API - Model Dynamic 9D LADAR -Conventional Laser Radar?
What is Dynamic 9D LADAR? The 9D LADAR is a revolutionary, non-contact measurement system that employs cutting-edge technology to capture high-speed, high-accuracy dimensional and surface geometry data. Who is this for? The 9D LADAR is designed for industries and professionals who require high-precision, non-contact measurements in real-time. It’s beneficial in quality control, inspection, and manufacturing processes that need to capture both dimensional and surface geometry data rapidly and accurately.
- 25 m: Range
- 0.2 sec/cm²: Scanning Speed
- 50 lines/sec: High-Density Scanning
- 20 min: Quick Warmup
- 10.4 kg: in Weight
- 25 μm + 6: μm/m (2 sigma) 3D Accuracy
API’s 9D LADAR is pivotal in sectors like Aerospace, Automotive, and Energy, where precision is crucial for safety and efficiency. Its advanced measurement capabilities ensure accurate component assembly in Aerospace, critical quality control in Automotive manufacturing, and precise evaluation of large-scale machinery in Energy, particularly wind power. Additionally, LADAR is invaluable in Heavy Machinery, Manufacturing, Military & Defense, Transportation, Machine Tools, and Robotics for its exacting detail in production and maintenance. This versatility cements LADAR as a key tool in driving quality and innovation across these industries.
DYNAMIC 9D LADAR provides micron-level resolution while eliminating issues associated with surface reflectivity, slow data acquisition speeds, limited accuracies, restrictive incident angles, and susceptibility to production environment noise.
Laser Radar systems require large sample averaging to obtain reasonable accuracy, effectively slowing data rates. API’s OFCI technology uses fast laser chirping to generate a wide spectrum for optical interference. The interference signal detected yields 100x higher sensitivity than Laser Radar.
The Fastest, Most Accurate Interferometry-Based Non-Contact Measurement System in The World
Designed for Durability
API’s compact and rigid UNIBODY tracker design allows for shaft mounted motors, encoders and laser. The UNIBODY shaft mounted laser innovation minimizes Abbe offset errors, while also housing laser source, optics, camera and major head electronics in the center of the tracker body.
Quick & Efficient Warm-up Time
The UNIBODY, and the centering of all heat sources, allows rapid distribution of heat throughout the body during warm-up or drastic ambient temperature variations’ ensuring the tracker body maintains constant heat equilibrium throughout its operation resulting in shorter warm-up time and superior measurement stability.
Breakthrough Technology
9D LADAR is a breakthrough technology, set to revolutionize automated production measurement. The patent-pending 9D LADAR is the fastest, most accurate interferometry-based non-contact measurement system incorporating Optical Frequency Chirping Interferometry (OFCI) technology.
Laser Detection and Ranging
9D LADAR captures both dimensional and surface geometry data targeting all manufacturing industries including but not limited to; automotive, aerospace, ship building, energy, transportation, machine tool, robotics and construction.
- Optical CMM– small to large volume, simple to set up, fast and accurate
- CNC Machine In-situ inspection
- In-line inspection and dimensional control for aircraft, automobile, wind energy or similar industries
- Flush and Gap
- Part Measurement
- Jigs, Fixture & Tooling Inspection
- Reverse Engineering
- Robotics
- X,Y,Z – I,J,K and R,G,B Dimentions