RE: Laser equipment for cutting foam for planes
Current laser systems today are controlled via sensing the different colored lines in a drawing. You then have to set speed and intensity based your finding out the average density to the material about to be cut or engraved. And thus you would need to have several thousand numbered and tested line colors avaiable loaded into the base computer. That is really a chore ahead.
Most laser systems today will only recognize the basic 16 colors to set their rates. I would think you then would have to contact the laser Mfgr. to get them to expand their basic software to include your extra thousands of colors. Most of the laser companies are now fighting with each other, so I woud expect they would charge you a good $100,000 for the special software, plus the cost of the laser. Maybe you can find someone to do it for less.
But right now the hot wire guys got laser milling costs beat.
Wm.