The Right Choice in Laser Alignment

We’re relatively new to laser alignment. In just a short time since we purchased it, however, our new laser alignment system from Hamar Laser has quickly become an essential tool, helping us to build and maintain high quality linear measurement systems for our customers.

Accurate Technology manufactures ProScale^® linear measuring products based on inductive encoding measurement technology. These include linear encoders to complex multi-axis measuring gages. We have been using Hamar’s L-732 Precision Dual-Scan^® Laser Alignment System primarily to align measurement devices in our Quality Control family. These include our ProTable OPT single- and multi-axis non-contact measuring system, ProTable SA single-axis system for industrial length measurement, and ProTable GA two-axis gantry system for measuring large equipment. We use the L-732 to build these measurement systems and to align them in the field.

The L-732 is highly accurate and easy to learn and use. The laser is especially useful when we need to align devices with one or more long axes. In some cases, this can be as much as 40 feet. Some of our systems measure multiple axes. Our ProTable OPT, for example, can measure along 2, 3 or even 4 axes. With its two auto-rotating lasers, the L-732 works very well for aligning devices like these.

We’ve been extremely impressed with Hamar Laser’s products, service and training. When we first got started, Rod Hamar invited me to his company headquarters, showed me the alignment equipment he recommended for our needs and explained the ins and outs of laser technology. I saw that lasers are not just for aligning machine tools!

Ron Sullivan did our initial training. He was extremely knowledgeable about the product and spoke at a level that our people could understand. Since acquiring the laser, we’ve reached out many times with questions and the response time has been excellent.

Using lasers to align our measurement products has been a real game changer for us. Initially, we had been looking for a way to confirm that our systems were aligned properly at our customers’ facilities. We encountered laser interferometers in the field, but these were difficult to use. Whenever the laser beam was broken, you had to begin the alignment process all over again. I knew there had to be a better way.

We’ve also seen so-called “point-and-shoot” lasers, but these typically cost much more than Hamar’s L-732, which does a better job. Hamar Laser systems are highly repeatable and give us and our customers the confidence of knowing that our measurement systems are aligned properly.

Like Hamar Laser, we’re a family-owned business known for product and customer support excellence, and our product line and company are continuing to grow. We’ve built numerous measurement systems in the last few years and have used Hamar’s L-732 to align many of them – accurately, quickly and reliably. Clearly, we made the right choice with Hamar Laser!

Our L-730 Laser Is Perfect for Aligning Tufting Machines

For many years now we’ve been using Hamar Laser’s L-730 Precision Leveling Laser System to align the advanced tufting machines we manufacture. These machines can be up to 15 meters long and are like huge sewing machines with 1000s of parts that need to be properly aligned. We use the L-730 to earth-level the castings after they’ve been machined and then ensure the internal components are parallel. We also use the L-730 in the field to level up our machines when they’re being installed in customers’ plants.

We like the L-730 because it’s accurate, easy to use and very robust. The system sets up very quickly and without needing a lot of adjustments. And from experience I can tell you that it can “take a lickin’ and keep on tickin.’” We’ve had some incidents over the years, and so we know the system is very resilient. I can most certainly recommend Hamar’s L-730. It’s rugged, compact and very simple to use, especially in applications like ours; it’s perfect for aligning tufting machines.

L-743 Laser: Accurate, Portable & Reliable Alignment of RF Systems

Our company makes antenna measurement systems that help our customers test their antennas. We use the L-743 Triple Scan Laser Alignment System from Hamar to align our planar scanner systems during factory and site integration. We also use these systems during on-site maintenance to verify system alignment and to create correction grids to be able to correct for structural anomalies on the fly.

What I like best is that they are easy to use and very portable, which is especially important when you’re traveling. When we arrive at a customer facility, we have confidence we’re getting the accuracy we need. They have been very reliable over the years.

I highly recommend Hamar Laser alignment systems as a cost-effective alternative to laser trackers for creating planes and making sure our RF measurement systems are properly aligned. They are very useful and have been extremely dependable!

Highly Accurate & Reliable for Development & Testing of RF Systems

NSI-MI Technologies is the world leader for advanced RF measurement solutions for aerospace, defense, satellite, wireless and many other applications. We use a variety of scanning laser alignment systems from Hamar Laser in our Suwanee, GA and Torrance, CA facilities. Hamar Laser’s systems provide us with a highly accurate and reliable method of alignment and measurement during the development and testing of our advanced RF systems. They are a trustworthy source of alignment data that we and our customers can rely upon. I highly recommend alignment systems from Hamar Laser.

L-706 Custom Pipe Probe: Robust, Reliable & Accurate!

In late 2010 our company received an order to develop a system that would make precise measurements of inner diameter and non-linearity of refurbished oil rig pipes. The idea was to combine several measuring sensors (diameter, non-linearity, inclinometer, rangefinder) in one autonomous wireless probe. The first challenge was to find manufacturers who were willing to work with OEMs. The second challenge was to find an alignment system. Thus there are many different systems on the market. We could only find one that claimed to have suitable accuracy with proper sensor size and that was the L-706 system from Hamar Laser. Mr. Rod Hamar gladly agreed to customize system circuitry to fit in our probe. While working on the project we faced several programming problems. Those were solved fast by Hamar Laser support, and several microprogram changes were made to match our protocols. The system proved to be reliable, robust and even more accurate then we needed. “Proudly made in the USA” exactly describes Hamar Laser.