The most widely used equipment in the advertising and woodworking industries are mechanical carving machines and laser cutting machines. Many people find it difficult to distinguish the two types of equipment accurately. Today, Chuyu Laser will show you the differences and connections between them.
One of the differences between mechanical engraving machine and laser engraving machine is the way of engraving. Laser engraving machine uses laser light source as engraving energy. The engraving of mechanical engraving machine is carried out by metal cutter, and the type and specification of cutter are very high.
In addition, the differences include other aspects, as follows:
What is the difference between mechanical engraving machine and laser cutting machine?
1. Carving fineness
As far as the precision of engraving is concerned, because the diameter of the laser engraving source is very small and the tool engraving itself has a certain knife width, the accuracy of laser engraving is higher than that of tool engraving. In addition to the quality of the machine itself, the precision of the tools is also very high.
2. Carving materials
When selecting engraving materials, it is difficult to deeply engrave on metal materials through laser engraving, and the coating can only be carved on the metal surface. Moreover, the tool engraving machine can carve to a certain depth, or even cut
3. Processing conditions
Laser engraving is a non-contact processing object. For plane engraving, there is no need to fix the workpiece. Since tool engraving is contact engraving, it is necessary to fix the workpiece.
4. Service life
The laser tube of the laser engraving machine has a certain service life, while the mechanical tool engraving has no time limit. However, tools will also wear, so tools must be replaced in case of severe wear.
5. Environmental protection
For example, in plastic engraving, laser engraving may produce toxic gases. Therefore, a special air purification system is required to discharge exhaust gas into the air, and the tool engraving machine will not pollute the air.
6. Engraving ability
The ability of laser engraving is better than that of mechanical engraving machine. It can directly carve photos in JPG format, but can not be used for tool carving.