Wimberley Puzzle increase quality and efficiency with Trotec Laser.

Wimberley Puzzle Company

Wimberley Puzzle Company is owned by JB Manning, a successful photographer who took his beautiful landscape images and turned them into a thriving business. The company creates puzzles by laser cutting and engraving wood and cardboard using their Speedy 400 120 Watt CO₂ laser. All products are made with original artwork.

A need for efficiency.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a tremendous influx in demand for Wimberley Puzzle. Despite working with three Universal Laser Systems, they were still struggling to meet the increased demand, so they began investigating solutions that would allow them to work more efficiently. They made the switch to a Trotec Speedy 400 laser engraver when their local representative showed the outstanding cutting quality and speed that can be achieved with a single system.

Faster processing saving time and costs.

The switch to a Speedy 400 helped Wimberley Puzzle to maintain their 6 puzzle-per-hour throughput while significantly lowering their overhead costs. They also added a Job Control Vision camera system to their new laser engraver. When they were still using the ULS systems, they had to set up guide lines for making proper cuts., something that they were able to eliminate with Trotec's JCV as it produces perfect contour cuts of printed materials by automatically and dynamically detecting distortions in the print and adapting the cutting path. This further increased efficiency and production.

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I'm more efficient running just the one Trotec compared to the three Universals.
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JB Manning

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