According to customers, increasingly more compact detection are now also required for line industrial scanners. Innovative measurement technology company, Micro-Epsilon, presented a new generation of line scanners recently. The most important difference between the new Scancontrol 2700 and conventional line scanners is the integrated controller. This means no other component is required for the measured data evaluation. However, despite this, the gauging head has very compact dimensions.
This relative small size means the scanner is ideal for use in automation systems, where space is often restricted. Typical measurement tasks for the Scancontrol 2700 are the measuring of profiles and the measurement of angles, gaps and clearance.
A small output module for Din rail mounting is required for conversion of data into common field-bus systems. Using this, the profile data is optionally output as CAN-Bus, Profibus DP, Ethercat or IEEE.
The professional laser line scanner Scancontrol 2700 uses the triangulation measurement principle for the two-dimensional acquisition of profiles on the most varied of target surfaces.
In contrast to the familiar point laser detection, the ScanCONTROL 2700 projects a laser line onto the surface of the target using a linear lens. The diffusely reflected light is replicated on a CMOS matrix by a high quality optical system and evaluated in two dimensions.
As well as the distance information (Z axis), the exact position of each point on the laser line (X axis) is also acquired and output by the system. With moving objects or with a traversing sensor, 3D representation is also possible.

The Scancontrol 2700 is available with measuring ranges of 25mm or 100mm.