Laser Line Sensors Enable Reverse Engineering
March 1, 2015
ZEISS Industrial Metrology's family of LineScan laser line sensors are designed to improve inspection productivity and enable reverse engineering of complex products on CONTURA, ACCURA II and PRISMO CMMs. The LineScan sensors extend the functionality of ZEISS CMMs and are available with stripe widths of 25 mm, 50 mm and 100 mm.
"Inspection productivity is improved by scanning workpieces at rates of up to 700,000 points/second, with a measurement precision figure of merit (MPE(PF) as defined by ISO-10360-2) as low as 12 um, and storing point cloud information in the CMM host computer," said a company spokesperson. "With resolution of 1,280 points/line and no need for an extra controller, the LineScan sensors utilize a 658 nm wavelength visible red light source." Each unit is IP54 certified to protect from dust and water.
The LineScan sensors are available with the ZEISS CONTURA, ACCURA II and PRISMO CMMs using the ZEISS RDS probe system and CALYPSO 2014 software. These sensors can also be retrofit to select ZEISS CMMs in the field.
Applications include inspection of car bodies, tools for molds, construction and design tools, as well as reverse engineering of contact-sensitive or finely structured surfaces. Reverse engineering is the process for creating a 3D computer model from a solid object so that additional prototypes can then be made from the model.
For more information contact:
Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC
6250 Sycamore Lane
Maple Grove, MN 55369
763-744-2400 / 800-327-9735
metrology@zeiss.com
www.zeiss.com/metrology
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