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Mechanical Glass Cutting Equipment Comparison Print E-mail



Feature

TLC

Others (Generalized)
On-site installation/training/process development  3 days 5-10 days
Spare Parts Package required at purchase No Yes
Stage Stationary Rotating / Stationary
Number of gantries 1 1 - 2
Easy load/unload Yes Yes & No
Inline incorporation compatible Yes - unobstructed surface Yes & No
Cleanroom compatible Yes Yes & No
Cutting head Rotating - total flexibility Fixed & Castoring
Cameras 1 - CCD (in cutting head) 2 CCD (mounted/fixed on gantry)
Camera setup/alignment 1-2 seconds (CCD camera in cutting head) 5-20 minutes (2 CCD cameras on gantry)
On-stage measurement/inspection Yes  - linear encoder feedback No
Operating system PC Windows®- GUI screens DOS / Windows® XP
    Software TLC custom- free revision updates Custom - expensive revision updates
    Program change Simple  - instant recall Complex
Part-size compensation (increase/decrease) Simple - Ebedded feature in TLC custom software Complex
Auto-calibrating wheel placement accuracy Yes (TLC custom software ) No
Cutting capabilities    
    Rectilinear (X-Y) Yes Yes
    Multilinear (hexagon, trapezoid, etc.) Yes - seamless AutoCAD® .dxf Yes & No
    Circular/oval  Yes - seamless AutoCAD® .dxf  Yes & No
    Curvilinear/free-form  Yes - seamless AutoCAD® .dxf  Yes & no
Repeatable alignment accuracy (laminate/single) Yes No
Microsheet cutting capability  - linear & Curved Yes (with diamond stylus & stage overlay) Yes & No
Multilinear cutting -parallelogram/trapezoid Yes Yes & No
Dual-direction scribe Yes Yes & No
Scirbe Speed    
   Linear (X-Y) - multilinear (Advertised) 0.00"-30" / 0.00 mm-500 mm per sec. 0.00"-40" / 0.00 mm-1000 mm per sec.
   Circular, Oval, Curvilinear, free-form  Dependent on shape and size  Dependent on shape and size
Scribe Accuracy (Advertised)    
   Rectilinear and miltilinear  +/- 0.002" / +/- 0.0508 mm  +/- 0.002" / +/- 0.0508 mm
   Circular, curvilinear, free-form  +/- 0.002" / +/- 0.0508 mm  +/- 0.003" / +/- 0.0508 mm
Utilities required  Electrical, vacuum, air/nitrogen  Electrical, vacuum, air/nitrogen
Operation Simple Complex
Maintenance & Training    
   Annual service and re-training Recommend TLC Annual ServiTrain®    Varies with vendor
   Replacement electronics  Commerical off-the-shelf (COTS)   Proprietary
CE safety certified Yes Yes & No
Consumable tooling (wheels, alxes, wheelholders) Tungsten carbide or diamond Proprietary 
Conversion wheelholders for other machines Yes No
Replacement part availablity 1-5 days, depending on location 1-2 weeks, depending on location
Sales/Support offices USA, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea USA, Japan, China, Taiwan 
Machine cost Under USD100,000 (one price worldwide) USD225,000-USD1,000,000 plus
Delivery 90 days ARO (proven 100% delivery)  90-180 days ARO