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Successful commissioning of
latest profile measuring system
As a pioneer of online measurement, Zumbach Electronic manufactures a
comprehensive range of non-contact, online measuring and control instruments.
The company’s technology is in use worldwide for such dimensional parameters as
diameter, thickness, and eccentricity. It is also used for out-of-round and physical or
electrical parameters like expansion, capacitance, and dielectric strength. One or more
parameters of a production line can be monitored simultaneously.
Earlier this year, the Profilemaster®
SPS 300-N4 measuring system
was successfully commissioned at
Ascométal, France. The system has
been designed for use in harsh environ-
ments in the steel and metal industry.
The measuring unit is equipped with 4
CCD camera/laser modules. It measures
the complete profile of round and square
billets up to 200mm. The measurement
takes place in the section of the final
quality control (cold measurement).
The same design is also earmarked
for use under hot conditions where it is
equipped with additional cooling and
purging devices. The Profilemaster
system is available in multiple designs,
depending on the requirements of the customer and product. The systems are best
suited to the continuous measurement monitoring of dimensions or even the complete
cross-section of profiles made of metal, plastics or rubber.
Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland
Fax: +41 32 356 0430
Email:
Website:
 Zumbach’s Profilemaster® SPS 300-N4 measuring
system
State-of-the-art production
facility for stainless steel tubes
Quality Stainless, India, is a manufacturer of
welded stainless steel tube and pipe, using
its own cold rolled stainless steel coils. The
company’s two product divisions, tube/
pipe and coil/strip, are ISO 9001:2000 and
AD-2000 W2 certified under Lloyds Register
and TUV. The products are manufactured
as per DIN, EN, ASTM, JIS, SS and ISI
standards.
The company’s product range includes
sizes from ½" to 4" OD, and ½" to 6" NB,
thicknesses from 0.5mm to 4mm, and grades
including 304/304L, 316/316L/316ti, 321,
439/409, 430, low Ni grades and duplex.
Testing facilities include eddy current,
hydro testers, UTM, hardness test, inter-
granular corrosion, microstructure and other
mechanical tests.
The company has a large customer base
in industries such as heat exchangers,
pressure vessels, food processing and
beverage equipment, dairy industry,
power turbines, chemical and pharma-
ceutical, automobile, oil and gas, and other
general engineering industries.
Quality Stainless Pvt Ltd – India
Fax: +91 11 2625 2633
Email:
Website:
Wilkinson Star Limited, UK, has launched a
number of new welding and plasma cutting
products for automated and robot welding.
These products include the Sound TIG AC/
DC 4560/T inverter based synergic pulsed
robot power source for use in automated
TIG welding.
This 400V 50/60Hz power source, complete
with water cooling unit, is specifically
designed for interfacing and use with most
branded industrial robots. It can also be
used as a stand-alone unit for TIG and
MMA welding. It has a 13.3kVA at 100 per
cent input power, and is rated 320A at 100
per cent duty cycle and 360A at 60 per
cent duty cycle, with an infinitely adjustable
current range between 10-360A.
New inverter power source
for automated robot welding
The power source can be supplied to
operate with a continuous consumable
TIG (cold) wire supply using a wire power
supply kit installed in the power source. It
also includes a WF4-R3 (TIG) standard
4 roll wire feed unit and a 15kg wire spool
holder, both of which are easily attached to
the robot. An analogue interface suitable for
all industrial welding robots is also available,
enabling the user to access all the system’s
TIG welding parameters.
A robot simulator is also available as
an option, so that a complete test of the
communications between the robot and
the power source’s robotised TIG welding
system software can be carried out. To
monitor all the welding parameters, an
analyser is also available so that data can
be downloaded using a USB connection to
a PC.
Wilkinson Star Limited – UK
Fax: +44 161 727 8297
Email:
Website:
 Sound TIG AC/
DC 4560/T robot
power source from
Wilkinson Star