About engraver and router

Engraver and router on the difference between a lot of people are not clear. Intuitive sense of people are on the small format engraver, large format are the router, or call engraving machine, engrave and milling machine, or simply referred to large engraver. In fact, they are two different structures of the machine, but roughly the same working principle, by the X, Y, Z axis is driven by the electronic controller to control movement.

Points up from the use of: engraver of the plate is mainly used for the sculpture, a large number of used two-color board or acrylic sculpture, carving knife into depth about a 1mm-3mm at around at signs, the application of the more common signs. Look from the construction machinery, engraver of the design of lightweight, X, Y axis speed quickly, Z axis travel shorter fit carving the 5mm-8mm Materials. Engraving spindle nose first with the spring pressure, the role of sculpture are in the process of compacted Sheet 3mm below. Spindle carving through the belt is connected to a larger diameter on the motor, thereby enabling increased speed, so carving out a more smooth workpiece quality. The use of carving knives longer, at a length of about 15.9cm, diameter of about 4.35mm. Because of design constraints, it is suitable to do a small amount of high cutting speed the production process of carving.

can be interpreted as a router can make fine sculpture, also can cut, engrave milling. To do such as three-dimensional sculpture, even though a large gap, but a 200mm wide material can be completed, a considerable amount of feed. router tool available in diameter sizes from 1mm-16mm, the length of the tool for 50 ~ 80mm. We can use a flexible, thin knife fitted do skilled work, put a knife do big live rough. Focus on heavy machinery because of the design load of large steel frame, Z-axis travel, and therefore can not only make the process a small engraver, but also high-speed cutting of thick plates, a feed volume of up to 20mm-30mm, this is simply to do engraver less than the process.