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Laser & CNC spec guide: what is typical

What counts as a lot, a little or typical for laser & CNC machines: medians, usual range (10th–90th percentile) and extremes of every numeric spec in the catalog.

General

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Wavelength	455 nm	450 nm – 1,064 nm	355 nm – 1,064 nm	143

Laser power

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Laser output power	20 W	5 W – 90 W	1.3 W – 200 W	341

Work area

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Work area width (X)	305 mm	110 mm – 710 mm	50 mm – 1,600 mm	337
Work area depth (Y)	300 mm	110 mm – 508 mm	50 mm – 1,600 mm	337
Work area (surface)	946 cm²	121 cm² – 3,573 cm²	64 cm² – 16,256 cm²	334
Max workpiece height	100 mm	35 mm – 221 mm	17 mm – 330 mm	56
Z travel	100 mm	40 mm – 120 mm	35 mm – 400 mm	42

Speed & cutting

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Max engraving / travel speed	600 mm/s	100 mm/s – 10,000 mm/s	30 mm/s – 10,008 mm/s	235
Max cutting depth – wood / plywood (one pass)	15 mm	6 mm – 30 mm	5 mm – 30 mm	69
Max cutting depth – acrylic	10 mm	5 mm – 20 mm	3 mm – 29 mm	35

Precision

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Laser spot size	0.1 mm	0 mm – 0.2 mm	0 mm – 0.2 mm	132
Positioning accuracy	0 mm	0 mm – 0.1 mm	0 mm – 0.1 mm	153

Size & power

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Width	570 mm	250 mm – 1,175 mm	43 mm – 2,200 mm	193
Depth	500 mm	250 mm – 983 mm	53 mm – 1,643 mm	193
Height	285 mm	154 mm – 670 mm	53 mm – 1,074 mm	193
Weight	15 kg	2.8 kg – 54 kg	1 kg – 286 kg	183
Rated power consumption	120 W	50 W – 600 W	20 W – 750 W	88

Typical range = from the 10th to the 90th percentile of models in the catalog. Obvious data errors are excluded.