Written By: Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager for ModWheels) & Charles Banuelos (Design & Manufacturing Division Manager)

Worked On By: Charles Banuelos (Design & Manufacturing Division Manager) & Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager for ModWheels)

Calibration of The Muse Laser Cutter

After configuring the laser cutter for power-up, calibration of the Muse laser cutter can begin.  Instructions on how to configure the laser cutter for power-up can be found in the post below.

If properly configuring the laser cutter for power-up has not been performed yet, follow instructions on how to verify received components and additional materials needed for optimized use, which can be found in the post below.

Steps on how to calibrate the Muse laser cutter can be found through the Muse Laser Calibration Guide video, as well as the Muse Laser Cutter manual.  Links for each can be found below.

Muse Laser Cutter Manual

This calibration consists of aligning each of the three mirrors to match the guide red guide laser to the power laser (used for cutting).  Below is a summary of the steps performed to calibrate the Muse Laser Cutter.

1. Power on the Muse laser cutter and allow initial power on calibration to finish
2. Place a small enough piece of thermal paper to cover mirror 1 (upper left corner of the laser bed)
3. Fire a test laser pulse (controlled by the touch-screen)
4. Check burn patter (made by the test laser pulse) against the red guide laser dot
5. If off, adjust red guide laser to the burn patter using the included allen wrench (guide laser located towards the back of the laser bed)
6. Once adjusted, remove thermal paper and place new piece of thermal paper onto the second mirror
7. Move laser arm to the farthest positive (+) y direction (towards the back of the laser bed)
8. Repeat steps 3-4
9. If off, adjust the first mirror so that the red guide laser matches up with the burn pattern (skip this step if they match)
10. Move laser arm to the farthest negative (-) y direction (towards the front of the laser bed)
11. Repeat steps 3-4
12. If the two burns do not match up, repeat step 9 (skip this step if they match)
13. Once adjusted, remove thermal paper and place new piece of thermal paper onto the third mirror
14. Move laser arm to the farthest negative (-) x direction (towards the left of the laser bed)
15. Repeat steps 3-4
16. If off, adjust second mirror so that the red guide laser matches up with the burn pattern (skip this step if they match)
17. Move laser arm to the farthest positive (+) x direction (towards the right of the laser bed)
18. Repeat steps 3-4
19. If the two burns do not match up, repeat step 16  (skip this step if they match)
20. Once adjusted, remove thermal paper and place new piece of thermal paper onto the lens on the laser arm
21. Repeat steps 3-4
22. If off, adjust third mirror so that the red guide laser matches up with the burn pattern (skip this step if they match)

That concludes the initial calibration of the Muse laser cutter.

 

 

Fall 2017:

Calibration Method

After an initial configuration of the system, on Friday (11/03/2017) at 1 pm, a calibration of the laser cutter was completed.

This calibration consisted of aligning each of the three mirrors to match the guide red guide laser to the power laser (used for cutting).

The calibration was done by placing thermal paper onto the first mirror, firing a test burn, then confirming or realigning the red guide laser to the burn spot. This process was repeated for the extremes of the placement of the laser on the relative axis. This was performed on each mirror and was confirmed by a test cut.