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Zumbach Electronic has introduced three new additions to its
line of profile gauges for steel and metal profiles. The gauges are
based on the laser light section technique and by camera vision,
often also called “light cut” principle.
Up to eight line lasers ‘mark’ the contour of the product, and the
respective cameras each capture a large number of pixels on the
product contour.
Highly developed software adds the four pictures to the true,
orthogonal section of the profile. All critical dimensions, angles
and radii can be programmed, together with their tolerances.
Operators and supervisors can not only monitor the true profile
as a 1:1 section online, but also see irregular faults such as seams,
concave or convex shapes, etc.
All standard profiles
such as H, I, U, L
beams, hexagons,
squares, flats and any
special shapes are
measurable.
Depending on the
maximum product
dimensions, the
three new models
cover measuring
fields up to 200, 400
or 800mm.
Thanks to a unique concept, the Profilemaster® delivers highly
accurate and stable readings (which is not ‘natural’ by this
principle, used in many gauges).
A high reliability is guaranteed thanks to a sophisticated,
multi-stage protection and purging/cooling system.
Key advantages include:
• With up to eight cameras, modular camera setting, any shape
can be captured
• Up to 16,000 points/contour (2,048/camera) = 5,734,400
points/second (with eight cameras)
• High sampling rate of 350 to 500/second (full profiles/
second)
• Four different colours of laser at an eight camera system with
no interference
• Shape fault detection (SFD)
• Compilation of a 3D model thanks to the high sampling rate
• Trouble-free maintenance with quick and easy access to the
maintenance points
Essential facts include:
• Maximum product dimensions: Up to ø600mm for rounds;
up to 500 x 500mm for squares
• Number of camera modules: One to eight
• Repeatability of measurement: Better than 0.01mm
Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland
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New addition from Zumbach
▲ ▲ The new line of profile gauges from Zumbach