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The CNC router is one of the most important tools as over 70% of our parts our manufactured on this machine. We have four Laguna routers, comprised of 3 2 IQ's and , the Swift and Tubeeeeee. The Swift has a larger work envelope and can fit sheets as big as 4 ft x 4ft, as well as a vacuum fixturing system. The Two out of Three IQ's which we have are have are used for sheets and our third IQ operates only on box tubes. The Tube IQ will be outfitted with a tube jig. The two IQ's that are used for plates have a workspace big enough to fit sheets no bigger than 2ft by 4ft. The Tube IQ will be outfitted with a tube jig operates only on box tubes. The primary usage of these routers will be to manufacture Aluminum & Polycarbonate (plastic) sheets as well as Box tubes of various sizes. We will also occasionally use the routers on wood and SRPP composite materials.
Here is a picture of the Swift, it is primarily used for our biggest jobs This is a picture of one of our IQ's, we have two placed
as it has the best fixturing system as well as the largest workspace: right next to each other in the shop:
We also use a software called Vcarve to generate the Gcode required by the machine to run. In short, Gcode is the programming language for the machine (the same language as the 3D printers). These instructions tell the spindle where to move and when, to trace out the cuts that the machine needs to do.
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