{"id":1089,"date":"2020-10-12T18:07:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T09:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2024-12-11T18:09:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:09:50","slug":"%e3%83%81%e3%83%ab%e3%83%88%e3%82%bb%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b5%ef%bc%88%e3%82%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%e3%82%b3%e3%83%aa%e3%83%a1%e3%83%bc%e3%82%bf%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsura-opto.com\/en\/archives\/1089","title":{"rendered":"Tilt sensor (autocollimator)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Laser auto collimator at the time of establishment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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LT-2000 Series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tilt sensors are the most basic of all the products we handle and are composed of the most basic core technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, our products are developed based on the measurement needs of our customers, but the tilt sensor was developed as an in-house jig for \u201cassembly\u201d of optical systems in our product factories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tilt sensor was born in 1995, the year Windows 95 was released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the advent of Windows, the world of the Internet began to become known to the general public, but the Internet environment was still generally based on telephone lines, or analog lines.

Since it was not yet possible to exchange large amounts of data over a network, CD-ROMs and CD-Rs were used to handle large amounts of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time, we mainly manufactured and sold \u201cspot evaluation devices,\u201d which were devices to evaluate \u201coptical pickups\u201d used to read data from CD-ROMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This \u201cspot evaluation device\u201d optically measures and analyzes the shape of the spot produced on the CD-ROM disc by the optical pickup installed in the CD-ROM drive, and evaluates the overall performance of the pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When assembling this \u201cspot evaluation device,\u201d it was necessary to adjust the arrangement of prisms, lenses, mechanical parts, etc., in relation to the reference plane.

The tilt sensor, a laser-based auto-collimator, was conceived for this adjustment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of how the tilt sensor, which was initially an in-house jig for \u201cassembly,\u201d came to be used by a customer is as follows: One day, when we happened to be at the customer’s plant with the tilt sensor for \u201cstart-up\u201d work of the equipment, the customer asked us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer \u201cMr. Katsura Opto, what are you using for that reference check?\u201d
Katsura: \u201cIt’s an autocollimator.\u201d
Customer \u201cSuch a small thing? How accurate is the measurement?\u201d
Katsura: \u201cIt can measure about 1\/3000 of a degree.
Customer \u201cI was just looking for something like that. Then can you have 10 units ready in two weeks?\u201d
\uff08 \u201cThis is it!)
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The worker reported the circumstances of the day’s events to the company, and the president immediately began manufacturing the tilt sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week later, 10 tilt sensors were brought in and officially adopted. At the time, autocollimators were large in size and cylindrical in shape, making it difficult to install them in machinery and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, our tilt sensor was small in size, light in weight, and box-shaped, making it easy to install in machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, although we marketed the product to other customers, it did not sell immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned above, autocollimators at the time were recognized as cylindrical and large, and our box-shaped, small autocollimator had a very different shape, so it was not recognized as an object of comparison for other autocollimators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We gave the autocollimator a new name, \u201ctilt sensor,\u201d to break the existing concept of autocollimator, and continued to introduce it to our customers, which gradually increased its recognition and led to the product we have today, which has been recommended by many customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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