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Inspection, testing & qual ity control
90 March 2015
Four-axis diameter and ovality
gauge for products up to 12mm
NDC Technologies, a provider of
precision measurement and control
solutions, has launched the Beta
LaserMike AccuScan 6012 four-axis
diameter and ovality gauge.
The AccuScan 6012 is claimed to be
the industry’s first four-axis gauge for
measuring products up to 12mm. This
advancement enables manufacturers to
measure product diameter and ovality
with higher accuracy than two- and
three-axis gauges, for added quality
assurance.
Manufacturers of medical tubing,
high-performance cable, and other
important extruded products have relied
on two- and three-axis diameter and
ovality gauges for on-line and off-line
measurement applications. However,
increasing production line speeds and
uncontrollable rotation and vibration
of products still pose measurement
challenges.
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
manufacturers. Producing any medical
tubing product with an ‘out-of-tolerance’
diameter or roundness, often down to
ten-thousandths of an inch, affects the
performance of life-critical devices such
as catheters, drug delivery and surgical
tubing, and other medical devices.
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, with an ultra-fast scan rate.
This combination makes it possible to
achieve a more accurate average outer
diameter and ovality measurement
at higher line speeds and for off-line
applications.
The AccuScan 6012 performs
measurements at 2,400 scans per
second per axis, totalling 9,600
measurements per second, and
provides high single-scan accuracy, with
single-scan repeatability to 1 micron.
The gauge offers a claimed 42 per
cent improvement in detecting true
ovality over three-axis gauges, and
delivers 100 per cent ovality accuracy
when the product is aligned with the
measurement axes.
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 and reduce scrap.
Using the Beta LaserMike PC-based
AccuNet display system, the AccuScan
6012 can be quickly and easily set
up as an off-line part measurement
system to check samples, and to 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 also
measures a range of other small
diameter products, such as plastic
automotive tubing, plastic heat-shrink
tubing, plastic cord and line, wire and
cable, and other extruded or drawn
cylindrical, flat or unique shaped
products.
Its flexible communications capa-
bilities allow easy connection to PCs,
PLCs, or processes with leading
protocols.
The gauge can also be equipped
with an optional ultra-bright display and
human interface to easily configure and
view measurement data.
NDC Technologies is a global
supplier of productivity enhancing
instrumentation and solutions for on-line
process measurement and control. It is
renowned for its extensive application
experience and after-sales support, with
over 45,000 installations in more than
50 countries. Its customer base consists
of some of the world’s most successful
manufacturers.
NDCT offers a diverse range of
technologies to ensure the optimum
solution is provided for each application,
with products ranging from fixed-
point gauges to scanning systems.
The solutions deliver results through
accurate measurements and automatic
control of processes that improve
customers’ product quality and
productivity. NDCT also provides a
range of customer care products and
services that are designed to reduce the
cost of ownership by helping customers
achieve best practices and optimum
process performance and reliability.
NDC Technologies – USA
Fax: +1 937 233 7284
Email:
Website:
The Beta LaserMike
AccuScan 6012