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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2015
Technologynews
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
Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland
Website:
New addition from Zumbach
❍ The new line of profile gauges from
Zumbach