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DSL-LAT08A – Laser Alignment Tool

User Manual V1.0

DynOptic Systems Ltd – Furlong House, Crowfield, Brackley, Northamptonshire, NN13 5TW United Kingdom

© DynOptic Systems Ltd 2013

All technical details and specifications are subject to change without notice
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Contents

Contents........................................................................................................... 1

Introduction ...................................................................................................... 2

Product Summary ............................................................................................ 3

Operating Procedure........................................................................................ 4
Angular Adjustment of the Head................................................................... 4
Using the Laser Alignment Tool ................................................................... 5

Revision Control............................................................................................... 6

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Introduction

This document describes the operation and use of a DynOptic Systems laser
alignment tool. This tool is designed to be used as part of the alignment stage
for a cross stack optical instrument. It enables the initial head alignment to be
set to within ±1 degrees, which greatly simplifies the final active alignment
stage.

The laser alignment tool is suitable for use with all Dynoptic Systems cross
stack optical instruments. This includes the following:

DSL-220
DSL-220M
DSL-230
DSL-230M
DSL-250
DSL-300
DSL-320
DSL-330
DSL-340
DSL-350
DSL-460
SM-202M

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Product Summary

The laser alignment tool is designed to fit directly onto an Air Purge body in
place of an instrument head. It contains a red laser that has been pre-aligned
to be perpendicular to the head and hence it will follow a path across the
stack that closely matches the optical axis of the instrument.

In use the back cover of the laser alignment tool should be removed. The user
can then look through the instrument to see the laser spot falling on the far
side of the stack. The angle of the Air Purge body can then be adjusted to
make the laser spot fall on, or very close to, the flange tube aperture on the
far side of the stack.

The laser used in this tool is a low power eye safe laser (Class 2). However,
it is recommended that the user takes care not stare directly into the beam.

The laser tool requires two AA batteries, these are not supplied with the
instrument. When the batteries have been installed the laser is turned on and
off using the switch on the top of the housing.

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Operating Procedure

The following procedure is relevant to any DynOptic Systems cross stack

optical assembly where the heads are clipped onto Air Purge Bodies. A basic
assembly of this type is illustrated below.

Angular Adjustment of the Head

In a standard assembly, as shown above, the Air Purge Body is fixed to the
mounting flange with a thick, rubber flange gasket in between. The angle of
the head can then be adjusted by tightening the fixing nuts and compressing
the flange gasket in an uneven manner.

The nuts used to compress the flange gasket should not be over tightened or
too loose. The recommended torque range is 10 to 50 Nm. The flange gasket
provides only a small level of adjustment and cannot correct for angular errors
between the flanges of more than the ±2 degrees.

The recommended process of adjustment is to set all four nuts to the

minimum torque (10Nm) then individually tighten each one to compress the
gasket and hence change the angle of the mounting. When the final alignment
has been reached always check that all four nuts are sufficiently tight (at least
10Nm), since strongly adjusting one nut can result in others becoming loose.

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Using the Laser Alignment Tool

The laser alignment tool is used to get the head alignment to within ±1 degree
of the final position, thereby simplifying the final active alignment stage. The
following three steps summarise the procedure.

Step 1:
Remove the instrument head from the purge body and attach the laser
alignment tool in its place. Remove the back from the laser alignment tool
and turn the laser on.

With the back removed it should be possible to look directly through the
instrument and see the laser spot falling on the far side of the stack.

Step 2:
Using the angular adjustment process described previously, adjust the angle
of the Air Purge body to position the laser spot as close as possible to the
flange aperture on the far side of the stack.

For short stacks (i.e. less than 5m) it is desirable to get the laser spot to go
directly through the flange aperture. For wider stacks, it is sufficient to position
the laser spot close to the flange aperture.

Step 3:
When the laser spot falls on the flange aperture the Air Purge body is aligned.
The laser should be turned off and its back replaced. The laser alignment tool
can now be removed from the Air Purge body and replaced with the
instrument head.

After this procedure has been performed on both sides of the stack (if
required) the active alignment procedure, described in the operators manual,
should be followed in order to optimise the alignment. After using the laser
alignment tool the active alignment stage only requires one head to be
adjusted. For a single pass instrument only the TX head will need adjusting
and for a double pass instrument only the TRX head.

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Revision Control

Revision
Version Date Revision Details Author
V1.0 13/09/2013 Original Colin Edge

All technical details and specifications are subject to change without notice

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