Non-contact coordinate measuring system

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to non-contact coordinate measuring systems, apparatuses, and methods. An apparatus according to the present disclosure can include a laser assembly slidably coupled to a track and configured to emit a first laser beam onto an exterior surface of a component, wherein the track is coupled to a machine for manufacturing the component; a laser encoder configured to detect the first laser beam emitted from the laser assembly and reflected from the exterior surface of the component; and a computer system coupled to the laser encoder and configured to render a geometric profile of the exterior surface of the component based on the first laser beam detected with the laser encoder.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a laser assembly slidably coupled to a track and configured to emit:
a first laser beam onto a first exterior surface of a component,a second laser beam onto a second exterior surface of the component, wherein the track is coupled to one of the component and a machine for manufacturing the component, andwherein the laser assembly includes:
a light source configured to emit the first laser beam; anda rotatable mirror substantially aligned with the light source, wherein the rotatable mirror is configured to reflect the first laser beam from the light source onto an exterior surface of the component and reflect the first laser beam from the exterior surface of the component into a laser encoder, and wherein the rotatable mirror is rotatable about a single axis; a positional encoder configured to detect the position of the laser assembly; the laser encoder configured to detect:
the first laser beam emitted from the laser assembly and reflected from the first exterior surface of the component, andthe second laser beam emitted from the laser assembly and reflected from the second exterior surface of the component; anda computer system coupled to the laser encoder and the positional encoder configured to render a geometric profile of the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface of the component based on the position of the laser assembly and the first laser beam and the second laser beam detected with the laser encoder.