Roland MPX-50 user manual Getting Ready to Perform Marking, Preparing the Workpiece for Marking

Part 2 Performing Marking

Part 2 Performing Marking

1. Getting Ready to Perform Marking

Before you start marking, have on hand a workpiece and an image for marking.

1-1 Preparing the Workpiece for Marking

Provide a workpiece that meets all of the following conditions.

Correct marking is not possible if even one of the conditions is not satisfied.

Conditions for materials that can be marked

Thickness	0.3 to 20 mm (0.01 to 0.8 in.)
Size	Length (or width) of 90 mm (3-9/16 in.) or less
	* Note that even if thickness and size are within the range as described above, it may not be
	possible to perform marking correctly on materials that warp when struck. Refer to the table
	below, which provides a general guide to markable sizes according to thicknesses.

Material	Thickness	Markable workpiece size (general guide)
Alminium	2.0 mm (0.08 in.)	Length (or width) of 60 mm (2-3/8 in.) or less
	1.5 mm (0.06 in.)	Length (or width) of 40 mm (1-9/16 in.) or less
	1.0 mm (0.04 in.)	Length (or width) of 30 mm (1-3/16 in.) or less
	0.5 mm (0.02 in.)	Length (or width) of 20 mm (3/4 in.) or less
	0.3 mm (0.01 in.)	Length (or width) of 20 mm (3/4 in.) or less
Brass or copper	2.0 mm (0.08 in.)	Length (or width) of 60 mm (2-3/8 in.) or less
	1.5 mm (0.06 in.)	Length (or width) of 40 mm (1-9/16 in.) or less
	1.0 mm (0.04 in.)	Length (or width) of 30 mm (1-3/16 in.) or less
	0.5 mm (0.02 in.)	Length (or width) of 15 mm (9/16 in.) or less
	0.3 mm (0.01 in.)	Length (or width) of 15 mm (9/16 in.) or less
Stainless steel	2.0 mm (0.08 in.)	Length (or width) of 60 mm (2-3/8 in.) or less
	1.0 mm (0.04 in.)	Length (or width) of 40 mm (1-9/16 in.) or less

Important!

The sizes are suggestions. Depending on the size (marking area) of the image for marking, the markable size of the workpiece may vary.

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