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Work area

Work area depth (Y): typical values for laser & CNC machines

Half of laser & CNC machines in the catalog have work area depth (y) below 300 mm, and 80% fall between 110 mm and 508 mm (337 models with data).

Median300 mm
Median 2026201 mm
Typical range110 mm – 508 mm
Models337
Distribution

How work area depth (y) is distributed

0295988117100300500700900100–200: 117200–300: 40300–400: 74400–500: 65500–600: 11600–700: 5700–800: 0800–900: 14900–1,000: 11Median 300 mm
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Work area depth (Y)110 mm150 mm300 mm400 mm508 mm

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

Trends

Median work area depth (y) by year

0 mm125 mm250 mm375 mm500 mm2020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest work area depth (y)

1 OMTech Maker AF4063-150 150W
OMTech · 2023
Maker AF4063-150 150W
150 W1016 × 1600 mm600 mm/s
1,600 mm
8.9
2 FoxAlien CL-4x4
FoxAlien · 2023
CL-4x4
400 W1220 × 1220 mm
1,220 mm
7.0
3 OMTech Pro Quantum RF 60W
OMTech · 2025
Pro Quantum RF 60W
60 W1600 × 1016 mm600 mm/s
1,016 mm
8.6
4 OMTech Pronto 60 130W
OMTech · 2024
Pronto 60 130W
130 W1600 × 1016 mm600 mm/s
1,016 mm
9.2
5 Two Trees TTC-H40
Two Trees · 2026
TTC-H40
3,000 W1000 × 1000 mm30 mm/s
1,000 mm
7.6
6 OMTech Pro 2440 80W
OMTech · 2023
Pro 2440 80W
80 W600 × 1000 mm1,200 mm/s
1,000 mm
9.4
7 FoxAlien Vasto XXL V1
FoxAlien · 2022
Vasto XXL V1
400 W1000 × 1000 mm
1,000 mm
8.3
8 OMTech Pronto 75 150W
OMTech · 2024
Pronto 75 150W
150 W1600 × 1000 mm1,001 mm/s
1,000 mm
9.6
9 OMTech Pro 3655 130W
OMTech · 2024
Pro 3655 130W
130 W1400 × 900 mm1,200 mm/s
900 mm
9.0
10 Genmitsu PRONAX Forge
Genmitsu · 2026
PRONAX Forge
2,200 W600 × 900 mm104 mm/s
900 mm
9.4
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