Trotec Rayjet 300, Manual

Page 1: ...Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter State Library of Queensland Wiki Fabrication Lab 2019 08 01 08 17...

Page 2: ...State Library of Queensland Wiki II IV Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter 2019 08 01 08 17 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter...

Page 3: ...hecks 12 Laser Cutter Pre ight Checks Prepare Your Job 12 Laser Cutter Pre ight Checks Supervisor Check 12 Laser Cutter Checks During Cut 12 Laser Cutter Checks After Cut 12 Laser Cutter Checks After...

Page 4: ...Active Carbon Absorption of Chemicals 31 Chemicals with very high probability of being adsorbed by active carbon 32 Chemicals with high probability of being adsorbed by active carbon 32 Chemicals wit...

Page 5: ...workpiece height 200 mm Machine size W x D x H 1090 x 890 x 590 mm Weight approx 135 kgs Technical Requirements PC power supply with 110 240 V The Rayjet 300 is an education version of the Speedy 300...

Page 6: ...ate PC Lexan Makrolon Polypropylene PP Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene co polymerisate ABS Polyethylene PE Polyurethane PUR Neopren Other Materials Glass etching only Natural some synthetic Leather Me...

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Page 8: ...ser cutter induction 3 Use The Edge Corel Draw settings CorelDraw Why Use CorelDraw Trotec recommends the use of CorelDraw to design and or as a nal pre cut check for the Rayjet CorelDraw is popular i...

Page 9: ...ty some are experts Defacto standard for vector design It is an accessible resource at SLQ The Edge DML has 16 licenses of the latest version of Illustrator The Fabrication Lab Laptops have Illustrato...

Page 10: ...Setup in the bottom left corner click Preferences The RayJet should already be selected for you Once done click Print and then Print again in order to send the le to the laser External Illustrator Re...

Page 11: ...r active development has a thriving community of users and developers Cross platform windows mac linux It is an accessible resource at SLQ All Fabrication Lab Computers have Inkscape installed Externa...

Page 12: ...r Aided Manufacturing it is a complex procedure to set up and out of scope for current laser cutter usage Instead individual sketches must be exported as DXF les then loaded into CorelDraw This is an...

Page 13: ...19 08 01 08 17 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter Cutting from Autodesk External Resources Here is an in house guide used by London Metropolitan University This is Trotec speci c which is handy This is currently...

Page 14: ...5 No 1 Paper Card Cardboard 650gsm Single Ply 3mm Natural White 45 100 Yes 25 2 Yes 1 Paper Card Corrugated Card Single Ply 2 5mm Pizza Box 11 30 Yes 25 3 Yes 1 Paper Card Corrugated Card Double Ply...

Page 15: ...6 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter 2019 08 01 08 17 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter Material Engraving Cutting Power Speed Air Assist Power Speed Air Assist Passes Silicone foam White 2 0mm Yes 100 2 4 Yes 1 Silk Whit...

Page 16: ...laser is correct veri ed by Supervisor Bed is correctly seated veri ed by Supervisor Focus alignment veri ed by Supervisor All cut settings veri ed by Supervisor power speed number of passes Auto foc...

Page 17: ...Library of Queensland Wiki 13 36 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter 2019 08 01 08 17 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter Laser Cutter Checks After Session Leave area clean and tidy Take your USB Show of your work on made t...

Page 18: ...ner it will only create a single line which makes it a lot more convenient Here is a link to a list of fonts that work well Remember to remove any ll before converting CamBam Stick Fonts Scroll down f...

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Page 20: ...State Library of Queensland Wiki 16 36 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter 2019 08 01 08 17 Rayjet 300 Laser Cutter He also did a low resolution cut pictured below...

Page 21: ...he right is at 125 DPI Warped Plywood While we have had issues with the stock plywood for the laser warping the last batch we had was o the charts 10mm o true on an A2 piece of plywood This warpage pu...

Page 22: ...e fed the bolts with a metal spring washer up through the honeycomb and clamped the timber down with the corner of the nut When I get around to it I ll make some acrylic washers clamps to grab the tim...

Page 23: ...ebris on Lens Cone and in bed Check Lens retaining collar is screwed in tight Record Date Time Initials on Last Checked plate Wipe down inside of machine with baby wipes to get rid of dust Daily Maint...

Page 24: ...ut 2 inch lens black the other below 1 5 inch lens red The current lens is a 2 inch top mounted The mirror located in the lens housing is much more robust but still requires delicate handling Before y...

Page 25: ...to take e ect for approximately one minute 6 Gently wipe it away with lens cleaning tissues soaked with lens cleaning liquid 7 Dry this side of the lens with dry lens cleaning tissues and repeat the c...

Page 26: ...d into bin 1 wipe down internals of top lter 4 replace lter liner 5 tear o a section of rockwool make a layer about 1 inch thick 6 lay rockwool on top of lter liner 7 close and lock top lter 8 update...

Page 27: ...e on the wiki and is included below along with the list of materials that Trotec recommend and a list of compounds that are ltered readily by the extractor One of the compounds of concern is Formaldeh...

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Page 29: ...y Trotech so approved the app to use this completed tests on the laser The rst test Far Right was etched at the same settings as Balsa 40 power 95 speed this was too much sooty and could not see the g...

Page 30: ...asn au library downloads ewpaa_formaldehyde_emmisions pdf 6 Slate Test Date 28 Feb 2019 Test Completed By P Gullberg This material can only be engraved not cut using the Rayjet Settings come directly...

Page 31: ...1 Aim The aim of this document is to provide a guideline for the testing of the cutting and etching of new materials in the Edge s Trotec 100w CO2 Laser Cutter Most of the tools in The Edge Fabricatio...

Page 32: ...the process an authorized supervisor can undertake to assess a new material for approval to be cut etched on the Edge s Laser cutter A Approval to cut ow chart B Notes to the Flowchart Material Safet...

Page 33: ...e material is a re ective material such as a glass or mirror surface it is recommended 2 to cut from the non re ective side if available C Copper Wire Test Use appropriate PPE personal respirator eye...

Page 34: ...nts or decrements taking notes on the test material for each cut For high density materials or materials more than 2mm thick 4 In the Rayjet print preferences set the RED CUTTING setting Power to 5 an...

Page 35: ...rite needed As with normal operation the laser cutter must always be monitored during operation in case of smoke re or are up 3 References Harvard Fab Lab n d Laser Training Checklist Retrieved 27 May...

Page 36: ...l p Nitrophenol Calcium Hypochloryte 2 4 Dinitrotoluene Ozone Carbofuran 2 6 Dinitrotoluene Parathion Chlorine Diuron Pentachlorophenol Chlorine dioxide Endosulfan Propazine Chlorobenzene Endrin Simaz...

Page 37: ...ay be viable in certain cases such as for low ow or concentrations Acetone Methylene chloride Acetonitrile 1 Propanol Acrylonitrile Propionitrile Dimethylformaldehyde Propylene 1 4 Dioxane Tetrahydrof...

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Page 39: ...een cleaned properly and that the lens has been fastened If this doesn t solve the problem the cause is most likely buildup of debris on the track the lens sits on If there is any resistance when slid...

Page 40: ...Pages rayjet 300 laser engraver aspx 2 http www sawmillcreek org showthread php 223598 Trotec Speedy 300 versus the Rayjet 300 3 Laser Cutter Inductions 4 facilities fablab equipment cots ewpaa formal...