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Laser profile scanners

A selection of the latest product news, technical articles and application examples for the term Laser profile scanners:

Positioning made easy with smart 2D profile sensors

Positioning made easy with smart 2D profile ...

Baumer: Smart 2D profile sensors are still considered an insider tip for positioning tasks. Nevertheless, often they prove an economical alternative: easy to integrate and tough in processes. A common task in automation is quick and reliable positioning of...

2024-03-07
Increased performance for laser profile scanners

Increased performance for laser profile scanners

Micro-Epsilon: The performance of the scanCONTROL 3000 scanners has been increased: improved algorithms and components accelerate data acquisition and output to up to 10 million measuring points per second. The profile calculation and evaluation...

2024-02-21
Always keeping an eye on web edges and margins

Always keeping an eye on web edges and margins

Baumer: What is the exact object position on the belt? What is its height? Is the edge even? In lots of automated processes, this information is required to ensure smoothly running production. Most common are optical, inductive or ultrasonic...

2024-01-11
Powerful Industrial Performance Unit for 3D sensors

Powerful Industrial Performance Unit for 3D ...

Micro-Epsilon: A powerful computer unit is now available for Micro-Epsilon's 3D sensor portfolio in the form of the Industrial Performance Unit (IPU). The system consists of a powerful industrial controller and the 3DInspect evaluation software...

2023-04-05
Automated dimensional accuracy inspection of sheet metal plates

Automated dimensional accuracy inspection of ...

Micro-Epsilon: The dimensional accuracy of sheet metal can be checked using a Dimensionics measuring table equipped with precise laser profile sensors from Micro-Epsilon. In an automated process, the sensors check the width, length, angle,...

2023-02-06
3D measurement of coil springs

3D measurement of coil springs

Micro-Epsilon: For the 3D measurement of suspension springs, Qsigma GmbH has developed the precise Spring Measurement System. With this system, springs with different properties can be tested in a very short time. For this purpose, scanCONTROL...

2022-11-02
3D measurements with up to 5-fold performance increase

3D measurements with up to 5-fold performance ..

Micro-Epsilon’s scanCONTROL 30xx laser profile scanners now offer a 5 times higher performance based on the new firmware V53. The exposure time has been optimized which enables significantly faster 2D/3D profile measurements.

2022-07-25
Inspecting the sharpness of band knives

Inspecting the sharpness of band knives

Micro-Epsilon: Foam cutting machines must ensure a constant cutting quality, which requires among other things a perfect condition of the cutting blades. Laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon are used to test the knife sharpness. Foam cutting...

2022-02-14
Smart, simple and precise – OXM profile sensors for efficient profile measurements

Smart, simple and precise – OXM profile sensors

Baumer: The smart multi-tool profile sensors OXM from Baumer enable fast solutions for individual measurement tasks thanks to measurement functions directly integrated in the sensor and their simplest usability. For even more precision, the OXM200 is now...

2022-01-17
High resolution depth mapping of organic material

High resolution depth mapping of organic ...

Micro-Epsilon: Laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon perform true 3D measurements based on calibrated data. TU-Darmstadt already uses this technology. The powerful 3D sensors of the scanCONTROL 2900 series perform high-resolution measurements...

2021-09-13
Laser scanners enable fast and efficient analyses of drill core and mineral samples

Laser scanners enable fast and efficient ...

Micro-Epsilon: Laser scanners from Micro-Epsilon are used for the geological analysis of drill core and mineral samples. With its special x-ray analysis equpiment (XRF scanners), the company Cox Analytical Systems relies on the sensor technology...

2021-07-20
All-in-one system for precise inline thickness measurements

All-in-one system for precise inline ...

Micro-Epsilon: The thicknessGAUGE system measures the thickness of strip and plate materials reliably and with the highest precision. Depending on the measurement task, different variants with different sensor technologies are available. In...

2021-07-14
Powerful laser scanner for large measuring ranges

Powerful laser scanner for large measuring range

Micro-Epsilon: The new scanCONTROL 30xx laser scanners from Micro-Epsilon now offer large measuring ranges up to 200 mm. The high performance scanners are used for 2D/3D profile measurements in industrial production processes. Precision and high...

2021-06-28
3D scan of components before laser cladding

3D scan of components before laser cladding

Micro-Epsilon: In order to detect free forms and form deviations before the laser processing stage, a scanCONTROL laser scanner from Micro-Epsilon scans the corresponding components. If required by the component geometry, this is done from several...

2021-05-11
Efficient inline testing and multidimensional control tasks made so easy as never before with the smart OXM200 profile sensors

Efficient inline testing and multidimensional ..

Baumer: Inline quality controls play an increasingly important role in the production process. They reduce downtimes and reject rates, thus ensuring lower costs and high customer loyalty. Up to now, such solutions could usually only be realized through...

2020-11-26
Parameter monitoring of continuous loop strap for cable ties

Parameter monitoring of continuous loop ...

Micro-Epsilon: It is essential that the “width” and “height” of the cable tie strap, as well as the “tooth pitch” are monitored concurrently and constantly during the production of the continuous loop straps....

2020-10-16
Optimizing weld seams with profile measurements

Optimizing weld seams with profile measurements

Micro-Epsilon: The Danish company Inrotech A/S relies on sensors from Micro-Epsilon. A special welding robot, the "Inrotech-Crawler", is used to generate an optimal weld seam in fully-automated processes. Therefore, the welding processes are...

2020-10-15
Laser scanner offers new performance level for series applications

Laser scanner offers new performance level ...

Micro-Epsilon: Precision, versatility and a compact design are often decisive characteristics in industrial series applications. The new scanCONTROL 2500 laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon are specially designed to meet these high...

2020-04-20
New high-performance laser scanners

New high-performance laser scanners

Micro-Epsilon: The new scanCONTROL 30xx laser scanners offer the highest performance and are used for high speed and precise 2D/3D measurement tasks. These compact and lightweight profile sensors are equipped with the High Dynamic Range mode...

2020-04-15
Blue Laser Technology for demanding measurement tasks

Blue Laser Technology for demanding measurement

Micro-Epsilon: For measurement tasks on demanding surfaces, Micro-Epsilon has developed the Blue Laser Technology. It is used for optical displacement and distance measurements on red-hot glowing, organic or (semi-)transparent objects. These Blue...

2020-01-31
Laser profile scanners are the eyes of automated plasma cutting systems

Laser profile scanners are the eyes of ...

Micro-Epsilon: In order process huge components using automated plasma cutting systems down to micrometer accuracy, it is necessary to carry out reliable 3D measurements of these components in advance. One of the leading manufacturers of automated...

2020-01-30
High-resolution 2D/3D laser profile scanner for dynamic measurement tasks

High-resolution 2D/3D laser profile scanner ...

Micro-Epsilon: scanCONTROL 30xx/BL laser scanners are designed for dynamic measurement tasks with high demands on resolution and accuracy. Available with measuring ranges of 25 and 50 mm (along the laser line/X axis), they are primarily used in...

2020-01-29
Laser profile scanner for high resolution

Laser profile scanner for high resolution

Micro-Epsilon: The scanCONTROL 3060-25/BL laser profile scanners set a new performance level in precision profile measurements. Their innovative technology makes them ideally suited to measurement tasks in automation environments with high...

2019-10-31
Laser scanner software now also enables gap measurements

Laser scanner software now also enables gap ...

Micro-Epsilon: The latest Configuration Tools 6.0 software combines uniformity with increased functionality and improved ease of use. The software is now available for scanCONTROL sensors and gapCONTROL sensors and therefore arrives as a joint...

2018-12-14
Measuring the height of pressed-in pins (Through Hole Technology)

Measuring the height of pressed-in pins ...

Micro-Epsilon: In order to inspect the height of pressed-in contact pins on PCBs immediately after the assembly process, scanCONTROL laser scanners from Micro-Epsilon are used. These create a 3D profile of each PCB. Faced with miniature targets,...

2018-07-27
Smart PLC Unit for multi-scanner applications

Smart PLC Unit for multi-scanner applications

Micro-Epsilon: The Smart PLC Unit from Micro-Epsilon enables to calculate the measurement values obtained by up to eight laser scanners. This is necessary with many applications, e.g. the contour measurement of large components. The...

2017-10-16
Innovative Blue Laser Technology with Patent

Innovative Blue Laser Technology with Patent

Micro-Epsilon: Laser profile scanners and laser triangulation sensors equipped with a blue-laser diode offer numerous advantages over red-diode lasers. For decades, sensor specialist Micro-Epsilon has played a leading role in measurement...

2017-07-05
Quality control of rubber seals on the basis of height measurements

Quality control of rubber seals on the basis ...

Baumer: The measurement of object height is an important aspect in quality control applications. With the PosCon HM light-section sensor, Baumer offers a unique, compact measuring device for this kind of tasks. The smart, pre-configured profile...

2017-04-18
Cognex Introduces the In-Sight Laser Profiler for Highly Accurate Part Dimension Verification

Cognex Introduces the In-Sight Laser Profiler ..

Cognex Corporation, the world's leader in machine vision, today introduced the In-Sight® Laser Profiler, an easy-to-use measurement system that verifies part dimensions. Cognex vision tools, accurate object detection and the EasyBuilder®...

2017-04-06
Reliable inspection of smallest, electronic components

Reliable inspection of smallest, electronic ...

Micro-Epsilon: The laser line of only 10mm enables the scanCONTROL 29xx-10/BL laser scanner to detect finest details. In the electronics production, the profile sensor is used for versatile monitoring tasks requiring maximum precision together...

2016-12-27
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