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Spirit Series Beam Alignment Copyright Koser Enterprises, Inc 2010 Member of the LaserProNA.com group Rev 1.00004 Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests.
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This document will show you how to check and align your LaserPro Spirt Series Optics. The first thing to to do is check the current alignment. Briefly the logic is to have a perfectly straight beam path from Mirror 2 (Back top left) to mirror 3 (Left end of X axis).
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After the unit initialize the Display will look like this. Press the Up Arrow above the Enter key until the display looks like this. It will say Laser Test Press Enter and the display looks like this. Power should now read 5%. High wattage laser may need to be lowered to 4 or 3%.
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Back Side of Mirror 3 Small burn mark (Place Pen mark just to left of burn mark for later identification as shown) Figure 2 Position X axis to P2 (Bring it all the way forward) Put a small pen mark to the side of this dot so you will know which dot was fired first.
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If Mirror 2 or 3 requires adjustment you will need to open the top of the machine. Remove the two shipping screws located in the rear left and right side. Reach behind the lid and grasp the grasp the handles and lift the top of the machine until the supports lock in place. Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests.
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If your results are not similar to the above you will need to adjust mirror 2 so that only 1 burn mark and the red dot are visible on the test tape.. Mirror 2 Back of Spirit Series (Diagram 1) Mirror 4 Mirror 3 Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests.
Once you have adjusted the prism mount run the P2 burn again. If it lands on top of your original P1 burn you ’re done. If not re-adjust to correct. You may wish to use a new piece of tape and run P1 and P2 again.
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Mirror 3 Prism Mount Pivot Screw 1 Left and Right Pivot Screw - Do not adjust Screw 2 Up and Down P3 and P4 Burn Mark P3 and P4 Burn Mark Burn Mark From P3 Before adjustment After adjustment Remember to always wear safety glasses while doing any open beam tests.
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Remove the lens form the lens holder. Place a piece of tape on the bottom of the Air Nozzle. Make sure you remove the tape from the side of the carriage and fire for 1 second. Remove the Nozzle from the bottom of the Lens Carriage. The burn mark should be near the center of the impression of the air nozzle opening.
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Adjust screws 1 and 2 only on any prism mount. One will be front to rear, while the other will be left and right. Mirror 1’s prism mount is displayed below. See bottom image to determine how to adjust screws 1 and 2. Adjust the prism mount of Mirror 1 to move the burn mark into the center of the Air Nozzle.
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Red Beam Adjustment To align the Red Beam adjust the prism mount for mirror 0 so that the red dot hits the burn mark on the tape on the back of Mirror 3 in position P2. You will need to place the tape and make a burn mark in P3 to continue.
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As an example lets say the top distance was exactly .5”. However, the left distance turned out to be .435”. This of course is a difference of .065” Turn off the Spirit Series machine. Turn it back on while holding down the Enter button on the Control Panel.
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