Please help ID this laser device

[COMMANDR]

Very cool! So, these would be used for things like measuring earthquake displacement over time and large distance, or something like that?

It was used on a very large milling and routing machine to make wing spars for aircraft.
I now find out it was the Y axis position feedback device. This machine was massive its
axes travel was measured in yards.

 

[jander6442]

Something Dave use to own back in the 60's

 

[COMMANDR]

So my guess about displacement / navigation
was close???
HMike

Something Dave use to own back in the 60's

Here is a video of a similar machine at work.

High-Power/High-Speed Horizontal Milling in Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc. on Vimeo

 

[ulvi]

Can someone explain me what are the coaxial connectors for ?

 

[The Lightning Stalker]

They get the power and signals coming and going.

 

[COMMANDR]

They get the power and signals coming and going.

Right on the money. The coaxial connectors provide a CNC control the position feedback to control the axis motion.
Go to this position, at a given speed (feedrate) and power. Pretty cool use of a laser in manufacturing.