What are the Main Advantages of Laser Scanning?
The primary advantages of laser scanning are: • It is non-contact; • It is extremely fast; • It is highly accurate; • It allows complete coverage of the part; • It is very repeatable; • Its Windows-based system makes it easy to use Non-contact scanning allows fragile parts to be measured and makes the coordinate locations especially useful to CAD/CAM systems where splining or surfacing through true surface coordinates is desirable. The laser’s high resolution and thinner beam also permit scanning highly detailed objects where mechanical touch probes may be too large or inconsistent (non-repeatable) to accomplish the task. Once true surface coordinates have been collected for an object, a single set of data can be used to generate roughing and finishing tool paths for machining, feed CAD/CAM and analysis software, drive rapid prototyping equipment, and allow “electronic archiving” of physical objects.
