Acrylic Laser Cutting
Laser Cutting Acrylic
To achieve the best results when cutting extruded acrylic, you’ll want to elevate the material so that it’s not touching the cutting table. This will greatly reduce backside reflection and the occurrence of grid marks on the material after being laser cut.
Epilog’s Pin Table is the perfect accessory to help you get those perfect cuts on extruded acrylic. This handy device allows you to raise and support your acrylic for better cutting edge quality. The Pin Table incorporates movable pins that can be placed anywhere along the table’s grid of one inch (25.4 mm) spaced holes. The acrylic is raised and supported in locations where the laser will not be cutting, which is what helps eliminate backside reflection. The Pin Table also allows you to place pins to support small or intricate parts that would normally fall out of the cutting pattern.
Laser Cutting Acrylic
To achieve the best results when cutting extruded acrylic, you’ll want to elevate the material so that it’s not touching the cutting table. This will greatly reduce backside reflection and the occurrence of grid marks on the material after being laser cut.
Epilog’s Pin Table is the perfect accessory to help you get those perfect cuts on extruded acrylic. This handy device allows you to raise and support your acrylic for better cutting edge quality. The Pin Table incorporates movable pins that can be placed anywhere along the table’s grid of one inch (25.4 mm) spaced holes. The acrylic is raised and supported in locations where the laser will not be cutting, which is what helps eliminate backside reflection. The Pin Table also allows you to place pins to support small or intricate parts that would normally fall out of the cutting pattern.
Laser Engraving Acrylic
For the most part, laser users engrave acrylic on the back side to produce a look-through effect from the front. You’ll see this often on acrylic awards.
Acrylic sheets typically come with a protective adhesive film on the front and back to prevent it from getting scratched. We recommend removing the protective adhesive paper from the back of the acrylic before engraving, and leaving the protective cover layer on the front to prevent scratching while handling the material. Don’t forget to reverse or mirror your artwork before sending the job to the laser since you’ll be engraving the back side.
Acrylics generally engrave well at a high speed and low power. It doesn’t take much laser power to mark the acrylic, and if your power is too high you’ll notice some distortion in the material.
