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Re: Laser Pointer
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
Most of the lasers I've seen on robots are tiny little things, mounted inside of other stuff, that don't have visible labels on them. I had one just last weekend - the entire thing was about the size of a pencil eraser, press/glued into a hole in a piece of plywood to ensure it stayed properly aimed. It's up to the team to prove to the inspector that a laser on their machine is legal, and for that a data sheet is the best way. I would also likely accept one that was properly labeled as class 1 from the manufacturer, should a team actually show up with one that has a label on it.
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Agreed, especially because if anyone takes a laser-containing device's parts out of the housing the manufacturer put them in, that person might expose themself (and others) to dangerous radiation. The manufacturer's class label describes the original, complete, unaltered device; not all possible (re)configurations of that device's parts.
Creating a danger by operating a disc reader's laser outside of its original case is one example of invalidating a device's original safety classification by altering the device's configuration.
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Last edited by gblake : 09-03-2016 at 23:55.
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