RS6 laser scanner from Hexagon offers increased scanning surface area

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has launched the RS6 laser scanner for its new-generation Absolute Arm portable measuring arm systems. The 3D laser scanner offers high-density point-cloud data collection at high speeds. It uses SHINE, a set of algorithms that allow the scanner to measure at the highest quality and accuracy setting with no reduction in laser scan line width or scanning frame rate, the company reports.

The unit’s scan line is 150 mm wide at midrange, representing a greater than 30 percent increase in surface area covered by each scan movement compared to the previous-generation Absolute Arm laser scanner. The scanner also measures faster than its predecessor, with a threefold increase in frame rate to 300 Hz.