Lasertex HPI-3D User manual

Laser Measurement System HPI-3D
User
manual

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Laser measurements systems.
Measurement systems with data acquisition.
Laser technique.
Research and Development Company Ltd.
UL. RADZIONKOWSKA 17,
51-506 WROCLAW, POLAND
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Laser Measurement System HPI-3D
User manual
Rev. E10
Wroclaw 2017

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1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................1-1
A.SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS .....................................................................................1-1
B.WARNINGS ............................................................................................................1-2
C.COMPLIANCE INFORMATION................................................................................1-2
2. QUICK START.......................................................................................................2-1
A.MAIN FEATURES ....................................................................................................2-1
B.HOW IT WORKS......................................................................................................2-1
i. Linear optics ......................................................................................................2-2
ii. Angular optics...................................................................................................2-2
iii. Wollaston optics ...........................................................................................2-4
C.HOW TO START ......................................................................................................2-5
3. PREPARATIONS ...................................................................................................3-1
A.SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ....................................................................................3-1
B.ELEMENTS OF THE LASER SYSTEM ........................................................................3-9
C.INTERFEROMETER SETUP FOR MEASUREMENT ......................................................3-12
D.POWERING THE SYSTEM ON ................................................................................3-16
i. Starting hardware ...........................................................................................3-16
ii. Starting software.............................................................................................3-16
E.GETTING BASIC INFORMATION FROM THE SYSTEM.............................................3-18
F.RECORDING MODE ..............................................................................................3-25
G.FLAT MIRROR MEASUREMENTS -OPTION............................................................3-25
4. BEAM ALIGNMENT.............................................................................................4-1

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A.INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................4-1
B.ELECTRONIC ALIGNMENT TOOLS ..........................................................................4-2
C.BASIC RULES OF BEAM ALIGNMENT ......................................................................4-2
D.PREPARATIONS......................................................................................................4-4
i. Diaphragm.........................................................................................................4-4
ii. Laser head alignment elements..........................................................................4-6
iii. Electronic Beam Alignment tool ...................................................................4-7
E.BEAM ALIGNMENT PROCESS FOR LINEAR OPTICS .................................................4-8
F.BEAM ALIGNMENT PROCESS FOR ANGULAR OPTICS .............................................4-9
G.BEAM ALIGNMENT PROCESS FOR WOLLASTON OPTICS ......................................4-12
H.BEAM ALIGNMENT OF LINEAR OPTICS WITH ANGLE ETALON ............................4-14
I.BEAM ALIGNMENT OF ANGULAR OPTICS WITH BEAM BENDER ..............................4-17
i. Laser Head initially not aligned......................................................................4-17
ii. Laser Head initially aligned ............................................................................4-20
5. MEASUREMENTS - POSITIONING ...............................................................5-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................5-1
i. Positioning in brief............................................................................................5-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ..........................................................................................5-4
i. Principles...........................................................................................................5-4
ii. Principles –base temperature compensation ....................................................5-5
iii.Measurement Setup Preparations.................................................................5-6
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................5-10
i. Introduction.....................................................................................................5-10
ii. Display Panel ..................................................................................................5-10
iii. Positioning Plot Panel.................................................................................5-11
iv. Positioning Measurement Values Panel.........................................................5-12
v. Positioning Control Panel...............................................................................5-12
vi. Pull down menu - File.....................................................................................5-15
vii. CNC path generation ..................................................................................5-15
viii. Compensation table preparation..................................................................5-17

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ix. Pull down menu - Edit....................................................................................5-18
x. Machine error limits........................................................................................5-19
xi. Positioning points generation .........................................................................5-21
xii. Configuration of Positioning measurement ................................................5-22
xiii. Pull down menu –Measurement................................................................5-28
D.PREPARATIONS FOR MEASUREMENT...................................................................5-29
i. Measurement window.....................................................................................5-29
ii. 1D and 3D measurements...............................................................................5-30
iii. Measurements in machine coordinate system.............................................5-30
iv. Setting measurement points............................................................................5-31
E.RULES OF AUTOMATIC POSITIONING MEASUREMENT ........................................5-31
F.REMARKS ON MEASUREMENTS AND ON DATA ANALYSIS ..................................5-32
G.MACHINE ERROR COMPENSATION .....................................................................5-37
i. Absolute and Incremental data formats ..........................................................5-38
ii. Siemens data format ........................................................................................5-39
iii. Fanuc data format .......................................................................................5-40
6. MEASUREMENTS –DYNAMIC POSITIONING.........................................6-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................6-1
i. Positioning in brief............................................................................................6-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ..........................................................................................6-4
i. Principles...........................................................................................................6-4
ii. Principles –base temperature compensation ....................................................6-5
iii.Measurement Setup Preparations.................................................................6-6
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.......................................................................................6-9
i. Introduction.....................................................................................................6-10
ii. Display Panel ..................................................................................................6-10
iii. Positioning Plot Panel.................................................................................6-11
iv. Positioning Control Panel...............................................................................6-12
v. Pull down menu - File.....................................................................................6-13
vi. CNC path generation ......................................................................................6-13

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vii. Compensation table preparation..................................................................6-15
viii. Pull down menu - Edit................................................................................6-16
ix. Configuration of Positioning measurement ....................................................6-17
D.PREPARATIONS FOR MEASUREMENT...................................................................6-18
i. Measurement window.....................................................................................6-18
ii. Measurements in machine coordinate system.................................................6-19
E.RULES OF AUTOMATIC POSITIONING MEASUREMENT ........................................6-19
F.REMARKS ON MEASUREMENTS AND ON DATA ANALYSIS ..................................6-20
G.MACHINE ERROR COMPENSATION .....................................................................6-21
i. Absolute and Incremental data formats ..........................................................6-22
ii. Siemens data format ........................................................................................6-23
iii. Fanuc data format .......................................................................................6-24
7. MEASUREMENTS - STRAIGHTNESS............................................................7-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................7-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP –ANGULAR OPTICS .........................................................7-1
i. Principles...........................................................................................................7-1
ii. Application Notes..............................................................................................7-4
iii. Measurement Setup Preparations.................................................................7-5
C.MEASUREMENT SETUP –WOLLASTON OPTICS.....................................................7-8
i. Principles...........................................................................................................7-8
ii. Application Notes............................................................................................7-11
iii. Measurement Setup Preparations...............................................................7-12
D.MEASUREMENT SETUP –3D METHOD ................................................................7-15
i. Principles.........................................................................................................7-15
ii. Application Notes............................................................................................7-15
iii. Measurement Setup Preparations...............................................................7-16
E.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................7-18
i. Introduction.....................................................................................................7-19
ii. Display Panel ..................................................................................................7-20
iii. Straightness Plot Panel ...............................................................................7-21

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iv. Operation Mode Panel ....................................................................................7-24
v. Straightness Measurement Values Panel .......................................................7-25
vi. Straightness Control Panel .............................................................................7-27
vii. Straightness pull-down menus ..................................................................7-28
viii. Reports.........................................................................................................7-31
F.STRAIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS PROCEDURE ....................................................7-32
i. Measurement procedure –Angular optics - preparations ..............................7-32
ii. Measurement procedure –Angular optics......................................................7-34
iii. Measurement procedure –Wollaston optics –preparations.......................7-34
iv. Measurement procedure –Wollaston optics ...................................................7-35
v. Measurement procedure –3D method - preparations ....................................7-35
vi. Measurement procedure –3D method ............................................................7-35
8. MEASUREMENTS - FLATNESS .......................................................................8-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................8-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ..........................................................................................8-1
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.......................................................................................8-4
D.ALIGNMENT OF OPTICS FOR THE FLATNESS MEASUREMENTS ..............................8-8
i. Optical path alignment of the axis “1”. ............................................................8-9
ii. Optical path alignment of the axes: “3”, “6”, “8”............................................8-9
iii. Optical path alignment of the axes: “5” and “7”........................................8-10
iv. Optical path alignment of the axes: “2” and “4”............................................8-11
E.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE...............................................................................8-12
9. MEASUREMENTS –PITCH/YAW....................................................................9-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................9-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ..........................................................................................9-1
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.......................................................................................9-3
D.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE.................................................................................9-8
10. MEASUREMENTS - SQUARENESS ..........................................................10-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................10-1

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B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ........................................................................................10-1
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................10-5
D.ALIGNMENT OF OPTICS FOR THE SQUARENESS MEASUREMENTS .......................10-9
E.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE.............................................................................10-11
11. MEASUREMENTS - PARALLELISM .........................................................11-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................11-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ........................................................................................11-1
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................11-5
D.ALIGNMENT OF OPTICS FOR THE PARALLELISM MEASUREMENTS ......................11-9
E.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE.............................................................................11-12
12. MEASUREMENTS - VIBRATION ..............................................................12-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................12-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ........................................................................................12-1
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................12-4
D.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE...............................................................................12-8
13. MEASUREMENTS - DYNAMIC .................................................................13-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................13-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ........................................................................................13-1
i. Dynamic measurements of distance, velocity or acceleration ........................13-1
ii. Dynamic measurements of angle ...................................................................13-4
iii. Dynamic measurements of straightness (Wollaston) .................................13-6
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................13-8
D.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE.............................................................................13-12
14. MEASUREMENTS –ANGULAR POSITIONING ..................................14-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................14-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ........................................................................................14-1
i. Characteristics of Wally –Rotary Measurement System ...............................14-3
ii. Theory of operation..........................................................................................14-6
iii. Rotary measurements –hardware preparations.........................................14-7

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iv. Rotary measurements –battery charging......................................................14-10
v. Rotary measurements –elimination of error sources ...................................14-10
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION...................................................................................14-11
i. Connecting with Wally .................................................................................14-11
ii. Measurements of the rotation angle..............................................................14-12
iii. Measurements of angular positioning ......................................................14-15
iv. Pull down menu - File...................................................................................14-15
v. CNC path generation for in-axis measurements...........................................14-16
vi. CNC path generation for off-axis measurements ..........................................14-19
vii. Pull down menu - Edit..............................................................................14-27
viii. Machine error limits..................................................................................14-29
ix. Positioning points generation .......................................................................14-30
x. Configuration of Positioning measurement ..................................................14-31
xi. Pull down menu –Measurement..................................................................14-33
D.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE.............................................................................14-34
i. Rules of automatic positioning measurement ...............................................14-34
ii. Remarks on measurements and data analysis...............................................14-35
15. MEASUREMENTS - VELOCITY .................................................................15-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................15-1
B.MEASUREMENT SETUP ........................................................................................15-1
C.SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.....................................................................................15-3
D.MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE...............................................................................15-8
16. CONNECTING LASER HEAD TO MACHINE........................................16-1
A.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................16-1
B.EXTENSION CONNECTOR ....................................................................................16-2
i. Extension Connector pinout............................................................................16-2
ii. Extension Cable EX1.......................................................................................16-3
iii. Encoder type outputs...................................................................................16-6
C.HPI-3D IN A MACHINE CONTROL LOOP...........................................................16-10
17. CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................17-1