A New Generation of Scan Heads
At the Laser 2003 trade show, SCANLAB AG will present the first member of a new generation of scan heads – the intelliSCAN 10. The galvanometer scanners in the intelliSCAN 10 are driven via newly-developed digital servo amplifiers instead of traditional analog electronics. Employing a high-performance control algorithm, the digital servos enable improved dynamics and marking quality while opening up an entirely new field of opportunities for system integrators.
SCANLAB thus fulfills the long-standing wish for extended status messages from galvanometer scanners. intelliSCAN allows real-time monitoring of all important galvo status parameters, such as position, speed and amplifier current. If an irregular operational state should occur, it can thus be quickly detected, corrected and documented – a functionality that will soon be indispensable for all medical and industrial high-precision applications.
The intelliSCAN 10 also creates new remote-diagnosis possibilities. The scan system can be software-queried for serial number, date-of-manufacture, accumulated operating hours and other important parameters. Causes of errors can be more quickly determined and corrected, thereby minimizing unscheduled downtime and increasing productivity.
Another advance to be made available to SCANLAB customers is the ability to optimize scan head dynamics to task requirements during processing. The digital servos in the intelliSCAN 10 will allow software-based selection of various dynamics profiles.
