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Compact laser profile sensors with integrated controller
Compact laser profile sensors with integrated controller
Laser scanners from Micro-Epsilon are among the highest performing profile sensors in the world with respect to accuracy and measuring rate. They detect, measure and evaluate profiles on different object surfaces without contact. The models are available with different measuring ranges and are ideally suited for industrial applications. Models for the customer’s own evaluation programming are available for integrators. With integrated intelligence, the scanCONTROL SMART scanners solve numerous measurement tasks. The scanCONTROL models require no external controller, which significantly simplifies the installation effort.
Laser scanners – often referred to as profile sensors – use the laser triangulation principle for two-dimensional profile detection on different target surfaces. By using highly-sensitive special lenses, a laser beam is enlarged to form a static laser line and is projected onto the target surface. The receiving optics projects the diffusely reflected light of this laser line onto a highly sensitive sensor matrix. In addition to distance information (z-axis), the controller also uses this camera image to calculate the position along the laser line (x-axis). These measured values are subsequently output in a two-dimensional coordinate system that is fixed with respect to the sensor. In the case of moving objects or a traversing sensor, it is therefore possible to obtain 3D measurement values.
