Hexagon’s HP-L-5.8 blue laser scanning sensor simplifies point cloud creation on CMMs

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has launched its first blue laser scanning sensor for creating point clouds. The HP-L-5.8 tactile, noncontact sensor is suitable for use in areas where accessibility is restricted and on smaller CMMs. It performs equally well when taking point cloud measurements from dark or shiny surfaces, the company states.

The sensor is compatible with Hexagon CMMs that use PC-DMIS 2018 R2 and subsequent versions of the software and works with an automatic indexing probe head or continuous wrist, so it is simple to operate for users of tactile probing tools.