TPT September 2007

D esign, P roduction & M anagement S oftware

Everything under control: full inspection for tube manufacturing

Aicon’s TubeInspect has been securely established in the area of optical 3D tube measurement for several years. Due to continuous development, the measurement system is now suitable for 100 per cent inspection in high volume production. TubeInspect allows for the inspection of different tubes from several bending

machines. Furthermore, by incorporating a robot for placing a tube into the measuring cell, the inspection is conducted fully automatically. TubeInspect allows for high-precision measurement of tube geometries, determines set-up and correction data and transmits them to bending machines. The

time required to inspect a tube is small: for short fuel pipes, the measuring results are available after three seconds. The inspection of a complex brake pipe can be conducted in less than 60 seconds. TubeInspect is thus able to entirely replace mechanical gauges. The connection to the present handling system and the applied bending machines can easily be set up. Remote control of the system can be

fi TubeInspect for optical 3D tube measurement

› TubeInspect can transmit set-up and correction data to bending machines

carried out with the help of a trigger signal. Moreover, a complete remote control is possible including robot selection, further processing of the acquired data, analysis and SPC process control. Aicon 3D Systems GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 531 58 000 60 Email : guenter.suilmann@aicon.de Website : www.tubeinspect.de

First choice for perfect pipe fabrication..

TUBOTRON · TUBOBEND · TUBOMAT · TUBOFORM · TUBOSCAN · PIPEFAB

• CNC tube bending machines • 1-axis controlled and semi- automatic tube benders • Assembly machines for hydraulic tubing • Tube end forming machines • Tube measuring systems • System solution for template pipe production • Piping software solutions

September 17 - 22, 2007 Hall 14, Booth No. C31

THE ONLY CHOICE FOR PERFECT PIPE INSTALLATIONS

TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG • D-57368 Lennestadt Tel: +49 (0) 2725 / 95 40-0 • Email: tubomat@tracto-technik.de • www.tracto-technik.de

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