Maintaining precision alignments in fabrication plants
has never been easy. Typical methods include optical telescopes and theodolites.
These methods are very time consuming, require a lot of manpower and are
susceptible to significant errors.
Our lasers offer the precision and timesavings to meet the ever-tightening
tolerances of the fabrications industry. Our L-733 Precision Triple Scan®
Alignment System is one of only 2 lasers in the world (L-743 is the other)
to offer 3 automatically rotating laser planes, which creates a powerful
tool to not only MEASURE but also FIX almost any misalignment problem
in fabrications and the machines that make them.
Less Manpower Needed for Alignments
The L-733 reduces alignment manpower by using wireless targets and automatically
rotating laser planes to make setting up the laser a one-man job. This
frees up technicians for other critical work. Compared with optics that
require at least 2 technicians for each measurement point, the L-733 can
save a lot of time an manpower and thus improve productivity. In fact,
once the laser has been setup, there is no need to have a technician operate
the laser during the alignment. This means that the traditional 2-man
optical crew can both "turn bolts", and thus significantly reduce
the time required for alignments.
Laser Technology Reduces Optics' Variability Between Alignment Crews
PSDs, or position sensing detectors, are one of the critical components
of our laser alignment systems. It is this PSD that senses the laser beam
and turns it into a digital signal. This greatly reduces the man-to-man
variability found in optical measurements because sophisticated electronics
determine the measurement rather than the human eye.
Anyone with optical experience knows that the quality of the measurement
depends on having the same experienced person perform the entire alignment,
which can create big problems when the job takes more than one shift to
complete. By relying on the PSD to produce highly repeatable measurements,
our L-733 makes it much easier to hand off an alignment project from one
crew to the next. This greatly increased accuracy and reduces the need
to have new crews backshoot the previous crews' work to "calibrate"
to their readings.
Easy Squareness and Plumb Measurements
The L-733 has 3 automatically sweeping laser planes, one horizontal and
2 vertical, which are all square to each other to up to 2 arc seconds
(0.00012"/ft or 0.01 mm/M). This means that complex tasks like checking
the squareness of machine tool axes or fabrication surfaces are now easier
than ever. The L-733 can also be used to easily check the plumbness vertical
surfaces as large as 100 feet long (30.5 meters) and 100 feet high, as
the vertical laser planes have an operation range of 100 feet (30.5 meters)
in radius and are plumb when the laser is leveled.
No Need for Optics' Recalibration After Plumb Measurements
Unlike some optics that usually require time-consuming recalibration of
the levels each time plumb is checked, the L-733 can simultaneously check
level and plumb from a single setup. This is because the squareness measuring
capability is built into the instrument, so once the laser is level, both
vertical laser planes are plumb. Furthermore, the levels usually only
require calibration once a month, not every time you use it!
Multiple Targets and Laser Planes Reduces Downtime
With multiple laser planes and multiple targets, the L-733 can take the
place of at least 2 sets of optics. Once the laser is setup, multiple
technicians can each use a target to realign the machining centers or
the fabrications they make. This can save tremendous amounts of time.
Laser Planes Have 200' Range
One of the most powerful features of the L-733 is the automatically rotating
laser plane with a range of 100 feet (30.5 meters) in radius. That means
the straightness, flatness and squareness of 100-foot-high vertical or
200-foot-long horizontal surfaces can easily be measured without having
to move the laser.
Competitive Laser Systems Use 10-Year Old Technology
Our competitors' alignment lasers use point-and-shoot laser technology,
along with remote beam-bending devices that are difficult to set up and
re-locate. We abandoned that laser technology 10 years ago with the introduction
of our multi-plane, continuously rotating lasers. Not only is this point-and-shoot
technology difficult to set up, it also requires extra manpower and about
50% to 70% more time.
Wireless Targets and Readouts
With Hamar's new line of wireless targets (A-1531, A-1532 and A-1533)
there is no need to string long extension cords to reference. These targets
have a resolution of 0.001" (0.02 mm) and built-in readouts. With
up to 3" of measuring range and height gage measuring capabilities,
they are perfect for most fabrication alignment applications.
For higher accuracy applications, our second new line of wireless targets (A-1519-900, A-1519-2.4, A-1520-900 and A-1520-2.4), have up to a 1" measuring range, a resolution as low as 0.00001" (0.00025 mm) and can be used up to 100 feet (30.5 meters) from the readout. The R-1310-900 (R-1310-2.4) Readout uses a HP PDA, color software and a wireless receiver to display up to four targets simultaneously.
Software Quickly Collects and Analyzes Data
The L-733 can also be linked to our new Plane 5 flatness analyzing software.
It is a Windows 95/98 based software that can quickly analyze almost any
layout for flatness or straightness. Plane 5 will even analyze squareness
if used with our squareness lasers (L-743, L-742, L-741, L-733, L-732
& L-731). Squares, rectangles, frames, circles, rings, and up to four
sets of ways can all be easily analyzed with Plane5. The alignment data
is automatically downloaded by using our wireless data receiver, the A-908.
