Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS
LasMon - Camera-based monitoring of moulded laser beams for laser beam hardening
»LasMon« has been constructed for the beam diagnosis of big laser spots and is used for quality inspection of laser sources or laser optics. Other commercially available beam diagnosis systems can usually not be applied for analyzing big laser spots of several square millimetres of size. Evenmore, they are often unable to measure at full laser power in the kW-range.
Application
- analysis of laser sources and laser optics
- adjustment of scanning optics or other beam shaping devices
- optimizing of power spreading of shaped laser beams
- creating basic data for simulation of heat conduction or of laser processes
Specifications
- adaptable lateral resolution
- 10 bit signal resolution
- all camera adjustments via PC (zoom, aperture, exposure time)
- applicable with laser power up to 10 kW
- measuring possible during laser processes (outcoupling of minor laser power)
- position monitoring possible