Laser Cutting Thick Acrylic | Acrylic Cutting Tutorial | Trotec

This week, we'll show you some tips and tricks on laser cutting very thick acrylic. In this video we'll use our TroGlass Clear 20mm cast acrylic on the SP 500 200w laser cutter.

For those who want a flame-polished edge on clear acrylic they would need to make sure the following steps:
1) Minimal air flow
2) High resolution encoders
3) Longer Focal Length Lenses
4) Focusing to the middle of the material
5) Down draft table that creates a vacuum and draws down the flammable vapor created during the cutting process.

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[EVOCNC]

Do you have to play with the correction value at all?

[yfaheem]

what parameters would you set for a 3mm XT dark acrylic? ISP500 at 55% power @ 1mm/s cuts, but some areas remain joined after cutting? thanks for helping.

[nancybeckwith]

Are there any laser cutting places in florida? Thsts amazing how u did that!

[alexberube]

Is it possible with the 360 speedy flex and the 2.85 flexx lens to cut 6mm extruded acrylic?

[Darkholecheck]

Weirdly enough, I've noticed that I get clearer edges with less trapped bubbles on the surface when I turn off the exhaust. I thought that the downdraft suction evacuates the cutting gases so that they do not become "trapped" in the cut kerf.
Could it be that because of an exhaust, more air finds its way into the cutting area?

[Alkair]

It would be fine to get a better audio for this video,
It does hurt the ears

[umbrellaraindrops]

is this possible on a speedy 400? if so, what would the setting be? thanks!

[DerekHubbard]

Holy cow, get a pop filter on your mic and learn how to regulate your volume.