First contact
L-SOLUTION 100 Ex Fibre machine
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The
"POSITIONING POINTER"
button is used to display the
exact position of the LASER engraving head above the material
to be engraved. It is LASER beam with a very weak power
(< 1mW) which does not alter the material it is projected on.
The
"AIR ASSISTANT"
button activates the air assistant if
your machine is correctly connected to a compressor (optional)
(see : Air assistant requirements" in the "Installation" chapter).
The
"EXHAUST SYSTEM"
button activates the exhaust
system if your machine is correctly connected to a exhaust
system (optional) (see : "Exhaust system installation
recommendations" in the "Installation" chapter).
The
"AUTOFOCUS"
button is used to effect an Autofocus
at any time.
The motion control system
(diagram 1)
The motion control section of the control panel (the four
directional arrow buttons, the joystick) enables the user to
manually control motion system movement.
Pressing and holding down an arrow button will cause the
focus lens assembly to move in the respective direction. The
motion system starts off slowly, but if you continue to hold
down the button, you will see it accelerate to a faster speed.
Pushing the button once and letting it go quickly will move the
motion system in increments. Pressing two adjacent buttons
will move the assembly in a diagonal direction. This part of
the control panel is primarily used to position the focus lens
assembly directly over the engraving material and to use the
focus tool to set the proper focus height. Other uses for these
buttons will be discussed later in this manual.
This button positions the focus carriage to the upper left hand
corner at the default (0,0) position in the engraving area.
This is where the majority of focusing will be done. Once the
focus carriage is positioned, using the motion control arrow
buttons can still move the motion system. Pressing the button
again will move the focus carriage back to the home position
in the upper right corner of the engraving area. You can set
the default position to anywhere in the field that you desire.
Relocating the focus position is covered later on in this section.
System operation