Laser Beams…A Fancy String of Dots?

Laser beams used in the construction, commercial, industrial and marine industries are just fancy strings or dots.  It’s the application that uses a laser beam dot or line that’s important.

A laser dot is an alignment element between two points that provides a straight line like a string.  The laser line can be used to set a layer of bricks, align injection mold reference points or position torsion bars that support solar cell panels that generate electricity.

Laser lines are fan beams created by shooting the straight laser through a cylindrical lens or curved surface.  This creates a long line whose length is determined by the curve of the lens and the size of the laser beam entering the curved lens.  A laser line can be used to guide trucks to center their trailers to freight docks or as a pathway for people versus forklifts in a warehouse.  Two laser lines aligned 90° to each other create a laser crosshair that can be used to center a lifting hook over a load in a steel mill, or position a T shirt pocket in a silk printing press or center a remote mining machine underground in a coal mine.

Once again, It’s the application that defines the importance of using either a laser dot or laser line.  This is why all Laser Tools Co. laser products are designed to address specific applications in the construction, commercial, industrial, mining, marine and solar industries.  Laser modules that are designed with no applications in mind are less useful as practical tool.