GCC laser engravers-cutters available in Australia

Re-Engineering Australia Foundation has announced that world-renowned GCC laser engravers are now available in Australia.

The not-for-profit social enterprise has been appointed the Australian distributor of the Taiwan based corporation which dominates the global Electro Optical Automation industry.

They are the product-of-choice in the United Kingdom where 8 out of every 10 in technical training colleges and universities are a GCC product.

REA Foundation has been supplying both industry and education for many years with Denford routers and milling machines and GCC is an addition to that range.

Two models, the Mercury III and faster Spirit LS are capable of engraving and cutting an extensive range of materials such as metal, wood, glass, acrylic, leather and rubber.

They are ideal for making prototypes of products, miniature architectural models, automotive parts, furniture parts, labels, tags, signage, jewellery design, name plates for parts or for engraving part numbers and logos directly on to components or tools.

The work area of the Mercury III is 635mm x 458mm and its pass-through front and rear doors allow long pieces of material to be fed through the machine.

The Spirit LS is slightly larger at 640 x 460mm. Both machines have adjustable speed control with the Mercury reaching 42 IPS and the Spirit 80 IPS.

The free-standing machines are safe and reliable and have intuitive control panels with graphical icons which are easy to operate.

There is a key switch to safeguard the lasers from unauthorised use and a prominent Emergency Stop button located on top which immediately shuts down the machine.

Features of both machines include patented SmartACT™ which speeds up operation to complete jobs quicker, the DuraGuide motion system for high speed accuracy, one-touch SmartPIN Auto Focus, an innovative lid providing easy access for maintenance known as the SmartLID and an LED SmartLIGHT which illuminates the work area.