Daniel De La Garza

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  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    How the Reflector (SMR) Works

    The reflector is the small ball that sits on top of your FieldPrinter. The laser tracker never sees the robot — it sees the reflector. Everything the system knows about where your FieldPrinter is, ...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    What Is Laser Tracker Warm-Up Time?

    Warm-up time is the short wait after you power on a laser tracker while it brings its internal parts to a stable operating temperature. You can't record control points or print until warm-up finish...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    Will Dusty Ink Bleed Through Flooring or Sealed Concrete?

    What Dusty Has TestedDusty runs an in-house bleed-through test on its own concrete test slab. Here is what it covers and what it has shown:   Detail What was printed Lines in all four 1-inch in...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    How Long Until Robot Print Data Shows Up in the Dusty Portal?

    When the FieldPrinter has an internet connection, print data reaches the Dusty Portal about 15 minutes after the work is done. Floor Elevation measurement data can take up to an hour longer. When t...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    Which Dusty Consumables and Parts Can I Buy Myself?

    If you'd rather buy a consumable or a spare part yourself than wait on a shipment from Dusty, most of them are off-the-shelf items with a published vendor part number. The tables below group everyt...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    How Best-Fit and Anchor Points Position Your Printed Layout

    When you record control points and press Station, Dusty rotates and shifts the laser tracker's frame of reference so your scanned points land as close as possible to their CAD positions. That proce...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    Floor Elevation: Point Elevation and Area Elevation

    Floor Elevation lets the FieldPrinter measure how flat your slab is and sync the results to the Dusty Portal. You can measure in two ways: Point Elevation, where the robot drives to specific points...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    How to Read the Production Report in the Dusty Portal

    The Production Report is the page in the Dusty Portal that shows how much of a published layout has been printed. Use it to track print progress, see which FieldPrinter printed what, break progress...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    Laser Tracker Specs

    Warm-UpLet the tracker acclimate to indoor temperature before powering on. A cold tracker brought straight in from a vehicle can re-initialize its laser oven, which destabilizes measurements. If th...

  • Daniel De La Garza created an article,

    Why Heat Shimmer Stops the Laser Tracker From Locking Onto the Reflector

    If the laser tracker keeps losing lock, won't re-acquire the reflector, or your error values wander around on a hot day, the air itself may be the problem. On hot slabs, in direct sun, or near heat...