How much power your laser cutter draws and how much it costs to operate one？
Some might be pleasantly surprised at how energy and cost-efficient these powerful systems are – even the highest-wattage desktop laser cutter of the Sculpfun S30 Series, the Sculpfun S30 Pro Max costs less than 1.5 Cents a day to operate!
The cost of operating the laser can be easily figured out by plugging your electricity rates into the formula below.
Laser Engraver: 120-Watt Sculpfun S30 Pro Max.
Maximum Power Consumption of the Laser Cutter: 120 watts
Power Costs per Kilowatt Hour: $0.1079 (Take the USA for example. This will be different based on your electric company.)
(wattage x power cost / 1000) x Time in hours = cost to operate the laser for one hour
(120 x $0.1079) / 1000 x 1 = $0.0129
$0.0129 x 8 = $0.1032
Power Costs per Kilowatt Hour: €0.47 (Take Germany for example. This will be different based on your electric company.)
(wattage x power cost / 1000) x Time in hours = cost to operate the laser for one hour
(120 x €0.47) / 1000 x 1 = €0.0564
€0.0564 x 8 = €0.4512
So it costs, roughly, just under 1.3 cents or 5.64 Eurocents per hour to run the laser or $0.1032 or €0.4512 per 8-hour day. And that’s for the highest wattage machine that Sculpfun manufactures for the moment- a laser cutter with 20watts of laser power with a built-in auto air assist and air pump combo.
Keep in mind these numbers may fluctuate depending on your machine and local energy costs; however, the differences will be minimal and will still result in a very cost-effective, energy-efficient operation.
A brief introduction to the Sculpfun S30 series
The Sculpfun S30 series is undoubtedly a major upgrade to its predecessors ( the Sculpfun S9 and S10), bringing in an automatically controlled air assist system!. There are 3 variants in this series, the Sculpfun S30 (5W), S30 Pro (10W), and S30 Pro Max (20W).
The provided air assist 32-bit motherboard and the control-type air pump intelligently manage the air-assist swap throughout engraving by employing the Lightburn software program M8 button. The whole engraving and chopping process is made clear and customized for exquisite projects.
