Laser Cutting Rubber Sheets

Engraves with a strong odor.

Laser cutting rubber sheets.

If you ve watched any james bond film you probably have rough notion of how laser cutting works. Buna n laser rubber is a black synthetic material used to form stamp or printing dies that will be used with alcohol acid or oil based inks. If you would like to use silicon rubber draft your file so that your art board matches the standard sheet size of 900mm x 600mm. Natal silicone latex neoprene there s even a rubber designed for laser cutting laser rubber intricate art and text can be quickly and easily laser engraved to produce rubber stamps without chemicals.

There wasn t too much odor from this sheet my cutter is closed with a vent though and the. This style is limited to thinner sheets of rubber. Laser cutting rubber or elastomeric materials often produces slightly charred melted or burnt edges. See the drawing guidelines for more on setting up a file for laser cutting engraving.

8 1 2 x 11 sheet size. Considerations for laser cut gaskets. The overall dimension of the rubber part must also be relatively small and less than 24 inches on any one side. Depending on the application material and tolerance needed this may or may not be acceptable.

Drawing templates are not currently available for this material. I figured out that it works best with several passes of lower intensity rastering to prevent the rubber from burning and i ended up cutting my stamps out of the sheet with a knife. Rubber is an excellent material for laser cutting and engraving. Bought this rubber sheet to laser cut stamps and it works really well.