CNC routers
CNC router, CNC milling plotter, gantry router - one machine that cuts, mills and engraves from a program. Most often it works as a CNC wood router, but it also handles plastics, composites and soft metals.
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A CNC router for wood, plastics and soft metals
The material specification is the same across the RBF range: wood, plastics, composites, soft metals. In practice a CNC wood router means furniture board, plywood, MDF and solid timber - alongside acrylic, PVC and soft metals.
One machine covers three operations: cutting to size, milling shapes and pockets, and engraving - exactly how the RBF 1212 application is described.
Format: from bench to full sheet
RBF 9060 and RBF 1212 are the smaller-format routers for workshop production. RBF 1325V and RBF 1325 ATC handle a standard furniture board. RBF 2030V has a 2000 × 3000 × 200 mm working area and RBF 2040ATC/V a 2000 × 4000 × 200 mm one - sheets that never need trimming down first.
Vacuum table and automatic tool change
A vacuum table holds the material by suction instead of clamps, so the head has the whole board free and the program never stops to move a clamp. Zones scale with the format: six on RBF 1325V and RBF 1325 ATC, nine on RBF 2030V with a 7.5 kW pump, twelve on RBF 2040ATC/V.
ATC versions carry a tool magazine - linear, twelve positions, on RBF 1325 ATC. The machine changes cutters mid-program, which removes the most common source of downtime on parts that need several tools. RBF 1325 ATC runs 750 W AC servo drives and PikoCNC control.
CNC routers - frequently asked questions
How much does a CNC router cost?
The spread is wide, because almost everything differs between the smallest router and a large-format ATC machine: frame, table, drives and spindle. Indicative net prices are shown on the machine cards above for the models that carry a catalogue price.
Does a CNC router cut metal?
Soft metals, yes - they are in the material specification of every RBF router. A gantry router of this class will not cut steel; steel and sheet belong to the plasma plotters and the fiber laser plotters.
When is ATC worth it?
When a part needs more than one tool and you make it in series. For single, simple cut-outs a manual tool change costs little time; in repeat production every manual change is downtime and a chance to lose the datum.
How does a router differ from a laser plotter?
A router removes material with a rotating cutter: the kerf is as wide as the tool and the cut is mechanical, but it can work in three dimensions - pockets, chamfers, sculpted surfaces. A CO2 laser plotter cuts with a beam, narrow and without pressure, but when cutting it always goes through the full thickness; depth is only controlled when engraving a surface.