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Speed & cutting

Max engraving / travel speed: typical values for laser & CNC machines

Half of laser & CNC machines in the catalog have max engraving / travel speed below 600 mm/s, and 80% fall between 100 mm/s and 10,000 mm/s (235 models with data).

Median600 mm/s
Median 2026600 mm/s
Typical range100 mm/s – 10,000 mm/s
Models235
Distribution

How max engraving / travel speed is distributed

0438612917202,0004,0006,0008,0009,0000–1,000: 1721,000–2,000: 82,000–3,000: 23,000–4,000: 04,000–5,000: 25,000–6,000: 16,000–7,000: 07,000–8,000: 18,000–9,000: 09,000–10,000: 49Median 600 mm/s
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Max engraving / travel speed100 mm/s200 mm/s600 mm/s1,200 mm/s10,000 mm/s

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

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Median max engraving / travel speed by year

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Recent leaders

Highest max engraving / travel speed

Fastest gantry laser engravers
1 OMTech Integrated 20W
OMTech · 2024
Integrated 20W
20 W150 × 150 mm10,008 mm/s
10,008 mm/s
4.1
2 OMTech Integrated 30W
OMTech · 2024
Integrated 30W
30 W150 × 150 mm10,008 mm/s
10,008 mm/s
4.7
3 OMTech Integrated 50W
OMTech · 2024
Integrated 50W
50 W150 × 150 mm10,008 mm/s
10,008 mm/s
5.4
4 Sculpfun G20 20W
Sculpfun · 2026
G20 20W
20 W150 × 150 mm10,000 mm/s
10,000 mm/s
3.7
5 Acmer PM 50W
Acmer · 2025
PM 50W
50 W200 × 200 mm10,000 mm/s
10,000 mm/s
6.6
6 OMTech MOPA 20W
OMTech · 2024
MOPA 20W
20 W150 × 150 mm10,000 mm/s
10,000 mm/s
3.5
7 OMTech MOPA 30W
OMTech · 2024
MOPA 30W
30 W150 × 150 mm10,000 mm/s
10,000 mm/s
3.6
8 Acmer SM 30W
Acmer · 2025
SM 30W
30 W150 × 150 mm10,000 mm/s
10,000 mm/s
4.3
9 Monport GPro Vision Split MOPA 50W
Monport · 2026
GPro Vision Split MOPA 50W
50 W201 × 201 mm10,000 mm/s
10,000 mm/s
7.0
10 Monport GM Pro Integrated JPT MOPA 60W
Monport · 2026
GM Pro Integrated JPT MOPA 60W
60 W175 × 175 mm10,000 mm/s
10,000 mm/s
6.3

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