Engraving and Labeling

Engraving plastics and aluminum (21⁄2 D)
Sign making

LPKF circuit board plotters can engrave, drill mounting holes, mill front panels, or create several other types of structures and lines. Depending on the thickness of the board material, it may take several passes to mill down to the desired depth. As a rule of thumb, the maximum milling depth of any end mill tool corresponds to approximately half of that particular tool’s diameter. The tool library of the LPKF BoardMaster software supports the processing of aluminum and other soft metals. The optimal feed rate and spindle speed for a long life-cycle of any LPKF tool, as well as outstanding milling results, are already included in the standard tool profiles stored in BoardMaster.

With LPKF circuit board plotters, plastics and soft metals in 21⁄2 dimensions can also be drilled and milled. With the LPKF ProtoMat S42 plastic and aluminium materials can be engraved on the surface. Other LPKF circuit board plotters with Z axis control can create very smooth 21⁄2 D surfaces because of a spindle speed of at least 60,000 rpm.

LPKF circuit board plotters are ideal tools for engraving applications. Name plates, rate plates, brass door labels, sandwiched plastic labels, and any other form of flat engraving can be easily accomplished. For engraving and signmaking with LPKF Protomat machines any software with HP-GL output can be used. Also LPKF offers a wide variety of plug&play software for circuit board manufacturing.