Diameter Measurement with Laser Cameras

Version 2.2

Date: 27.10.2022

Diameter measurement with iPEK, RICO or RIEZLER cameras

This measuring system consists of a PAN & TILT camera with two built-in lasers sources producing beams that are parallel to each other and symmetric to the view direction. Over the known vertical view angle (or field of view) you can calculate the distance of the camera to the laser dots. If you look perpendicular to the pipe surface and rotate the camera head 360° around the pipe axis a cross section profile of the pipe is going to be created.

For full control of the Parallel Laser camera from the WinCan application you will need the corresponding license, the latest software version (i.e. WinCan VX, 1.2022.13.X) as well as the package dotNet framework 4.0 from Microsoft.

The following camera systems are supported:

• iPEK; SVC75

• iPEK; SVC100

• iPEK; RCX90

• iPEK; RCX90 new

• iPEK; RCX90 HD

• iPEK; PTC50

• iPEK; PTP70II

• RICO; SR50

• RICO; SR100

• RICO; SR100 RPP

• RICO; SR100 PLUS

• RICO; SR100 PLUS V

• RIEZLER; RSK-60100

• RIEZLER; RCK-115

Configuration in WinCan VX

Hit the command Home > Programm Information and make sure the following features are activated for your license:

Note that the feature Diameter- Deform. Measurement with one laser also includes the control functionalities for the different types of Parallel-Laser cameras.

Hitting the button Parallel-Laser in the OSD panel is going to set the camera to the READY mode.

In case of working with camera systems from RICO or RIEZLER please contact the corresponding manufacturer for the required hardware control steps.

Measuring procedure

Make sure the camera is switched on and hit the button Parallel-Laser in the OSD-Panel to launch the measurement:

Click on the button SETUP in the status dialogue, select the camera type (1) and the specific configuration (2) used for the measurement:

The message Too many spots will warn you immediately if ever the image is too bright and the laser dots are not flashing up distinctly.

Switch the light off, click on the button Start Scan and the camera starts measuring the diameter:

Once the light is switched off and the image is dark enough the text Waiting (2) will be displayed otherwise the text Waiting (1) is shown:

The laser dots are now flashing up and the camera head starts rotating. During the rotation a GREEN circle line is constantly drawn by the laser dots:

Finally the result is displayed in a separate dialogue and looks as follows:

The button Save Picture allows the user to save the displayed result as a picture in the JPEG format.

Diameter measurement with RAUSCH cameras

This measuring system consists of a PAN & TILT camera with two built-in lasers sources producing beams that are parallel to each other and symmetric to the view direction. Over the known vertical view angle (or field of view) you can calculate the distance of the camera to the laser dots. If you look perpendicular to the pipe surface and rotate the camera head 360° around the pipe axis a cross section profile of the pipe is going to be created.

For full control of the Parallel Laser camera from the WinCan application you will need the corresponding license, the latest software version (i.e. WinCan VX, 1.2022.13.X) as well as the package dotNet framework 4.0 from Microsoft.

The following camera systems are supported:

• RAUSCH; KS60 D

• RAUSCH; KS60 HD

• RAUSCH; KS135

• RAUSCH, KS135 HD

Configuration in WinCan VX

Hit the command Home > Programm Information and make sure the following features are activated for your license:

Note that the feature Diameter- Deform. Measurement with one laser also includes the control functionalities for the different types of Parallel-Laser cameras

Hitting the button Parallel-Laser in the OSD panel is going to set the camera to the READY mode.

Please contact the camera manufacturer RAUSCH regarding the required hardware control steps that may strongly depend on the camera type you currently use.