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Sikora provides innovative system
solutions for diameter measuring
devices, and the Laser 2000 series
represents a remarkable generation of
measurement and control equipment.
The smallest gauge head, the Laser
2003 XY, offers an XY-diameter
measurement for ultra fine wires with
diameters from 0.05mm up to a
maximum of 3mm.
Progressive CCD-technique, in
combination with impulse-driven laser
diodes and the use of powerful
processors, allow extremely short
exposure times of 0.2µsec. Vibrations of
the product to be measured have no
influence on the measurement. The
gauge head does not include any optical
elements. With the additional use of
state-of-the-art-SMD technique this
extremely small and very powerful gauge
head is universally applicable to almost
every place on the production line.
Not only does the Laser 2000 series
stand out because of the nearly
unlimited durability of its laser diodes,
but also because of the measurement
principle without moving parts.
A special feature of the laser systems
Laser 2030 XY to Laser 2300 XY is the
swivelling gauge head, which can easily
be moved upwards from the working
area. This conception also prevents the
gauge head from dirt and water drops
falling into the measuring area. The
Laser 2300 XY impresses through its
outstanding specific adaptability of very
large product diameters, as they are
increasingly demanded by the hose and
tube industry.
With the Laser 2010T, the Laser 2025T
and the Laser 2050T, Sikora also
produces gauge heads for a precise
diameter measurement, inclusive the
minimum and maximum values, of the
ovality and the direction or of the angle.
For the precise measurement of
straight sector conductors there is the
Laser 2000S/R. These gauge heads
were specially developed for the
measurement of the height at straight
sectors of 60°, 90° or 120°. These
gauge heads ensure a precise dia-
meter measurement for pre-spiralled
conductors and round cables. At this
application a gauge head of the
S/R series is installed before and after
the extruder, whereby the Ecocontrol
2000 is used to calculate the applied
wall thickness.
For the on-line acquisition of double,
triple or multi-wire flat cables as
well as for round conductors, the Laser
2030XY-F/R offers an exact measure-
ment of the width and the height of the
diameter – even if the product turns up
to ±15 degree.
Sikora AG – Germany
Fax: +49 4214890090
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From left, the triple-axis gauge heads
Laser 2010 T, Laser 2025 T and the
Laser 2050
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Quality is measurable from Sikora