Parallel beam generation method for a high-precision roll angle measurement with a long working distance.

Abstract

A novel measurement system for a high-precision roll angle measurement of long working distance on the basis of two parallel beams in association with two detectors is presented. The measurement system consists of a light source part and a detecting part. The light source part uses transmission grating and a plane mirror to produce a pair of high-precision parallel beams. The nonparallelism of the dual beam caused by the installation error can be compressed to ensure the measurement system achieves high-precision measurement and long working distance. The effectiveness of the measurement system and proposed methods are demonstrated by a series of experiments. The resolution of 0.5'' and measurement accuracy of 1.1'' can be obtained by the set-up measurement system.