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New launch from NDC Technologies NDC Technologies has launched the highly anticipated Beta LaserMike AccuScan 6012

and delivers 100 per cent ovality accuracy when the product is aligned with the measurement axes. • Highest flaw detection accuracy – the AccuScan 6012 provides the highest flaw detection accuracy with 25 per cent improvement over three-axis gauges. 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 manufacturers to better control product quality, reduce scrap, and realise manufacturing savings. • High-accuracy off-line part/sample inspection – using the Beta LaserMike PC-based AccuNet display system, the AccuScan 6012 can be easily and quickly set up as an off-line part measurement system to check samples, and 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 offers flexible communications capabilities, allowing for easy connection to PCs, PLCs, or processes with leading protocols. This gauge can also be equipped with an optional ultra-bright display and human interface to easily configure and view measurement data. The AccuScan 6012 allows for top or side mounting of the display.

four-axis diameter and ovality gauge. Built on the proven and widely deployed AccuScan series platform, the new AccuScan 6012 is claimed to be the industry’s first four-axis gauge for measuring products up to 12mm. Over the years, manufacturers of high-performance communication cables have relied on two and three-axis diameter and ovality gauges for their on-line and off-line measurement applications. But increasing production line speeds and uncontrollable rotation and vibration of products still pose measurement challenges. This advancement enables communication cable manufacturers to measure product diameter and ovality with higher accuracy than two and three axis gauges for added quality assurance and bottom-line savings. 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 cable manufacturers. Any error in the diameter or roundness of the conductor or insulation in coaxial and twisted-pair LAN products directly impacts the cable’s performance characteristics – rendering it useless for the designed application. This unusable product winds up being scrapped, increasing manufacturing costs.

S S The new AccuScan 6012

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 and an ultra-fast scan rate. This combination of advantages now makes it possible to achieve a more accurate average outer diameter and ovality measurement at higher line speeds and for off-line applications. Highlights include: • More accurate average diameter – the AccuScan 6012 performs ultra-fast measurements at 2,400 scans per second per axis (totalling 9,600 measurements per second) and has single-scan repeatability to one micron. This means with each and every scan you get a true and more accurate average diameter measurement. • Significant improvement in ovality accuracy – the AccuScan 6012 offers a 42 per cent improvement in detecting true ovality over three-axis gauges in increments of one minute, up to one hour. This feature is crucial during the design phase should any power issues cause outages. Also, before each manual save of a program, the system makes a backup of the current design prior to saving the changes. This feature provides the ability to revert back to the original program should unforeseen circumstances result in the current program not saving properly.

NDC Technologies – USA Email: sales@betalasermike.com Website: www.ndc.com

Backing up at Vinston Vinston US Corp has been busy on the software and hardware fronts. Along with regular maintenance and improvements in its current software and hardware infrastructure, it has made progress on backup features and hybrid models.

The company has two new hybrid benders scheduled for rollout this summer that will incorporate the best features of a CNC former and CNC bender. The sliding arms of a former will allow this hybrid bender to open up vast possibilities on parts that would require secondary operations on a traditional bender.

Two new features on current software models address issues with power fluctuations and backup systems. The software system designates automatic saves to the current program

Vinston US Corp – USA Email: info@vinstonus.com Website: www.vinstonus.com

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