Air cooled or water cooled ?

[anstac]

Buying our first small A1 size 30w Laser should we go for air cooled or water cooled?.
Tubes made in China or the US ?

M/c will be used for cutting thin Acrylic Ply and MDF type materials.

any thorghts

Thanks

[Litografa]

Hello,
You can study this forum first for better understanding of equipment. It will take 2-3 days of your time, but will bring you a lot of knowledge.
Just some important details:
1) Air cooled Synrad 30 Wt tube = Water cooled glass 60-80 Wt tube.
2) If you need equipment for cutting only and have limited financing - chinese equipment is your choice, but better buy from local dealer.
3) If you need equipment for cutting AND engraving - better buy something like GCC, ULS, Epilog.

[anstac]

Thanks for that I find the wattage point interesting......especially when it comes to sales men....this is not something they seem to divulge !

currently going through the forum.....very interesting.

thanks again for you input

[Litografa]

If you have some questions - please ask here. I have very good background in air cooled Synrad equipment as I am selling GCC lasers since 1997. Other peoples here have good experience in chinese glass tubes. So support is guaranteed
Visit my blog for better understanding of my position on Air/Water Cooling = Chinese/European marketing Of course world is not Black/White and both types of equipment have advantages/minuses

[wktina]

its different,chinese glass tube and american metal tube has different cooling mode
chinese tube is cheaper also good cutting and engraving effect.
us tube is very expensive and perfect in engraving,but cutting effect is almost same as chinese glass tube.
so we believe chinese CO2 tube will be your ideal choice
if you want to know more info about this,pls write to me: tina@wklaser.com my name is tina

our brand is wklaser,your believable friend