Cylinder attachment 74 L SOLUTION 100 EX Fibre vacuum table 74 Compressor kit air assist 75 Honeycomb cutting table 75 Fiber lens kits 75 Materials fo...

Page 5: ...his is a class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Electrical security This material is class...

Page 6: ...Ex Fibre is such a breakthrough in technology that it is more than just a LASER system it is a precision engraving device used as a tool for the imagination To begin with we highly recommend that thi...

Page 7: ...destroy the metallic parts of the LASER system Damage to the LASER system from this type of abuse WILL NOT be covered under warranty Never work on the electronics and LASER parts of the machine withou...

Page 8: ...emove the protections Unpacking of the L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine must be done by two people It weighs 145 5 lb 66 kg 3 1 person on each side lower the machine Make sure that no components are mi...

Page 9: ...of the problem Package contents A a L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine B a CD Rom contains the driver of the LASER machine C a CD Rom contains the user manual PDF file Acrobat Reader D a tool box E a pow...

Page 10: ...for your safety DO NOT remove them for any reason If the labels become damaged or have been removed for any reason DO NOT OPERATE the LASER system and immediately contact Gravograph for a free replac...

Page 11: ...nditions with the door closed WARNING Never operate the LASER system without constant supervision Exposure to the LASER beam may cause ignition of combustible materials which can cause severe damage t...

Page 12: ...to the cylinder attachment connector Visible under normal operating conditions WARNING Turn the LASER system off before connecting or disconnecting the cylinder attachment rotary fixture 1 label On t...

Page 13: ...s available The L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine has a maximum engraving surface area of 24 x 12 610 x 305 mm The L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre LASER engraving machine is a high performance machine All safet...

Page 14: ...y level N3 Standard Inputs Outputs Very low security level N4 Parallel port Very low security level N5 USB port Very low security level N6 Do not use the protection cap is not to be removed for any re...

Page 15: ...is section Avoid small enclosed non ventilated areas After LASER engraving certain materials keep on emitting fumes for several minutes after the processing has been completed Having these materials p...

Page 16: ...ging of the cables The connectors screws must be very tight to avoid accidental disconnection of the cables while the machine is turned on as this could permanently damage the electronic cards If conn...

Page 17: ...installed by a licensed contractor compliant with safety and local code requirements as well as being able to calculate the correct size blower required for your particular installation The fume exha...

Page 18: ...mum recommendation might be acceptable to you a faster computer will definitely pay for itself in a short amount of time Installation Remember that the LASER system is an output device just like a pri...

Page 19: ...other items are connected to the machine e g a computer linked to an IS table all your machines should be connected to the same mains line Avoid using the same line to supply inductive or capacitive...

Page 20: ...d in the chapter System operation page 68 A bad connection can irreparably damage the electronics of your machine 2 Plug in the user standard inputs outputs connection cable to the LASER machine if yo...

Page 21: ...switch off the machine with the main stop button at the right side of the LASER engraving machine pict Make sure that you can reach them easily The electrical plug acts as a sectioning device It is t...

Page 22: ...tch the main stop button L to the 0 position Switch the machine off in the following cases if you are leaving the workstation e g at the end of the day physical damage fall fire liquids coming into ma...

Page 23: ...cables please refer to your Gravograph vendor for a list of products available These cables are suited for the machines that are to be connected to They comply with the CEM radio waves standards and...

Page 24: ...100 Ex Fibre to your PC using the USB port 1 Plug the supplied USB cable F1 into the USB port N5 of the L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine diagram 1 2 Plug the USB cable F1 into the USB port of the PC di...

Page 25: ...ram 1 This is a 26 pin Mini Delta Ribbon connector 2 Plug the parallel cable F2 into the parallel port of the PC diagrams 2 and 7 Refer to the installation manual of the computer for the parallel port...

Page 26: ...X XX Wait a few seconds The following message is displayed on the screen READY TO RECEIVE 2 Press PARAMETERS FILE INFO CONFIGURATION 3 Select the CONFIGURATION menu To choose the CONFIGURATION menu pr...

Page 27: ...DISPLAY UNIT MM 6 Select the machine menu L SOLUTION 100 The programme used by the L SOLUTION 100 machine is also used by other GRAVOGRAPH machines To choose the machine menu press as many times as ne...

Page 28: ...utline of the character Printer driver The LASER system can actually raster the image vector the image or do both raster and vector motions The LASER systems printer driver works directly with your so...

Page 29: ...for the data exchange between LaserStyle and the LASER engaving machine Laser Then install the LaserStyle engraving software on the PC See the chapter Make a Gravograph LASER machine ready to engrave...

Page 30: ...d is present in all Windows Drivers For information on how to use the controls located in this tab please refer to your Windows manual or online help screens The in the top right corner of every tab t...

Page 31: ...First contact L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine 31 Printer driver 6 3 Select the number of the best engraved line for example line no 6 pict 4 4 Apply pict 5 5 Confirm pict 6...

Page 32: ...L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine 32 First contact LASER Settings tab pict 1 This LASER settings tab is used to adjust the various settings required for the LASER engraving Printer driver...

Page 33: ...st contact L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine 33 Open Pict 2 used to open a job file corresponding to a saved engraving job Save pict 3 used to save an engraving job in the form of a job file Printer dri...

Page 34: ...are otherwise there might no output a partial output or a poor alignment of the graphics The operator has to enter the suitable setting values the maximum dimensions allowed are those of the machine m...

Page 35: ...First contact L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine 35 Plate orientation pict 2 Determines the orientation of the graphic and of the text to be engraved on the plate Printer driver...

Page 36: ...right and from right to left The engraving ends with the last block 2 The engraving begins in the upper left corner of the first block point D1 of the plate The engraving of the block is made only fr...

Page 37: ...from left to right The engraving of blocks succeeds one another in the order 1 2 3 4 5 6 The engraving ends with the last block 6 in the lower right corner of the plate The engraving begins in the low...

Page 38: ...peed etc are set by the colour black All the points are engraved with the same power set by the colour black Engraving of the entire job is done in one scan User colours is used to run the printing to...

Page 39: ...2 Color The colors in the driver allow you to assign different LASER settings and modes to your multi colored drawn artwork This enables you to control the depth of the burn as well as different visu...

Page 40: ...g LASER Frequency The LASER frequency indicates the pace of the LASER shootings The more this frequency is strong the more the number of shootings per second is important It allows to obtain a LASER p...

Page 41: ...ector motions see page 28 RAST All the lines of that colour set by scanning are processed and engraved The vectorial lines are ignored VECT All the vectorial lines of that colour are processed and eng...

Page 42: ...ight and left in Raster mode B or on angles in Vector mode C It allows to compensate for the defects of power in the places of the plate where there are speed variations of the displacement of the Las...

Page 43: ...ivate this function you must first make sure that the air assistant is connected to a compressor optional see Air assistant requirements in the Installation chapter To adjust the air flow use the butt...

Page 44: ...1200 2400 et 3600 The Y resolution automatically sets that in X First start by setting the Y resolution and then in X as need be as the latter s value will be that defined in Y When the Rapid option...

Page 45: ...ofocus function when you want to engrave a large set of plates of the same thickness This will allow you to save time in measuring or you will only do an autofocus for the first of these plates Autofo...

Page 46: ...ntact Exhaust system pict 3 Must always be selected for gases to be discharged A time delay can be defined by the user pict 4 It corresponds to the time in seconds needed for stopping the filtering on...

Page 47: ...to the instructions provided with this option Do not attempt to use this until you have read the rest of this manual There is important information about the operation of the LASER system that must b...

Page 48: ...vated this function is used for the LASER head to avoid for example the edges of an engraved object During movements without engraving of the head the machine table lowers to the value indicated in Wh...

Page 49: ...ckness that is available The printer driver will interpret these objects as vectors and will cut them out providing that your software has the capability of vector output Basically all software progra...

Page 50: ...m a dot by dot editing rotation or scaling of the bitmap Monochrome Bitmaps If you scan the image in monochrome black and white mode set your scanner to at least 600 DPI The higher the DPI the smoothe...

Page 51: ...th the LASER source and the UC and PUI boards UC board The UC board is the brains of the system The UC board receives informations from the computer and the control panel The incoming files from the c...

Page 52: ...standard 3 inches 76 2 mm focal length lens the spot size produced is approximately 0 0012 inch 0 03 mm The Focal Range of the lens is very low it is 0 5 mm It corresponds to the interval in which we...

Page 53: ...the material At the same time it is synchronizing the LASER pulses with the position of the focus lens It is this precise positioning and timing of the LASER pulses that produces the highest quality a...

Page 54: ...the controls necessary for cutting and engraving operations The control panel consists of a liquid crystal display LCD indicator lights and selection buttons The following section will describe in det...

Page 55: ...incorrect firing of the LASER which can destroy the material you are engraving and The two up and down arrow buttons to the right side the control panel give complete access to the menu control syste...

Page 56: ...file is running the PAUSE button halts the engraving or cutting process When paused the motion system arm stays above the current engraving When ready to continue operation press the START button and...

Page 57: ...focus lens assembly to move in the respective direction The motion system starts off slowly but if you continue to hold down the button you will see it accelerate to a faster speed Pushing the button...

Page 58: ...machine 58 First contact The engraving menu The LCD displays the menus of the LASER system Since this LASER system has many features we have included a Menu System Flow Chart on this page and the nex...

Page 59: ...First contact L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine 59 System operation...

Page 60: ...METERS settings sub menu 1 Switch on the L SOLUTION machine main stop button L in I position Wait for the following message to appear on the screen READY TO RECEIVE 2 Press the CANCEL key PARAMETERS F...

Page 61: ...Fibre machine 61 System operation SPEED 25 FRQ 25 DPI X 300 DPI Y 600 6 Validate 7 Key in the new value 8 Validate 9 To exit the PARAMETERS settings sub menu press The following message is displayed...

Page 62: ...100 Ex Fibre machine 62 First contact System operation FILE sub menu 1 Switch on the L SOLUTION machine main stop button L in I position Wait for the following message to appear on the screen READY T...

Page 63: ...e arrows keys PARAMETERS FILE INFO CONFIGURATION 4 Validate 001 FILENAME1 DELETE THIS FILE DELETE ALL 90 FREE MEMORY 5 Select your choice using the arrows keys 6 Validate 7 Select your choice using th...

Page 64: ...100 Ex Fibre machine 64 First contact System operation INFO sub menu 1 Switch on the L SOLUTION machine main stop button L in I position Wait for the following message to appear on the screen READY T...

Page 65: ...4 FILENAME4 7 Select the file using the arrows keys 001 FILENAME1 002 FILENAME2 003 FILENAME3 004 FILENAME4 8 Validate 1 0 02 37 002 FILENAME2 PUI 50 VIT 10 FRQ 25 DPIY 400 In addition to the engravin...

Page 66: ...L SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine 66 First contact System operation CONFIGURATION SETUP sub menu...

Page 67: ...FILE INFO CONFIGURATION 3 Select the CONFIGURATION setup sub menu using the arrows keys PARAMETERS FILE INFO CONFIGURATION 4 Validate 5 Select the setting to set up using the arrows keys LS 100Ex Fib...

Page 68: ...function is through menu CONFIGURATION see CONFIGURATION SETUP sub menu previous page This function enables you to configure your engraving machine as an automaton in a automised line production line...

Page 69: ...ter screen Usually there is a menu item called Print Setup or Print Options that allows access to the printer driver screen from your graphics software For specific instructions on how to access the p...

Page 70: ...ke sure that the table is down low enough to prevent the focus carriage from hitting into the keychain Using the Autofocus method the proper focal height is automatically adjusted Zref auto Autofocus...

Page 71: ...not limited to flaming sparking melting or excessive smoking of the material you are engraving STOP THE ENGRAVING PROCESS IMMEDIATELY BY EITHER PRESSING THE PAUSE BUTTON OR OPENING THE DOOR Re check y...

Page 72: ...ventilated and unoccupied area Running the machine Some materials when engraved with a LASER can produce toxic and caustic fumes label E8 We suggest that you obtain the Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS...

Page 73: ...el transmission Check that the two ends of the cable are correctly connected to the ports on the machine and the computer Check that the machine is ready to receive READY TO RECEIVE The screen on the...

Page 74: ...d cone shaped disk attached to the adjustable end of the fixture These attachments are used to hold wineglasses mugs cups etc The cylinder attachment is placed on the engraving table Please refer to t...

Page 75: ...le kit r f 49825 1 bar 18 4 l min robinet ouvert Options and accessories Honeycomb cutting table The purpose of the Cutting Table sch ma 5 is to support the material that you are cutting off of the e...

Page 76: ...is advisable to obtain the Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS from the materials manufacturer The MSDS discloses all of the hazards when handling or processing that material The law requires all manufac...

Page 77: ...second 2 5 ms 1 when set to 100 speed in the driver When engraving very small objects this speed cannot be achieved because acceleration and deceleration of the motion system requires time and distan...

Page 78: ...s allowed to build up on the motion system components will cause uneven or rough engraving or loss of engraving position as well as premature component failure Smoke or dirt buildup on the optics can...

Page 79: ...Always dampen your paper towel or cloth outside of the machine with the cleaning solution and then wipe down the parts you are cleaning with the dampened cloth 4 Clean the front window with chamois le...

Page 80: ...e recommend that you wash your hands thoroughly to prevent contamination NEVER touch any optic with your fingers The acids from your skin can destroy the coatings on the optics Mirrors and focus lens...

Page 81: ...ER system depend on the type of material being run the quantity of material being removed the hours of operation and the quality of the exhaust blower maintenance must be user defined As a starting po...

Page 82: ...move in maximal speed towards the center of the table to make this adjustment 1 Switch off the machine main stop button L in 0 position 2 Close the door 3 Switch on the machine main stop button L in...

Page 83: ...n the L C D screen of the machine RE ALIGN Z JOYSTICK Z Z ZZ ZZ 9 Open the door of the LASER machine 10 Place the wedge for the autofocus adjustment provided with the machine on the engraving table ju...

Page 84: ...NMENT MODE 15 Exit the RE ALIGN MACHINE menu using the key SET LASER TYPE TICKLE RE ALIGN MACHINE UTILISATION XXX 16 Exit the MACHINE menu using the key The following screen will remain displayed for...

Page 85: ...to laser w x d x h 740 x 330 x 145 mm 29 1 x 13 x 5 7 in Z spindle travel 145 mm 5 7 in Flatness 0 3 mm 0 012 in Engraving characteristics Sound signal according to standard ISO 11201 L SOLUTION 100 E...

Page 86: ...Air Assist pneumatic connector Inside diameter 4 mm 0 16 in Maximum pressure 6 bars 87 PSI Air exhaust system Inside diameter 100 mm 4 in Minimum air flow required General Mode With Preseparator 0 5 k...

Page 87: ...70 mm 0 12 2 76 in with a 2 lens option 3 120 mm 0 12 4 72 in Item maximum length 500 mm 19 7 in with cones and a cylinder with a diameter of 130 mm Connections DIN male 8 pin Maxi tilting 5 Cutting...

Page 88: ...ices Gravograph Machines Soft setup Follow the installation procedure described on the page 29 Make the L SOLUTION 100Ex Fibre ready to engrave of this manual It indicates you the various parts of thi...

Page 89: ...AKE A GRAVOGRAPH ROTARY MACHINE READY TO ENGRAVE 2 MAKE A GRAVOGRAPH LASER MACHINE READY TO ENGRAVE 5 MAKE A GRAVOGRAPH LASER MACHINE READY TO ENGRAVE WITH LASERSTYLE 8 PLUG ONTO USB PORT AN ADDITIONA...

Page 90: ...the power button Button on 0 machine powered off out of order Button on I machine powered on ready to engrave Make a Gravograph rotary machine ready to engrave Make a Gravograph laser machine ready t...

Page 91: ...gital media used to set up your Gravograph engraving program Explore contents of support iconized as a driver identified by a letter in Computer for example F or H GravoStyle 5 a Set GS5 DVD into your...

Page 92: ...ks if devices plugged onto your PC should be checked a Click Not this time Next Click b The wizard asks if you expect Windows to set up machine driver Click Install software automatically recommended...

Page 93: ...in contextmenu 8 In Installed printer list click printer named exactly like your engraving rotary machine 9 Click in Setup output dialog box 10 OK Click in Machine Properties dialog box Your machine i...

Page 94: ...4 Set into your PC drive the disk used to install the driver GravoStyle 5 Explore contents of support iconized as a driver identified by a letter in Computer for example F or H a Right click GS5 DVD...

Page 95: ...again Power off machine Power up machine 4 The machine is automatically detected as new device on an USB port of your PC Click Software correctly installed in Software compatibility wizard of Windows...

Page 96: ...ith machine 2 Ports Click tab 3 Click the port onto you plugged the cable that links the PC and the engraving machine Click LPT or COM followed by the port number 4 General Click tab 5 Give this print...

Page 97: ...ing the USB port assigned to L Solution printer you have added 1 In Start menu or in Control panel double click Printers 2 Right click the printer you have named like your laser machine 3 Click Proper...

Page 98: ...p How to carry on when GT Smartstream 3 xx driver is already set on your computer a Click Gravograph Manufacturer b Click GT Smartstream3 xx Printers driver c Next Click d Click Keep existing driver e...

Page 99: ...aser machine 9 Click in Setup output dialog box 10 Set your laser machine properties in L Solution Installation dialog box a Click the Bridge that fits your machine b Click ports available on your mac...

Page 100: ...machine A First make rotary machine ready to engrave B Then make laser machine ready to engrave with LaserStyle Running MajFirmware exe tool 1 Power off first machine Unplug from PC 2 Plug only the ad...

Page 101: ...re a Update Click opposite Firmware parameter b Double click the file that will update firmware rotary only Firmware UC_Sirius vp_prog dos rotary or laser Firmware UC_K2000 vp_prog dos c Send file to...

Page 102: ...ument in your usual graphical editor Corel Draw AutoCad Adobe Illustratror etc 4 Set objects to engrave text vectorial logos bitmap images 5 Set each object properties contour thickness surface color...

Page 103: ...s provided to licensed users and may only be used in accordance with the license terms GRAVOTECH MARKING SAS reserves the right to change the information in this help system without notice No part of...