Hello all,
There are many threads re: importing laser machines from China, and many are very skeptical and there is little feedback re: peoples experience with them when buying. I only found a couple of China based manufacturers positively endorsed in these forums. If more share there experiences, it will help people in looking to import from reliable Chinese Suppliers.
Today, we have just finalized our purchase of a custom built laser from www.sukelaser.com (Jinan Suke Science&Technology Co.,LTD). I found them in these forums, where Alice from sukelaser.com has been providing positive practical advice towards solving user issues. But there was no feedback from buyers of their machines. In this thread I will keep posting about our experience with sukelaser.com from manufacturing, through to delivery, setup and commissioning machine.
Our custom built machine is based on their SK1490, and includes :
- Twin 80W CO2 lasers
- CCD Cameras
- SK1490 has working area of 1400x900mm
- Honeycomb, vacuum table with fume extraction
- Motorised platform
- Rotary attachment
- Upgraded Chiller (for two laser heads)
- Red Dot Pointer
- Auto Focus
- Filtering System on exhaust
- Software
- Spare Co2 tubes and mirrors.
Alice has been more than helpful, in terms of working to advise us on which machine and what specifications will work for our particular needs. Last week, we sent her some product samples to check on their machines, and very quickly got images back of our product (we sent specific product, with my handwriting on them, so we could ensure photos from the test were ours - and they were) and this came with specific feedback on which laser strength was required, as well as the limitations on the products we sent (single sheet/double sheet cutting etc).
Alice will be sending me some images of the machine during construction, so if you are interested, subscribe to this thread, and I will keep updating, all the way through to final commissioning of the machine.
Hope this helps someone, who is looking to purchase a laser machine, that is about 1/3 of the cost of a similar machine from local suppliers.