Some of the wiring diagrams out there for CO2 Laser systems are average at best and some online information from sellers is just plain misleading or even wrong. So I started the project above to try and put some of those things into the past. The file on the 3D viewer is free to use by anyone for personal use and I expect anyone using it as part of their commercial businesses to give proper attribution otherwise enjoy it
If anyone wants a particular model from it I will consider that on a case by case basis.It is based in Fusion 360 and represents over a dozen custom models either created from scratch or heavily adapted from existing ones, two of them started out life from https://www.furtherfabrication.com/ in their basic form and were then remeasured and changed. Those models are then linked and added to the overall model which is where joining all the bits together and placing them goes on. As part of that Fusion allows bringing in manufacturers parts when available so things like relays, filters and some pneumatic parts are those. There are a few compromises made for keeping it cleaner looking such as omitting separate power supplies and the negative limit switches. Happy to answer or talk about specifics in more detail if anyone is interested but maybe here? https://rdworkslab.com/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=3901
Currently is consists of 17 specific Custom Linked Models, 150-200 individual sketches and over 1000 bodies. What this means is it needs a good chunk of processing power to build and create it but the online viewer can be used with my lowly Intel Atom Mini PC.
The model also allows for stripped out or individual sections to be rendered out to make them clear for discussing the various parts involved in a Laser System. The plan at this stage is to do this with explanations of each part and allow discussion or questions about it. This Emergency Stop Render will likely be the first such topic here with Renders like this.
This can be done with the online model by RIGHT Clicking on the part which gives you a series of options including HIDE this part. Makes it easier to drill into the model as a reference or even just to highlight a part or concept to others using the Markup Feature. The Easiest way to take a Screen Capture on Windows systems at least is to use the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard then paste it into your favorite image processing software to edit it or save it (https://www.irfanview.com/ is great for this).
and with the bits removed for easy viewing of the relay bank
and for good measure a Random markup of the Air Assist Solenoid from the other side of the model.
to try and get to the bottom of what is meant and this is one of the more modern offerings and it actually feeds data back to the 6445G controller to display both Current and Output Voltage on the display. It will be nice not to have to feed any conductor hooked up to the HV side of the Laser power supply anywhere near the control panel and the user and also losing the clunky analogue mA meter.
) and is just standard industry practice. It also becomes an issue in the 110V parts of the world as you are switching much larger currents than the rest of us so the switches need to be larger to cope.
I have been looking at the world from an 8x11 sheet of paper and falling behind the dimensional realistic view of 3-4 dimensional drawing. You are my Einstien 