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Multiple Heads
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SAMLight offers different possibilities to use multiple laser sources, scan heads and multiple USC-boards combined to increase the marking areas.

 

In this chapter you will quickly become familiar with the most important differences. Detailed information can be found in a separate chapter on options.

In general it can be divided in to the following options:

 

 

Head2

MultiHead

MultiCard

MultiInstance

Number of cards

1

up to 6

up to 16

2

Number of working areas

1

1 per scan head

1 per scan head

1 per scan head

Laser sources

1 (Beam Splitter)

1 per scanner card

1 per scanner card

1 per scanner card

Marking

two scan heads marking the same job at the same time

each head marks a certain part of the job

each head can be selected manually

each instance working like single head

License

SAMLight + Head2

SAMLight + MultiHead(once per machine)

SAMLight + Flash

SAMLight - must be on each card.

Supported scanner card

USC-2/-3 & RTC

all USC & RTC

USC-2/-3

all USC

Illustration

Head2-reduced

MultiHead_reduced

MultiCard_reduced

MultiCard_reduced

Notes

Can be combined with all other Multiple Head setups.

Areas can be combined, but do not have to.

Can not be combined with MultiHead!

 

Table 63: Multiple Heads