Overview

What defines a Flexible Sensor? 

A Flexible Sensor is defined
by its ability to be configured to a specific application.

Single, Multi Laser Point, & Laser Line Style Sensors

Our full line of flexible 3D sensors include Single Point Laser Displacement Sensors, Precision Laser Beam Sensors, and Laser Line technologies. These sensors are designed to meet all of your measurement needs.

Flexible & Rugged

These sensors are designed to provide the kind of feedback that allows you to monitor your production lines with some of the largest measurement ranges, some of the highest accuracies, and speed. Built to handle for a wide range of industrial applications, the combination or flexible and rugged set these sensors apart.

Families of Sensors

Gocator: Features built-in web support to connect to any standard browser for set up and operation right out of the box.
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SLS: Offers the incorporation high precision and speed in a Single Laser Point sensor.
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LxS: Offers both a Precision Laser Beam & Single Laser Point in a family of displacement sensors with high accuracy and speeds up to 200 khz.
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Laser Points

Some of the fastest and most accuracy laser range measure sensors are based on single laser points. LMI has provided these sensors for over 30 years, setting the standard in measurement accuracies and speeds. Through LMI's technical and industrial experience, you apply these sensors to the most challenging industrial applications with confidence.

The value of a single point is that it is typically very fast in measurement speed and very specific on the characteristic to be measured. The single point sensor usually measures the distance to a surface that can represent the thickness or position. Combining a sequence of the range readings using either an encoder to measure the travel on the target, or time based, produces an accurate range or thickness profile of the target material. With scan rates from 2 to 64 khz, you can achieve the finest detail on the materials being measured and handle the fastest production rates. The single point sensor can also be 'smart' in adjusting to the variations in surface charactaristics such as colour and reflection by using patented algorithms to dynamically adjusting the sensor to always maintain optimal performance.  

Multiple Laser Points

Multiple Laser Points sensors allow you to measure larger areas. To complement our family of 3D sensors, LMI has developed technology that puts multiple laser points into one sensor. Our Multiple Laser Point sensors reduce the per point cost and making data handling easier through a single interface.

Using encoder inputs to track the materials, these sensors build a 3D model of the piece being inspected. Additionally, users have the ability to adjust individual laser points to optimumize performance on varying colours and reflectivity.  

These multipoint sensors can be combined into a full web scanning application into a top surface only a full top / bottom profile scanner with true differential thickness profiles. The rugged design has proven their performance and reliability setting the standards in industrial applications for years.

Laser Lines

Line based laser 3D sensors project a line onto the piece being measured. This is the next progression from single laser points or multiple laser points to a solid line. The advantage of a laser line over a points is a continuous laser line over the measurement surface.  

Laser Line sensors are best used when the target has a continuous irregular surface profile where are single laser point is not effective and mulitple laser points may not provide enough detail.