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Spirit Series

Beam Alignment

Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests.

Copyright Koser Enterprises, Inc 2010
Member of the LaserProNA.com group
Rev 1.00004

Summary of Contents for Spirit Series

Page 1: ...Spirit Series Beam Alignment Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests Copyright Koser Enterprises Inc 2010 Member of the LaserProNA com group Rev 1 00004 ...

Page 2: ... 1 is adjusted incorrectly you may have edges when vector cutting in x or y slanted The first step is to check your machines alignment We will check it in 4 places P1 P2 P3 and P4 Diagram 1 Mirror 2 Mirror 3 P1 P2 P3 P4 Mirror 4 Back of Spirit Series To start place a piece of tan masking tape transfer tape or small white label to back of mirror 3 s housing Cover the hole the laser beam enters to g...

Page 3: ...low enough to make the mark very light You are now ready to check your beam alignment Position the X axis in PI Diagram 1 on page 2 The X axis should be pushed all the way back Close the Lid Pull the x axis arm toward you and look at the back of Mirror 3 There should be a small brown black burn mark If there is not repeat above until you burn a small spot If you burn a big spot you will need a new...

Page 4: ...l but you can skip adjusting Mirror 2 s Prism Mount If you have two separate burn marks continue with this page Orange 1 2 If your dots look something like this you need to adjust mirror 2 Please note your Red Dot will NOT line up with your burn marks Do not attempt to line Red Dot up it will not be in the same spot as the C02 beam Dot 1 is from P1 and 2 is P2 P1 dot will never move We need to adj...

Page 5: ...he machine Remove the two shipping screws located in the rear left and right side Reach behind the lid and grasp the Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests 4 grasp the handles and lift the top of the machine until the supports lock in place ...

Page 6: ... the above you will need to adjust mirror 2 so that only 1 burn mark and the red dot are visible on the test tape 4 The red beam will line up with the burn marks not However we adjust the screws and watch the results by following In other words if the P2 is 06 high and 03 left from P1 s burn we will adjust the screws to move the red beam 06 down and 03 right You may find it easier to put a pen mar...

Page 7: ...t to make visibility easier mount of mirror 3 by opening up access panel as seen in picture on following page Follow the same process as used on mirror 2 Repeat until P3 falls on top of P4 You are almost done Once you have adjusted the prism mount run the P2 burn again If it lands on top of your original P1 burn you done If not re adjust to correct You may wish to use a new piece of tape and run P...

Page 8: ...eft and Right Pivot Screw Do not adjust Screw 2 Up and Down Burn Mark From P3 P3 and P4 Burn Mark Before adjustment P3 and P4 Burn Mark After adjustment Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests 7 Pivot 1 2 ...

Page 9: ...will need to adjust mirror 1 to move the beam to the center Once completed re check P1 P4 once more Any adjustments at this point should be quite minor Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests Burn Mark in Center of Nozzle 8 No Lens Tape on Nozzle After Mirror 1 Adjustment Burn Mark Off Center To adjust mirror 1 you need to open up access panel on the left side of the...

Page 10: ...e Rear of machine Front of machine Screw 2 Clockwise Counter Clockwise Lock Screws must be tightened when adjustments completed Adjustments should be made with lock screws snug they may need to be loosened slightly if adjustment is made on screws 1 or 2 in a clockwise direction Please note tightening up Lock Screws may affect beam alignment adjust alignment as necessary Remember to always wear saf...

Page 11: ...or mirror 0 so that the red dot hits the burn mark on the tape on the back of Mirror 3 in position P2 You will need to place the tape and make a burn mark in P3 to continue Adjust the Red Beam Prism Mount so that the Red Beam hits the Burn Mark after adjusting Mirror 1 Red Beam Adjustment Mirror 1 Prism Mount Red Beam Prism Mount Red Dot on top of burn mark after adjust Mirror 0 Prism Mount ...

Page 12: ...tton after the machines display shows Set Origin Page at the top of the screen After the lens carriage has moved to the upper left hand corner press the Enter button Your display will list two sets of numbers We are only going to work with the left column You will see a value for X and one for Y X is left to right while Y is front to back movement In our example let s say X value on the display is...

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