Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Laser Distance Measure

Hi,
I have used triangulating laser distance sensors from both DSE (Danish
Sensor Engineering) and from Micro-Epsilon. They both works good but in my
application the NCDT series from Micro Epsilon seemed to do a bit better
that the DSE. It (the NCDT) does a lot better on reflective materials than
the DSE, it's also quite a bit smaller.

However, the range I needed was ~150mm in one case and ~50mm in another so I
can't say what ( if ) they'll do at 4m. They both have software development
kits available so you can interface them to your own software. I actually
managed to get the DSE sensor talking to Mach3 using it's Cypress scripting
engine and did a little scanning - pretty cool.

The price for the DSE was around $5.900 and for the optoNCDT-1700 was
~$5.200.

Hope it helps, good luck!

/Henrik Olsson.

----- Original Message -----

> Thanks Graham and Jon,
>
> Before we get too carried away, a couple of things need clarifying.
> The device must be portable and self contained (point and measure)
> since the aim is to eliminate trotting around repeatedly to place a
> tape measure when doing our checks.
>
> The requirement is to have a compact tool that can be used on any
> table when we are on a repair call out or doing a retro-fit on a
> client's CNC machine.
>
> Also, thanks for the links but I'd really like to get a recommendation
> from someone who has personally used such a device.
>
> Catch yer later
> John