As multi-sensor machines grow in popularity, so does their flexibility and the variety of optional sensors. One of the newest solutions of choice is confocal white light sensors for non-contact measurement.
Confocal white light sensors, also known as chromatic focus sensors, or CFS, are a recent buzz-worthy technology in industrial metrology, emerging first as an additional option on CMMs. This year, Zeiss is adding DotScan, its new CFS, to its O-Inspect line of multi-sensor vision machines. “It is literally the exact same sensor being used on other Zeiss CMMs,” explains Zeiss optical CMM and SFG product manager Jay Elepano. “So you can unscrew it off your CMM and screw it on to your O-Inspect, and vice versa. What’s cool is we’re getting into these 3D technologies, and we’re bringing them faster and faster under the vision platform than ever before.”