Greolt wrote:A long time Mach3 user, so this is my first choice to get started. With a SmoothStepper I am getting 130,000 mm/m (5000" ipm) or just over 2 meters per second. At 1000 steps per inch (40 steps per mm)
Greolt wrote:So I am wondering what sort of step rates are the DSP and Retina Engrave products capable of.
Greolt wrote:And as you originally asked...how fast are you engraving?
BenJackson wrote:As I mentioned that sounds comparable (75IPS) to the low-end Epilog. What is your acceleration profile? You need enough overscan on each side (0.5 * v^2 / a) to hit top speed before the engraving starts, so 2m/s is only useful if you are able to use accelerations of something like 200,000mm/s/s. That would mean you could hit full speed in 10mm. That's 20 g's.
BenJackson wrote:I'm not sure about this, but I doubt they have a true electrical limit, only the physical limit of your laser carriage. So if you can make your SS do 2m/s I bet they can too.
Greolt wrote:Acceleration was about 20,000mm/sec/sec or 2Gs. How much is my acceleration distance at that?
Greolt wrote:But would not the limitation be how fast the laser can turn on and off?
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