Large-format sheet processing

SheetPro™

SheetPro is a large-format laser workstation for sheets, boards, and plates. The bed stays still and a LaserSharp® Module travels above it on an XY gantry. Standard beds are 800 × 1,000 mm, 4 × 8 ft, and 5 × 12 ft.

Square-bed precision work at 670 × 670 mm and below runs on ExactPro™. Beds above 5 × 12 ft, odd aspect ratios, more than one module, or full automation are quoted as custom equipment.

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SheetPro large-format laser workstation with a board on the static bed, the LaserSharp® Module on its gantry, and the operator station

Specifications

Architecture	Static bed; LaserSharp® Module on an overhead XY gantryThe workpiece does not traverse.
Beds	800 × 1,000 mm · 4 × 8 ft (1,219 × 2,438 mm) · 5 × 12 ft (1,524 × 3,658 mm)Larger or odd aspect ratios are quoted as custom.
LaserSharp® Modules	1More than one is quoted as custom.
Laser sources	NIR (1030–1064 nm), green, UV, and CO₂ LaserSharp® Modules; nanosecond to femtosecond pulses on the solid-state sources
Registration	Automated registration with distortion compensation, plus vision registrationBoth standard.
Calibration	Self-calibrating scan field and gantry
Fixturing	Vacuum and clamp, both standard
Material handling	ManualFull automatic load and unload is quoted as custom.
Laser safety	Class 1 laser product (embedded Class 4 laser)IEC 60825-1:2014 · 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11, per Laser Notice No. 56
Compliance	Electrical panels are labeled as UL 508A open industrial control panel. CE marking, or third-party TÜV certification, available on request.
Design life	15+ years

Configure-to-order

Bed: 800 × 1,000 mm / 4 × 8 ft / 5 × 12 ft
Cleanroom-compatible configuration
Femtosecond module — configure-to-order. Field size and throughput for femtosecond work are established on your material in the trial.
Laser source selected on your material
µVerify™ — in-line inspection that measures feature size and position and feeds closed-loop control of the laser parameters, plus Pulse beam confirmation. Which features are measured depends on the application.

On a large sheet the part is the thing that is hard to move. SheetPro leaves it on a static bed and moves the module instead, so a 5 × 12 ft plate is processed where it was loaded. Registration reads the sheet as it actually sits and compensates the toolpath for it.

In production

SheetPro seen from above, the LaserSharp® Module on its gantry over a board on the static bed, inside the guarded cell — From above: the LaserSharp® Module travels the gantry over the board. The bed stays still.

SheetPro laser workstation with a 5 × 12 ft static bed and overhead XY gantry — On the LasX floor: the 5 × 12 ft bed with the gantry overhead.

LaserSharp Module on the SheetPro gantry, positioned over a walnut-veneer board on the static bed — The LaserSharp® Module rides the gantry over a walnut-veneer board. The board does not move.

A LasX engineer in laser safety glasses checks the optics at the LaserSharp Module on a SheetPro gantry — A LasX engineer checks the optics at the LaserSharp® Module.

See it run

SheetPro overview — Shown with automated sheet loading and unloading — a custom configuration. Standard SheetPro loading is manual.

Drilling wood-veneer acoustic panels — A dense hole pattern drilled through wood-veneer boards for acoustic panels. The board stays put on the static bed while the LaserSharp® Module moves overhead.

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Questions buyers ask

Does the bed move on SheetPro?

No. The bed is static and the LaserSharp® Module travels overhead on the XY gantry. That is what lets the format scale to 5 × 12 ft without a moving-table footprint twice the size of the sheet.