FARO Photon 3-D Laser Scanner

FARO Technologies, Inc. (FL, USA) has launched its new family of 3-D Laser Scanners called Photon 80 and Photon 20. The new Photons, which replace the Company's Laser Scanner LS 880, 840 and 420, offer greater clarity, accuracy and portability.

The FARO Photon Laser Scanner is a portable, computerised measurement device that scans, digitally recreates and records all of an object or area's dimensions, creating what looks like a "photograph" on the computer screen - but in 3-D. The captured data can be used to create a digital model for reverse-engineering, quality assurance, inspection, CAD-to-part comparison, factory planning, investigation, and automatic object recognition in modelling.

The new Photon's technological advancements include:

- 300% less noise for greater clarity

- 200% better positional accuracy

- Higher sensitivity for better detection of objects that are distant, darker and more oblique

- Easy high-quality colour overlay

- Increased mirror rotation speed

- Faster minimal scanning times

Among the new accessories is a high-definition colour bracket, as well as a handle for safe and simple portability. When combined with the super-compact Power Base Battery, the Photon offers more than six hours of uninterrupted scanning performance.

The Photon will be beneficial in various industries, including Cultural Preservation, Architecture, Process, Piping and Power Industries, Aerospace, Automotive and Shipbuilding, Automated Quality Assurance Systems, Foundries, Forensic, Tunnel and Mining, as well as Toy Reproduction.