TPT January 2011

T echnology U pdate Precise optical tube measuring

can measure and document freeform bends. The measuring system is suited to quality assurance applications as well as for correction of tube bending data. It is available with different measuring ranges, and customer-specific requirements can also be considered for the layout. The Tracto-Technik product range covers all-electric and electro-hydraulic CNC tube bending machines, semi-automatic tube

benders, tube end working machines, assembling devices for hydraulic tubing, tube measuring systems and software solutions for efficient piping. Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax: +49 2725 9540 33 Email: tubomat@tracto-technik.de Website: www.pipebending.tracto-technik.com

AT the EuroBLECH exhibition in Hanover, Tracto-Technik presented the Tuboscan S, an optical tube measuring system for precise measuring of geometric tube data within a matter of seconds. The measuring system operates under photogrammetric procedure. The tube under measurement is applied to a light- transmissive surface and consecutively illuminated by several LEDs that are installed at defined positions of the measuring cell. The shadow images following from this are taken by a high-resolution CCD camera and evaluated by TeZetCAD tube software. In this way the complete 3D model of the tube is generated in a short time. Tuboscan S allows the measuring of tubes and wires as well as bending figures with formed ends. In addition to tube bends with standard radii, the device

In combination with TeZetCAD tube software, the Tuboscan S offers a variety of measuring possibilities

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