Schaefter + Kirchhoff
Optics, Metrology and Photonics

Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH develops and manufactures high-quality optical products.

Fiber Optics: Schäfter+Kirchhoff manufactures fiber optic components for single-mode, polarization-maintaining and multimode fiber cables from UV to IR. Our product range includes laser beam couplers, fiber couplers, fiber collimators, fiber cables, multicube elements for compact and rugged fiber-optic systems, fiber port clusters, polarization analyzers and fiber-coupled laser sources.

Lasers for Machine Vision: Schäfter+Kirchhoff offers a wide range of diode-based laser systems with wavelengths from the UV to the IR. Products include laser line generators with different line geometries, laser focus generators and laser collimators that are being used in the machine vision sector, for laser triangulation or laser light sectioning.

Line Scan Cameras: Another main product line of Schäfter+Kirchhoff are line scan cameras in monochrome and color with different interfaces. These are used mainly in the machine vision sector.

Scanner Systems: Line sensors also form the basis of highly specialised scanner systems and sensor heads, such as high-resolution scanners or the robot-guided line scan camera. When combined with specially developed software, they become a complete measurement system, such as the Corrosion Inspector for automated evaluation of corrosion phenomena.