Raster Engrave Time
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Worked examples

Three reproducible scenarios, with the complete inputs and calculated outputs.

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Worked scenario

Base example

Engraving width is 120 mm. All other inputs remain at the base values.

InputValueUnit
Engraving width120mm
Engraving height80mm
Line spacing0.1mm
Scan speed300mm/s
Travel overhead20%
Pass count1passes

Calculated results

ResultValueUnit
Scan lines per pass800lines
Ideal scan distance96m
Estimated scan duration6.4minutes

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Worked scenario

Smaller first input

Engraving width is 96 mm. All other inputs remain at the base values.

InputValueUnit
Engraving width96mm
Engraving height80mm
Line spacing0.1mm
Scan speed300mm/s
Travel overhead20%
Pass count1passes

Calculated results

ResultValueUnit
Scan lines per pass800lines
Ideal scan distance76.8m
Estimated scan duration5.12minutes

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Worked scenario

Larger first input

Engraving width is 144 mm. All other inputs remain at the base values.

InputValueUnit
Engraving width144mm
Engraving height80mm
Line spacing0.1mm
Scan speed300mm/s
Travel overhead20%
Pass count1passes

Calculated results

ResultValueUnit
Scan lines per pass800lines
Ideal scan distance115.2m
Estimated scan duration7.68minutes

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Time a small representative engraving, then tune the overhead percentage against the machine’s actual behavior.