TheFAROLaserScannerLS420isdesignedspeciallyforshorterranging(20m)applications:inproductdesignandverification,architecture,historicalpreservation,processandpowerindustries,forensics,miningandtunnel.ItreliesonthesamephaseshifttechnologyasthelargerLS880andresemblesmostofitsfeatures.Itisahighperformanceunitatlowercost,thatgivesyounewopportunitiesatevenbetterROI.Photorealistic3-Dimages.TheFAROLaserScannerLSproducesthreedimensionalblackandwhiteimageswhereeverypixelhasanX,Y,Zcoordinate.Forenhancedrealismcolor,throughanupgradeoption,canbeaddedtothepixels.Measurementscanbemadedirectlyinthepointcloudand3-Dobjectscanbegenerated,thesecanbeusedtocreatedimensionallyaccurateCADmodels.Highspeed.InlessthanaminutetheFAROLaserScannerLScantakean8Megapixelscanofthesurroundingarea.Thisisover100timesfasterthanconventionalscanners-thisreducesthetimeneededforcapturingdataonsiteincreasingtheefficiencyandprofitabilityofthedatacapture. Modularity.TheFAROLaserScannerLSisconstructedofexchangeablemodules,thedistancesensor,mirrormoduleandPCmodule.Makingtheuniteasytomaintainandaddingtheadvantagethatadditionalmodulescanbepurchasedtotakethebenefitoffuturedevelopmentssuchasalongrangemoduleorahighaccuracymodule.Thissecurestheinvestmentandensuresthatcuttingedgetechnologyremainsaffordable. Proventechnology.Manyyearsofexperienceinthepracticalapplicationofthetechnologycanbeseeninthedesign:Thescanneriscompactwithsealedunits,buttonpushoperationandcanbegeo-referencedmakingitsuitablefordailyoperationindifficultenvironments.