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News Release from: Laser Components (UK) | Subject: Laser diode module
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 November 2007
Laser alignment housing accuracy is
important
When using a laser diode module to align one machine with another, for example, the module must have a defined, good-fitting housing from which the laser beam exits axially.
Many laser diodes do not emit their beams exactly perpendicular to their housings so when a module is manufactured that requires the housing for alignment the result is a laser diode module (LDM) that has so-called beam angular errors The mis-alignment between the housing outside diameter and laser beam axis can be so extreme it becomes easy to see when the working LDM is rolled over a table, resulting in the beam oscillating up and down with each revolution of the housing instead of the beam describing a straight line
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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When using an LDM to align one machine with another, for example, the module must have a defined, good-fitting housing from which the laser beam exits axially.
Laser Components said to manufacturingtalk.com that this is the only way to ensure that the laser is suitable for alignment after suitable mechanical preparations have been made to the machines.
Another application includes the use of an LDM in the chuck of a turning lathe.
The projected dot offers exact information on the alignment of the setup thereby offering a datum axis against which other assemblies may be aligned.
For other applications in this field of non-contact alignment Laser Components offers the LT emitter precision module with specifications that include the following.
* Laser alignment - less than 1mm deviation at a distance of 20m (10arc sec).
* Housing - H6 mount, 30mm in diameter x 65mm in length.
* Operating voltage: 5V DC or 24V DC, reverse voltage protection.
The module may be operated without laser safety eyewear.
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