Laser Alignment

Microgage 2D laser alignment systems with a 90-line being used right on the factory floor.

For years, engineers, maintenance teams, and production people have wrestled with fishing cord and piano wire drawn between machines for checking straightness and other alignments.  PI tapes, tram bars, and other mechanical devices help some, but they tend to sag and twist.  Optical scopes have improved accuracies over long machinery runs, but are heavy, bulky, and cumbersome to use.  Three operators may give you three different results when using an optical scope.  For decades, industry has muddled by with these traditional and limited methods.

Introduced in the late 1960s, the laser has been an amazing innovation for industrial alignment bringing accuracy, range, and ease of use directly to industry.  Initial systems came out of laboratories and in addition to being expensive, they were poorly packaged and experienced frequent breakdowns in the field.  With the development of laser diodes and microprocessor based electronics, laser alignment systems have become a great source for industrial alignment.

Since the early 1990s, Pinpoint has carried this evolution one step further by packaging its state of the art laser alignment technology in a durable, easy-to-use form that fits right onto machinery and can be used by anyone right on the factory floor.  Robust aluminum housings, precision glass optics, compact portable design all at an affordable price makes Pinpoint’s Microgage line a valuable tool for any company.  An assortment of attachments and add-ons allow engineers, maintenance, and production personnel to adapt this laser alignment capability to almost any industrial application.  You will find the Pinpoint Microgage at work on long paper machines and aircraft wings, down inside mines, in hospitals, and semiconductor plants fine tuning precision equipment.

With laser alignment, you can measure and align machinery over great distances and resolve very small motions and alignment errors.  Readings are shown in simple numbers taking the guesswork out of the process and leading to better machinery alignment, less downtime, and improving profits.  With lasers contributing to more efficient manufacturing and industrial processes, lost time, wasted materials, and manufacturing inefficiencies are reduced.  This all contributes to healthier profits and fewer environmental impacts as U.S. industries thrive.