Need Proofgrade for accurate alignment results?

[Hirudin]

@mad_macs

Even if the red laser isn’t Coaxial with the CO2 laser, it could still be used to determine a point, or origin.

Unfortunately the red laser is also not parallel with the IR laser (by design). The red laser fires down at an angle. This means the XY offset of the red laser’s spot and the IR laser’s spot will vary depending on material height. Of course, the position of the red laser’s spot will also vary within the head camera’s FOV, and this variance is what is used to calculate material height.

I think this is the case, a similar post I made a while ago got a reply of “correct” from Dan.

Vent: alignment

Is the red laser y’all are talking about the one used for material height sensing? If so, doesn’t it fire down at an angle? (which would make determining the offset futile as it will vary depending on material height)

Though, I suppose once the material height is determined (by sensing the XY offset between the two spots) the red laser spot could be used for positioning on flat materials, the software would just have to use that offset to calculate the true position of the head.