
Specifications
5
Blade Specifications
The chopper blades designed for the SR542 are chemically etched for
precision tolerancing of the beam apertures. The blade outer diameter is
4” and thickness is 0.010”. For detailed dimensioning, see Figure 4. For
dual‑frequency blades with two tracks of slots (apertures), the tracks are
referred to throughout this manual as “inner” and “outer.” Note that the
inner track is duplicated near the outermost circumference of the blade
so that the corresponding slotted opto‑interrupter on the chopper head
can detect the inner slots.
Table 1:
Available chopper blades. For dual‑frequency blades, the inner and outer number of slots and maximum
beam diameter are indicated as (Inner/Outer). O542DF is a variable duty factor blade, with available duty cycles
from 10‑90%.
Part Num
Num Slots
Max Beam Diam (in)
Chop Frequency Range (Hz)
O5422
2
1.150
0.4 – 400
O5425
5
0.873
1 – 1 k
O54230
30
0.184
6 – 6 k
O54256
5 / 6
0.626 / 0.500
1 – 1.2 k
O5422530
25 / 30
0.157 / 0.184
5 – 6 k
O54210100
10 / 100
0.358 / 0.057
2 – 20 k
O542DF
6
0.128
1.2 – 1.2 k
SR542 Precision Optical Chopper