PRECESSION ELEPHANT 2 Scan Head 2
Order and designation
Order and designation of optical elements in the beam path from the laser in direction
to the work piece:
Laser
mirror 1
mirror 2
scan head
work piece
Tools
•
Laser safety glasses appropriate to the laser in use
•
If necessary a suitable indicator card to make an invisible laser beam visible
•
uEye Cockpit
software [
] for viewing the images delivered by the
2 adjustment cameras
Procedure
–
Bringing the laser beam into the scan head
1.
CAUTION
Visible or invisible laser radiation
could cause damage to eye or skin.
•
Avoid eye or skin exposure to direct or scattered radiation.
•
Parametrize the laser for visual set up with average power and pulse
repetition rate as low as possible.
Switch on the laser beam:
In the
Node Properties
view of node
Pens
default
<your laser>
on
the
Control
tab, set
Gate control
to
Always on
.
2. Adjust mirror 1 in such a way that the laser beam hits mirror 2 in the center.
3. Adjust mirror 2 in
such a way that the laser beam hits the scan head’s beam entr
y
in the center.
Now the laser beam is entering the scan head, but it has to be adjusted to the
scan head’s optical axis yet
.
4. Switch off the laser beam:
In the InScript software in the
Node Properties
view of node
Pens
default
<your laser>
on the
Control
tab, set
Gate control
to
Auto
.
Auto
gives control over gate switching to the job.
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