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Roboda D1 Dual-Head Metal Kit, 750 x 550

Fixed steel RHS gantry on MGN15 rails and ball screws, 750 x 550 x 150 mm, for aluminium with light steel finishing, plus a laser head

₹28,500.00 excluding GST

Specification

PlatformRoboda D1
Headspindle laser
Operationsmilling, engraving, laser_cutting, laser_engraving
MaterialsAluminium (Capable), Steel (Light duty), Mild steel (Light duty), Wood (Production), Plastic (Production), Acrylic (Capable)
Assembly timeabout 28.3 hours
Lead time28 days
MRP incl. 18% GSTRs 33,630.00

What this machine will and will not work

Aluminium
Capable
What this machine is for. The sizing cut is adaptive clearing in 6061 with a 6 mm three-flute carbide: 18,000 rpm, 0.04 mm per tooth, 2,160 mm/min, 12 mm deep at 0.9 mm stepover - 23,328 mm3/min, about 272 W at the cutter against 1,125 W available, and a 48 N cutting force. A full slot 1.5 mm deep at 1,350 mm/min is 25 N. Mist coolant or an air blast, chips cleared every job. 'Capable' rather than 'production' until the prototype's stiffness has been measured.
Steel
Light duty
Light finishing passes only, as the rigidity rule requires for a steel RHS gantry. A 6 mm four-flute carbide at 6,000 rpm, 0.015 mm per tooth, 360 mm/min, 4 mm deep at 0.2 mm stepover takes about 9.6 W and 5.1 N - the spindle has the power; the frame does not have the stiffness for roughing. Profiles, facing skims and engraving in small steel parts, not pockets.
Mild steel
Light duty
As steel, plus: remove hot-rolled scale first - it destroys a small carbide edge before any metal is cut. The laser does not mark or cut steel.
Wood
Production
Both heads. The spindle cuts hardwood with 6 mm tools at 3 to 6 mm per pass; the laser engraves, and its cutting rates will be stated once its power has been measured. Vacuum the dust out of the enclosure before any laser job - dust and a Class 4 beam are a fire.
Plastic
Production
Spindle-led. Delrin, HDPE, nylon and PP mill well with a single-flute cutter at 12 000 to 18 000 rpm. The laser only engraves and scores opaque dark sheet. **PVC and PTFE are forbidden to both heads.**
Acrylic
Capable
Cast acrylic mills cleanly with a single-flute O-flute and the laser engraves it; a diode laser does not cut clear acrylic.

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