KilrB
Stainless
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2007
- Location
- Angleton, Texas
Where I work we manufacture dozens of different sizes of these:
They are done in progressive dies and should continuously coil-to-coil but ...
Current inspection procedure requires us to stop every 100', cut a section out, and inspect it in a video inspection system.
We are looking for an in-process solution that will allow us to achieve 100%, or near 100%, inspection and eliminate the current down-time and waste.
This means obtaining measurements of the height, width, slot width, leg width, web width, slot progression, inside radius, and any difference in leg lengths ... while running @ 60-90 strokes per minute.
This system needs to tie into the press and shut it down upon detecting any out-of-tolerance readings or mis-feeds.
So far we have had tried a system from Keyence and spoken with a couple of other companies, who's names I was not told, with no success.
One of the major problems (I am told) is that the material is too reflective, scattering the light/laser beam and causing erroneous readings and shutting the press down constantly.
I'm hoping someone here knows of a company that has a viable solution to this.
They are done in progressive dies and should continuously coil-to-coil but ...
Current inspection procedure requires us to stop every 100', cut a section out, and inspect it in a video inspection system.
We are looking for an in-process solution that will allow us to achieve 100%, or near 100%, inspection and eliminate the current down-time and waste.
This means obtaining measurements of the height, width, slot width, leg width, web width, slot progression, inside radius, and any difference in leg lengths ... while running @ 60-90 strokes per minute.
This system needs to tie into the press and shut it down upon detecting any out-of-tolerance readings or mis-feeds.
So far we have had tried a system from Keyence and spoken with a couple of other companies, who's names I was not told, with no success.
One of the major problems (I am told) is that the material is too reflective, scattering the light/laser beam and causing erroneous readings and shutting the press down constantly.
I'm hoping someone here knows of a company that has a viable solution to this.