Automatic Workpiece Surface Tracker For Laser Cutter

F. M. Mottier

doi:10.1117/12.958585

28 May 1980 Automatic Workpiece Surface Tracker For Laser Cutter

F. M. Mottier

Proceedings Volume 0220, Optics in Metrology and Quality Assurance; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958585
Event: 1980 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1980, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

Precise guidance of high energy laser beams is important in industrial laser machining to optimize the use of the available power and to assure high quality work. A crossed beam depth gauge has been designed that measures the distance to the workpiece surface with an accuracy of one part in two thousand over a range of 10 cm. The television camera based system is described along with an analysis of its performance.

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F. M. Mottier "Automatic Workpiece Surface Tracker For Laser Cutter", Proc. SPIE 0220, Optics in Metrology and Quality Assurance, (28 May 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958585

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