Scanergy scanners

Hi all,

I did a quick evaluation of the Scanergy scanners that some people have noted in other forum posts. The complete document can be found here (around 1.3MB PDF file):
http://www.pangolin.com/_Files/Scanergy.pdf

On the Scanergy web site, it says they have invested "lot of millions of money" developing the system. It doesn't say millions of US dollars... it could be some other currency. Jokingly I would say they should invest a few million more :D.

Questions and comments are welcome.

Best regards,

William Benner

Thanks for the quick evaluation of theese galvos! :D Interessting reading...

Hi,

Thanks...Good test:)

whiteg

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Originally Posted by Pangolin

Jokingly I would say they should invest a few million more :D.

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quoted because its just such a classic and funny line :)

New Data scanergy scanner.
interesting:rolleyes:

http://cgi.ebay.de/60KPPS-high-speed...d=p3286.c0.m14

i'll give them one thing....

they looks expensive.

but thats about it

i love this line at the bottom of the auction

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Like all my auctions, this item is offered strictly AS IS and the sale will be final with no returns or refunds

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so when it arrives .... and you find it can only do 20k max ......

hmmm .... your FU**ED ....

all the best ... Karl

On the page where you say the text is unreadable due to stiction, I believe you but the photo shows such a fat beam I don't think the text would be visible even without stiction issues. A photo of the text projected at a further distance from the scanner may prove your point better. Thanks for the review.

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Originally Posted by drlava

On the page where you say the text is unreadable due to stiction, I believe you but the photo shows such a fat beam I don't think the text would be visible even without stiction issues. A photo of the text projected at a further distance from the scanner may prove your point better. Thanks for the review.

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Hi Doc,

The only laser I had at the time was REALLY bright. I had to cut it down with two OD filters. I think the total OD was around 5 (i.e. divide by 10,000). But trust me, there was no text... it isn't that it wasn't visible because the beam was so big. The second picture is from the same distance from the camera and using the same beam. Even that isn't the height it should be.

One problem is this. Sometimes companies quote "can scan blah blah blah at 80 K". I am sure it can scan *something* at 80K, but not the ILDA test pattern, and not at any meaningful angle. That's the real problem with claims of speed without reference to exactly what is being scanned and how...

Bill

I guess the scanners would be ok for beamshow..
Not for text and graphic

Bill, I am glad I could read your test before ordering a set to test :D
I see, this would be just another 600 Euros for nothing.
I am really disappointed that a company claims >60K for a scanner which is just doing less than 30K. It seems to be standard today, that the customer has to devide all "Kpps" specifications of most scanner products by 2 (at least), to get the real value.
It is the same like with a well known company, selling "50K" Scanners.
They also can do about 26K more or less good looking.

"We would like to thanks to NASA for using the latest technology, newly developed high-tech materials and to help us in our hardly works."

Well, I also work hard and I want to thank Michael Faraday, Nicola Tesla, Joseph Henry, Andre-Marie Ampere and Alessandro Volta for using their latest technology and help us in our hardly works..

Joachim

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Well, I also work hard and I want to thank Michael Faraday, Nicola Tesla, Joseph Henry, Andre-Marie Ampere and Alessandro Volta for using their latest technology and help us in our hardly works..

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Haha! I agree... And it's good to see you here, Joachim!

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It is the same like with a well known company, selling "50K" Scanners.
They also can do about 26K more or less good looking.

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I'm guessing that you're talking about the LaserWorld scanners here, right? I must admit that I came close to buying a set of those scanners on E-bay a while back. They were so cheap! But then I thought that for such a low price, they *couldn't* be very good...

It's sad to see so many companies advertising equipment that can't meet the specifications they claim...:(

Adam

""It's sad to see so many companies advertising equipment that can't meet the specifications they claim...:( ""

I guess its like the situation maybe 5 years back with laser pointers , wild claims made relying on the public not having the knowledge or the equipment to verify but thanks to the rise of some superb forums like this specs can be checked and verified ......photonlexicon has saved me a lot of heartache and pain and COLD HARD CASH over the last few years which is why i hit the DONATE button for the second time the other day lets keep our forum healthy ..dont want it running out of photons !

PAUL

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Originally Posted by buffo

Haha! I agree... And it's good to see you here, Joachim!

I'm guessing that you're talking about the LaserWorld scanners here, right? I must admit that I came close to buying a set of those scanners on E-bay a while back. They were so cheap! But then I thought that for such a low price, they *couldn't* be very good...

It's sad to see so many companies advertising equipment that can't meet the specifications they claim...:(

Adam

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Adam, you create LaserWorld scanner review?

Gabor

No, I never reviewed a set of LaserWorld scanners. I *did* come close to buying a set on E-bay a while back though. They were selling their "50K" scanners for insanely cheap prices - like $300 or so - and I thought it would be a good idea to give them a try.

But then I read several posts here on PhotonLexicon where people had purchased the 50K scanners and couldn't even get them to run at 30K! I also read a few posts about people having problems with LaserWorld projectors... Shoddy workmanship, lousy optic mounts, lasers that are not making their rated power, and scanners that can't even come close to 30K speeds.

After reading all that, I decided to pass on the cheap 50K scanners they have on E-bay. I don't need any more junk! I have enough already...

If you search the forums for "LaserWorld", you'll find the posts I am referring to. There are quite a few people here that are disapointed with their purchases from that company.

Adam

Just to add to Jojos and buffos reply on laserworlds 50ks ....

i also got a set from ebay .... only paid £180 ( $324 or 226 euro )

so they were cheap and i wasnt expecting much .... but when they arived ther were well made, quality components and ran 30k out of the box and ran cool

BUT .... any more than 30k and they rapidly fell off .... and they state 50k ... but when you read the manual it states that they can only achive this by fitting smaller mirrors ( which will be impossible unless you have the correct jig to do this ) and retuning .... as bill said before, all these type of chinese scanners are copies of the 6800s and cambridge only designed them to do 30k .... so dont expect any more

if you can get them for a low bid on ebay .... they are well worth the money ..... if paying full retail ..... maybe not .... i would recomend you go with scanpros or Joachim's raytracks or DT40s

all the best ... Karl