TPT March 2015

Inspection, testing & qual ity control

Four-axis diameter and ovality gauge for products up to 12mm

manufacturers to better control product quality and reduce scrap. Using the Beta LaserMike PC-based AccuNet display system, the AccuScan 6012 can be quickly and easily set up as an off-line part measurement system to check samples, and to track, manage and analyse critical product data. This eliminates the need to set up two dual-axis gauges to perform four- axis measurements. The AccuScan 6012 gauge also measures a range of other small diameter products, such as plastic automotive tubing, plastic heat-shrink tubing, plastic cord and line, wire and cable, and other extruded or drawn cylindrical, flat or unique shaped products. Its flexible communications capa- bilities allow easy connection to PCs, PLCs, or processes with leading protocols. The gauge can also be equipped with an optional ultra-bright display and human interface to easily configure and view measurement data. NDC Technologies is a global supplier of productivity enhancing instrumentation and solutions for on-line process measurement and control. It is renowned for its extensive application experience and after-sales support, with over 45,000 installations in more than 50 countries. Its customer base consists of some of the world’s most successful manufacturers. NDCT offers a diverse range of technologies to ensure the optimum solution is provided for each application, with products ranging from fixed- point gauges to scanning systems. The solutions deliver results through accurate measurements and automatic control of processes that improve customers’ product quality and productivity. NDCT also provides a range of customer care products and services that are designed to reduce the cost of ownership by helping customers achieve best practices and optimum process performance and reliability. NDC Technologies – USA Fax: +1 937 233 7284 Email: sales@betalasermike.com Website: www.betalasermike.com

performance of life-critical devices such as catheters, drug delivery and surgical tubing, and other medical devices. The new Beta LaserMike AccuScan 6012 four-axis gauge solves this problem by providing a more comprehensive measurement coverage than two- and three-axis gauges, with an ultra-fast scan rate. This combination makes it possible to achieve a more accurate average outer diameter and ovality measurement at higher line speeds and for off-line applications. The AccuScan 6012 performs measurements at 2,400 scans per second per axis, totalling 9,600 measurements per second, and provides high single-scan accuracy, with single-scan repeatability to 1 micron. The gauge offers a claimed 42 per cent improvement in detecting true ovality over three-axis gauges, and delivers 100 per cent ovality accuracy when the product is aligned with the measurement axes. The ultra-fast scan rate and higher accuracy coupled with the High-Speed Tolerance Checking option permits the early, accurate and dependable detection of product flaws such as lumps and neckdowns. This enables

NDC Technologies, a provider of precision measurement and control solutions, has launched the Beta LaserMike AccuScan 6012 four-axis diameter and ovality gauge. The AccuScan 6012 is claimed to be the industry’s first four-axis gauge for measuring products up to 12mm. This advancement enables manufacturers to measure product diameter and ovality with higher accuracy than two- and three-axis gauges, for added quality assurance. Manufacturers of medical tubing, high-performance cable, and other important extruded products have relied on two- and three-axis diameter and ovality gauges for on-line and off-line measurement applications. However, increasing production line speeds and uncontrollable rotation and vibration of products still pose measurement challenges. The need to precisely measure the diameter and ovality of cylindrical round products to ensure they meet tight design and quality specifications is of paramount importance to manufacturers. Producing any medical tubing product with an ‘out-of-tolerance’ diameter or roundness, often down to ten-thousandths of an inch, affects the

The Beta LaserMike AccuScan 6012

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