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    Re: Laser cutting while in motion

    +-2.0 mm would probably be adequate for me. Right now we are designing the machine and allowing for plans A, B, C...

    Plan A. Use stop/start, if not
    Plan B. Try to laser on the fly or
    Plan C. Use...
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    Re: Laser cutting while in motion

    The purpose of cutting while moving is to avoid a start/stop which will create a registration issue. This ribbon of cloth material has something attached to it prior to being lasered and the...
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    Re: Laser cutting while in motion

    The Marlin control software for Arduino supports a M92 code that allows you to set the steps per mm value on the fly from G code. If this was inserted into my code whenever the direction changes it...
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    Re: Laser cutting while in motion

    I think I have figured out how to do this. Essentially what needs to be done is to negate the relative motion of the ribbon in relation to the laser unit. Essentially the same as moving the machine...
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    Laser cutting while in motion

    I am designing a special purpose machine for manufacturing a single product. One of the steps requires laser cutting a 4" circle from a slow moving ribbon of a cloth material. I have experimented on...
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