High precision, high speed laser engraver. Powerful laser engraver with 40 watts of laser engraving power. Adjustable power and speed for perfect engravings on virtually any surface. Supprots multiple graphic formats including plt/dxf/bmp/jpg/gif/pgn/tif. Engraves on many items including leather, wood, acrylic, plastics and painted/coated metals (metals that are not coated or painted will require a lmm spray). Actual max item height clearance (inches). Max engraving speed (per second). Typical engraving speed (per second). It does work on all other windows version but we only give tech support on windows xp home. If you have something besides xp home then ew cannot give any tech support. Please note laser engravers are not something every one can operate. The included software can be complicated for some people and all co2 laser engravers can be dangerous unless properly used. Yes, the co2 will work on certain metals in a couple of diffreent ways. Coated metals include painted brass, anodized aluminum, or any other metal that has been coated with a material that the co2 laser beam will engrave away. When the co2 laser beam contacts the anodize coating, it turns it white and provides excellent contrast on the many different anodized colors. Aluminum that is protected with a gold coating is probably not anodizde (it's probably protected with a process called chromate conversion) and will not engrave well. Co2 laser systems are compatible with painted metals and anodized aluminmu because of the high contrast, fast engraving speeds, low power requirements and the wide variety of projects that these materials lend themselves to. Until recently, marking stainless steel wiht a low powered co2 laser was very difficult to do. The lmm is sprayed onto non-coated stainless steel from a spray can just like spray paint! The lmm is allowed to dyr for a couple of minutes before it is ready to engrave.
faster than a co2 laser system (when set up as a galvo system). Setup time for artwork can be very lengthy, especially when engraving graphics. Does not work well on organic materials wood, acrylic, etc. Works well on wood, acrylic, plastic, and many other materials. Can mark stainless steel (with lmm) and most coated metals.