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With the new Posiweld system, Schlatter offers a flexible CNC welding cell for
the economical production of wire products in small to medium batch sizes. The
rotating turntable design allows a single operator to load/unload the work holding
fixture while the machine is operating.
Schlatter Industries AG – Switzerland
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Welding two- or three-dimensional wire
products in a single operation
For aluminium wire inspection, Contrôle
Mesure Systèmes (CMS) has developed an
eddy current system, allowing detection of
defects such as cracks and holes at high speed
(1,500-2,000m/min, for example, depending of
the diameter range to inspect).
During the process, aluminium billets are
transformed by lamination.
Then, the wire is guided and passes through
an eddy current system composed of a
support coil mounted in a support table with
guide rollers assuring a good entrance of the
product.
A special encircling coil, located in the
support, allows the detection of cracks at the
surface of the product. Eddy current testing is
performed by Zet@premium instrument dual
channels.
When a defect or an inclusion is detected,
the system activates a line shutdown, marker,
visual alarm, saw or some other outputs.
An encoder installed on the line allows precise
location of defects in a customised report.
Contrôle Mesure Systèmes – France
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Quality inspection on aluminiumwires
▲ ▲ The eddy current system from CMS