Are you the most artistic laser maker in South Africa? Then enter the Maxlaser and Sign Africa Laser_Art Competition to showcase what is possible with a laser machine. Your art piece can be a constructed toy, light shade, wall décor, layered map, animal sculpture, furniture and more. You will be judged on originality, technical skills on design, […]
The Sign Africa and FESPA Africa expo, co-located with Africa Print and Modern Marketing, and scheduled for 9-11 September 2020 at Gallagher Convention Centre in South Africa, will be postponed to 2021. This decision was taken due to the current pandemic, restrictions on international travel, and the event industry being closed at the moment in […]
Randi Kerkaert, writing for Summa, says both laser and knife cutting should be regarded as complementary actions. If we break this thought down, we can state certain materials can only be cut by knives, and others by laser technology. Although both lasers and knives can cut a multitude of material types, in certain cases, due […]
Mafalda Theias from All3DP outlines the process of creating a vector design and simplifying the intricate process of laser cutting acrylic. Before getting into laser cutting, it’s important to understand what a laser cutting machine is and how it works. A typical laser cutter connects a computer and works in the X and Y axes. (In other words, it’s a bidimensional machine.) [...]
