Printing from Alignment Lasers has become more and more a necessity as customers require a "paper trail" of all work. What we here at Precision Equipment Rental Inc. have done is come up with an idea that helps solve this problem Basically, what we do is use the Printing Tool program that is given out by Pruftechnik, and add another Freeware program to the computer to create PDF files of completed alignments. Click the HERE TO DOWNLOAD the .zip file (7MB) and follow included instructions. We can schedule classes to fit your needs. Just call so we can help.

Setting up the Wild/Leica N3 Level: Open the Wild N3 Level instrument carrying case. Remove the Wild N3 Level from the protective case and carefully thread onto the adaptor or tripod. Position the telescope axis parallel to two leveling screws. Rough-level the instrument by adjusting the leveling screws until the bubble in the circular vial is centered. Adjust the level, with the leveling screws, until the split bubbles are in coincidence. Rotate telescope 180 degrees and re-level by bringing the split bubbles into coincidence, using the tilting screw. Observe total number of graduations moved from first position. Turn tilting screw…

The optical micrometer is used when reading an optical tooling scale. By turning the micrometer knob beside the telescope, the Plano parallel glass plate mounted in front of the objective lens is tilted. The objective is to tilt the parallel plate until the horizontal crosshair of the telescope is positioned between a particular pair of scale divisions. The amount of displacement is read off by observing a linear glass scale through the micrometer reading eyepiece. The maximum micrometer reading is 0.500 inch. Each graduation of the micrometer scale represents 0.001 inch, with number markings every 0.010 inch up to 0.500 inch. To…

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Procedure to "Buck-In" a Theodolite or Transit If you need to square a roll on a machine, or transfer a point from the line to an overhead conveyor, an instrument needs to be "bucked in". What this means is to locate the instrument exactly on a line parallel to, say an offset centerline, or to a location between two other known points of reference. Repeatable results require careful and thoughtful actions by the instrument man. Care must be taken to protect the instrument AND the reference points. First, select the point to set up the instrument on a tripod. This point should…

Place two level rods approximately 200 feet apart. Setup the instrument at the midpoint of the two rods and read each rod. Record the readings and note the exact difference. Move the instrument closer to either road and, again, read each rod. Record the readings and note the exact difference. If the read difference doesn’t match, the instrument needs service.