Scanguard Lite Edition

Scanguard Lite has been designed to introduce the user to key laser safety concepts and the help aid in basic laser safety assessments. The best thing is that it is available free of charge as a request from this website, meaning that even if you are not quite sure if laser safety is something that you need to be concerned with, you can access a useful software tool without having to spend any real money.

Scanguard Lite enables you to enter your own laser system parameters, and then check to see if they are a hazard under a number of conditions, including the natural aversion response (sometimes called the blink reflex), or with a scan-fail detector setup in the system.

You can find out useful information such as the hazard distance (NOHD) for both static beams and shorter exposures to laser effects. The results will also tell you the spot size of the laser beam, and the power density of the laser at a given distance. The software automatically checks the MPE (Maximum Permissible Exposure) data derived from the laser safety standards, to see how it compares with the actual calculated exposure.

The software allows you to experiment with a wide range of input values so you can start to get an idea on how they affect laser safety, which in turn gives a useful insight into how altering them change the nature of the hazard.

In addition to the calculation tools, Scanguard Lite is also equipped with a handy reference tool section, providing information on the MPE data, hazard classifications of lasers, and a wavelength/response chart.

Scanguard Lite is based on the same technology used in the more sophisticated versions of the software and even share the same user interface, meaning that if you do decide to upgrade to a different version you'll already be familiar with some of the layout.

Screenshot example of the Scanguard Lite Version: