BEACON

EDDY CURRENT SURFACE SCANNER AND CONTACT PROBE

Lightweight 3D printer surface scanner for a sub-micron bed mesh in seconds.

Nervous about your first layer?

Beacon is so fast, it scans right before the first layer, measuring exactly what you’re printing on.

1

ATTACH

Attach the 3.5g Beacon to your printer toolhead.

2

SCAN

Scan your bed in 20 seconds or less with 0.5µm (0.0005mm) resolution.

3

Print with the confidence of a precise last second scan.

Beacon Contact Probe

Direct nozzle touch sensing for automatic Z-offset with forces < 30 grams typical. No additional hardware needed.

Fast Surface Mesh

Beacon directly measures distance for rapid mesh construction at up to 500mm/s, without ever moving the z axis.

Uncompromising Precision

Meticulously optimized to achieve 0.5um resolution at 1k samples per second with <350nm typical standard deviation.

High Temperature

Rated up to 115°C ambient and designed for minimal thermal drift and equipped with active temperature compensation.

On-Board Accelerometer

Klipper’s first high temperature rated accelerometer for simplifying resonance measurement and compensation.

Beacon Technology

Beacon uses eddy current to scan your print surface at the sub-micron level for consistent results and high repeatability.

20sec

HIGH PERFORMANCE

Total mesh time for a typical size printer.

0.5µm

HIGH RESOLUTION

Native displacement measurement with sub-micron (0.0005mm) precision.

1kHz

HIGH BANDWIDTH

Dense grid sampling with no z motion.

3.5g

LOW MASS

Lightweight at 3.5g for minimal impact on machine dynamics.

<30g

LOW FORCE

Minimal wear and tear on machine and print surface.

115C

LOW DRIFT

Precision components for thermal stability and low aging.

Beacon Partners

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