Frequently asked questions

Yes — with the rotary or pen-rotary attachment, ring inside/outside marking is standard for jewellery customers.

20–30 W for surface marking and serials; 50 W+ for deep engraving or high-speed lines. Send a part and we will test.

No — fiber sources are air-cooled. A panel AC is optional for hot shop floors.

Dark engineering plastics: fiber. PET, clear or coated plastics and anything organic: CO2 (or UV for a cold mark).

Yes — the On-fly format syncs to your line encoder for packaging and pipe extrusion lines.

Fiber heats the surface and can foam or discolour white/clear plastics. UV marks cold, so the surface stays smooth and food/medical-safe.

For most plastic and glass marking, yes. 5–10 W for faster lines or deeper contrast on ceramics.

Lightly — for metals choose fiber. UV is for non-metals and precision.

When the surface is curved, stepped or sloped by more than a few millimetres, or when you need sculpted 3D relief. A standard marker loses focus on such parts.

Yes — import an STL and the software slices it into layers for deep relief engraving.

MS to 10 mm / SS to 5 mm: 1.5–2 kW. Thicker plate or higher speed: 3–6 kW.

Oxygen for thick MS; nitrogen or compressed air for SS, aluminium and clean thin MS.

Yes — ask for the sheet + tube combination machine.

MS 8 mm at 2 kW; SS 5 mm.

No — for metal choose the fiber sheet cutter. CO2 engraves coated metal only.

Glass tubes are economical; RF metal tubes last longer and engrave finer.

Shorter pulses mean less heat and cleaner edges. We test your part and recommend the pulse width that gives the quality you need at the lowest cost.

It depends on material and thickness — send a drawing and we will confirm what is achievable.

The gun only fires when the touch-sensing nozzle contacts metal; goggles and a screen are supplied and we train at installation.

About 6–8 units/hour at 2 kW plus argon and wire — no electrodes or tungsten.

Yes — PLC I/O, conveyor hand-off and CCD part location are available.

Typically 10–14 weeks from approved fixture drawings.

Nd:YAG pulsed welders suit precise spot welds, mould repair and jewellery under a microscope. For long seams and higher speed on sheet metal, fiber laser welding is usually better — we can test both on your part.

Yes — with filler wire it rebuilds worn edges, cracks and corners, which are then machined or polished to size.

Laser cladding forms a true metallurgical bond with very low dilution and heat input, so layers are dense and the part barely distorts.

Yes — send the part or a drawing and the alloy you need; we will suggest the process and run a sample.

Shorter pulses mean less heat and cleaner edges. We test your part and recommend the pulse width that gives the quality you need at the lowest cost.

It depends on material and thickness — send a drawing and we will confirm what is achievable.

For complex or consolidated parts, internal channels, lightweight lattices and short runs where tooling cost or lead time is high.

Share your CAD file and material — we will advise on printability and arrange a sample build.

Standard beds go up to about 3 m × 1.5 m; longer gantries can be built for your part.

No — the software stitches scan fields automatically so graphics run continuously.