Aerotech presents highly dynamic 2-axis galvo scanner

Aerotech has launched the AGV-XPO – a highly dynamic, 2-axis laser scan head that combines low-inertia, high-efficiency motors with ultra-high resolution position feedback and optimised structural dynamics. This enables maximum acceleration profiles and excellent path accuracy with minimal following error.

According to the manufacturer, this makes it ideal for the fast and high-precision production of complex components in microelectronics, medical technology and the automotive industry.

“The requirements of our customers in their respective industries are high, they need extraordinary speeds at maximum accelerations and that with a high positional accuracy of the laser beam,” says Brian Fink, product manager at Aerotech. “With our AGV-XPO scanner, we offer users the best solution available on the market today for more throughput while maintaining higher precision.”

The new AGV-XPO is used wherever a higher process throughput is to be achieved with minimal subsequent error and very high dynamic precision. Typical applications include high-speed drilling and cutting, in electronics manufacturing, for example, in the processing and production of displays, in laser processing with femtosecond lasers and in all other applications that require scanning with a large field of view and long focal length.

The 2-axis laser scanner allows a higher process throughput due to its excellent dynamics and an improved process yield due to its high precision. The newly conceived galvo motor design reduces the moment of inertia of the drives by almost 30 % compared to the standard AGV-HPO motor. Another benefit is the optimised drive electronics, which have a higher bandwidth and improved current control.