3D laser scanning technology

Laser Design announces a nationwide distribution agreement with the Wenzel-Xspect USA sales force to market Laser Design’s 3D laser scanning technology integrated with the Wenzel CMM systems.    

Wenzel dealers and sales representatives in the US will work closely with Laser Design technical personnel to help customers with their questions about laser scanning.  Laser Design will be teaming with Wenzel-Xspect to perform application analyses, demos and services as needed to show the superior capabilities of our WS-Series (Wenzel Surveyor) 3D scanning systems.

Laser Design will also open branches of its GKS service bureau division at key Wenzel-Xspect locations.  This will enable dealers to expertly demonstrate the technology at Wenzel CMM locations showing its many capabilities, versatility, accuracy, and speed. 

The ultra-precise Wenzel CMM measuring capability (to ± 3m) combined with the high-speed laser scanning technology make the scanning process fast, automated, user-friendly, and ultimately less expensive than using other measurement methods to analyze complex and free-form shapes.  The highly automated 3D laser scanning system utilizes Laser Design’s SLP laser line scanning probes integrated with Wenzel’s CMM technology and includes both a Renishaw PH-10 indexing head along with the industry’s only integrated  rotary 4th axis stage.

Because the laser scanning system projects a line of laser light onto all of a part’s surfaces while cameras continuously triangulate the changing distance and profile of the laser line as it sweeps along, the problems of missing data on an irregularly shaped surface are greatly reduced.

The system measures details and complex free-form geometry.

The laser line moves back and forth over the part’s surface until the complete area is captured digitally. The system measures details and complex free-form geometry so that the object can be exactly replicated digitally. Laser scanners measure articles quickly, picking up to 75,000 coordinate points per second, and generate huge numbers of data points without the need for special templates or fixtures.

The system accuracy tests, demonstrates a system scanning accuracy of ±0.0004” (.01mm) at 5.15 Sigma. This “gold-standard” volumetric 3D accuracy establishes Laser Design’s 3D Surveyor WS-Series scanning systems based upon the Wenzel CMM technology as the industry leader.

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