Large parts break marking cells in a predictable way. The laser is perfectly capable of putting a data matrix code on a 900 mm weldment — the beam does not care how big the part is. What fails is everything around the beam: the part will not fit through the door, or the mark position sits 300 mm outside the marking field, or the operator nudges the table during loading and the alignment is gone.
The FOBA M3000 is the large-format housing in the M-Series, and every differentiating spec targets that problem: a 970 x 450 mm door opening, a polymer concrete base, 520 mm of programmable X travel, and integrated through-the-lens vision. It takes parts up to 970 x 490 x 450 mm and 50 kg on a 1.5 m² footprint, runs Class 1 per IEC 60825-1 on single-phase 110/230 VAC under 2 kW, and comes as a B, P, or R model.
For a large-part machine the door opening decides most quotes, because it is the one dimension a fixture cannot work around.
Note the B/P load difference. If your heaviest part sits between 30 and 50 kg, that single line settles the model choice before anything else is considered.
A marking field is finite. The CP10 head takes f = 100, 163, 254, and 420 mm optics, producing fields from roughly 60 x 76 mm up to 315 x 368 mm — meaning even the largest field covers about a third of the M3000’s door width. The axes close that gap.
| Axis | Travel | Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Z (all models) | 350 mm | 25 mm/s |
| X (P model) | 520 mm | 100 mm/s |
| Y (P model) | 180–255 mm | 100 mm/s |
With 520 mm of X travel added to a 315 mm field, a P-model M3000 reaches mark positions across most of a large part in one program — the difference between one setup and three. Y travel is published as a range, so confirm the figure for your configuration rather than designing a fixture around the upper number. The P model expands to five axes, and MarkUS adds radial segmentation for marking around cylindrical surfaces.
The R model trades the worktable for an automated two-station rotary table with a turning bulkhead wall, so an operator loads one station while the laser works in the other.
FOBA’s published application for this configuration is high-precision paint removal on parts and trays using a MOPA laser with integrated imaging. Day-night design work on backlit components illustrates why the R model exists: small light parts, high volume, and obvious value in removing operator handling from the cycle.
As across the series, exhaust systems are optional. For paint removal, plastics, and coated parts, extraction belongs in the initial scope.
The M3000 accepts the Y-Series pulsed ytterbium fiber markers — Y.0100 (10 W), Y.0200 and Y.0201 (20 W), Y.0300 (30 W), Y.0301, and Y.0500 (50 W), all at 1064 nm — plus UV laser integration. Marking runs up to 1,000 characters per second, or 1,200 with High-S tuning.
Vision is the same through-the-lens set as the rest of the series: Point & Shoot for manual placement, IMP for automatic detection with pre- and post-mark verification on position, orientation, and scale, and MOSAIC for fixtureless marking (which requires IMP). MOSAIC is especially relevant here — it was designed around aligning marks accurately on large parts regardless of how they are positioned, which is precisely this machine’s use case.
Worth knowing at quote time: interfaces for client process integration, a Laser Power Meter for verifying source output during validation or preventive maintenance, PlugIns including the Advanced Operator interface, footswitch and automatic height adjustment, and exhaust systems and additional axes on request.
Sizing an M3000 is a sequence: worst-case part dimensions and weight including fixtures, number and distribution of mark positions, material and contrast requirement, throughput target, and whether marks must be verified and recorded. That selects the housing, then the model, then wattage, then optic and field, then vision. Talk to the HESCO team at hesconet.com/contact-us and we will run it against your part list and your facility constraints — floor loading, power, and extraction included.