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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2015
Technologynews
NDC Technologies has launched the
highly anticipated Beta LaserMike
AccuScan 6012 four-axis diameter and
ovality gauge. Built on the proven and
widely deployed AccuScan series
platform, the new AccuScan 6012 is
claimed to be the industry’s first
four-axis gauge for measuring
products up to 12mm.
This advancement enables comm-
unication cable manufacturers to
measure product diameter and ovality
with higher accuracy than two- and
three-axis gauges for added quality
assurance and bottom-line savings.
Over the years, manufacturers of
high-performance communication
cables have relied on two- and
three-axis diameter and ovality gauges
for their 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 cable
manufacturers. Any error in the
diameter or roundness of the
conductor or insulation in coaxial and
twisted-pair LAN products directly
impacts the cable’s performance
characteristics – rendering it useless
for the designed application. This
unusable product winds up being
scrapped, increasing manufacturing
costs.
The new Beta LaserMike AccuScan
6012 four-axis gauge solves this
problem by providing a more
comprehensive measurement cov-
erage than two- and three-axis gauges
and an ultra-fast scan rate. This
combination of advantages now makes
it possible to achieve a more accurate
average outer diameter and ovality
measurement at higher line speeds
and for off-line applications.
Highlights include:
• More accurate average diameter –
the AccuScan 6012 performs
ultra-fast measurements at 2,400
scans per second per axis (totalling
9,600 measurements per second)
and has single-scan repeatability to
one micron. This means with each
and every scan you get a true and
more accurate average diameter
measurement.
• Significant improvement in ovality
accuracy – the AccuScan 6012
offers a 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.
• Highest flaw detection accuracy –
the AccuScan 6012 provides the
highest flaw detection accuracy
with 25 per cent improvement over
three-axis gauges. 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, reduce
scrap, and realise manufacturing
savings.
• High-accuracy off-line part/sample
inspection – using the Beta
LaserMike PC-based AccuNet
display system, the AccuScan 6012
can be easily and quickly set up as
an off-line part measurement
system to check samples and
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 offers
flexible communications capa-
bilities, allowing for 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. The AccuScan 6012 allows
for top or side mounting of the
display.
NDC Technologies – USA
Website:
Higher accuracy with new AccuScan launch
❍ The new AccuScan 6012