RODER Electronics - Diameter and Ovality measuring systems

	DIAMETER AND OVALITY GAUGE RODER Electronics proposes a system's series for the diameter and ovality gauge of : - pipes - wires and mono-wires - cables - optical fibers - extruded - continuous and dicreete products - cylinders
Multiaxial gauge systems for diameter and ovalization inspection of tubes, cables, threads, extruded, drawns, welded. Modular laser system for continuous products gauge with survey of one, two, three or four diameters on the same product section. Main features: - Contemporary gauge from 1 to 4 diameters on the same product section. - Automatic calculus of ovalization. - Process trend generation. - Alarm generation at the overcoming of tolerance thresholds. - Message generation at the overcoming of prealarm thresholds. - Graphic interface easy and intuitive. - Insensitivity to the vibration product. - Insensitivity to the color or product transparency (possible measures also on glass and transparent plastics material) - Diameter gauges with precisions until 0,001 mm. - Code produit and lots managementi. - Integrated statistical analysis. - Control report generation. - Alarms and events historical log. - Process automatic regulation. - Distant supervision of more lines from one only control emplacement. - Password management.
MDS family systems allow diameter and ovality gauge of product that are in transit on the production line. MDS family systems are employed..... - for pipes, section bars, drawns, bars, poles, etc... gauge. MDS systems are employed with succes for ovality and diameter gauge in production processes of welded and drawned pipes, in the extrusion and profile drawing sector, in the mechanical workings and welding of continuous products sector. - when it is necessary to gauge an object diameter in more than two sectors. MDS systems allow the object gauge from a minimum of 2 sections until to a maximum of 8 sections. The measure is carried out by laser micrometres disposed in a way to obtain an only surface of gauge. This technique allows to obtain the contemporary gauge of more diameters ojn the same section by highlighting in real time eventual ovalities or diameter differences on various gauge angles (gauge difficultly obtainable with the traditional gauge methods in the production line). - when the object dimension is higher to the gauge field of an only instrument. MDS systems allow the object gauge also of very high dimensions (until 1000 mm of diameter) and with precisions also of 0.01 mm on more sections of the object. - when it is necessary an elaboration of acquired data. MDS systems are realized with the objective to supply to the final customer a gauge apparatus that totally satisfies the real productive and organizational requirements. It's for this that RODER Electronics couples with the MDS software systems two tipologies of software: a standard software and a personalized software. The standard software previews a series of functions generally employed from the final user (datalogger, trend generation, report, database management, alarm generation, password management, etc...). In alternative to the standard software RODER Electronics can supply a personalized software version of sistem management. In this case the software will be realized holding present the particular requirements of the final user and it will become a personalized software package. - when is demanded a process regulation or an automatic control of the working parameters. MDS systems allow the connection with PCL or line supervisors for the data exchange through the most modern communication protocols. The acquired or processed data from the system can be employed for the regulation in real time of the production process. - when is demanded a product certification. MDS systems can be a valid instruments of product certification and of the production process. Not only is possible to emit documents that attest the happened control at 100% of the product in transit on the production line, but it is also possible to connect the MDS system control emplacement to an eventual network of data acquisition for the already existing quality control or transfer acquired data towards existing database.
MDS SOFTWARE FEATURES - Operating environment: Microsoft Windws XP Professional - Management of all functions across synoptics and graphics windows simples and intuitives - Presetting for system use whether across touch-screen or keyboard and mouse - Integration of mathematicals functions of signal elaboration, numerical analysis and digital filtering for the increase of system's precision and for dim effect's imperfectiones of material - Employment of the SPDEC elaboration system to automatically eliminate gauge zones that are characterized by an irregular optical section - Employment of the DISAN elaboration function for filter data coming from sensors and eliminate perturbations (dirty, lubricating bushes, colour's change of material) - Management Data Base, Products code and Lots.Opportunity of share data relatives at the in working product code and at their actives lots with application of a thirdly part across ODBC connectiones on local networks with TCP/IP standard. - Trend generation of productivity for every collected width. Opportunity of trend print, registration of data and data condition with ODBC connectiones - Option: integrated OPC server for the order of machine by existent devices, integrated in local TCP/IP or Fieldbus network - Option: statisticals calculus divided into lots (maximum value, minimum value, medium value, Range, Standard Deviation, Cp, Cpk) - Local Data Base with possibility of share data across ODBC connection - Automatic gauge cycle for the truck shifting in gauge position and for yhe sampling of thickness and width data - Hand gauge cycle for the shifting under the operator control of gauge truck (for maintenance's operations or for system test and check) - Calibration cycle for the gauge instrument calibration upon thicknesses-samlpe - Opportunity to program two tolerance thresholds, one positive and one negative for generation signal of warning - Opportunity to program two pre-alarm thresholds,one positive and one negative for generation signal of warning - Opportunity to send thickness value gauged from a supervisor or from a SPC program - Opportunity to generate a regulation system of one machine proportional to the deviation value of thickness or width gauged with respect to the nominal value - Graphics print and trend management (thickness and width on the same graphic or separated) - Generation of production report - Opportunity of protection with password of criticales data or functions which his acces is consents only at the authorized people - Option: remote assistance across Internet/Ethernet network.
MDS is a modular laser system for the on line control of outside diameter of continuous products like iron tubes, cables, drawns, etc... MAIN FUNCTIONS - It provides to gauge diameter and ovality from 0,012 to 310 mm using single or dual axis callipers in according to the gauge range and the product type to gauge. - It records and prints minimum, maximum and average values read along the product and triggers suitable sorting signals in real time. - It automatically regulated the process to maintain the product in tolerance. - It can be easily interfaced with outside computers for the data check or distant planning. - It elaborates and prints process statistics. HOW DOES IT OPERATE? MDS system gauges with high precision the product outside diameter (it is able to find until four diameters on the same product section) by the employment of laser beams. In systems where is used a dual axis laser calliper (XY) is possible to control also the product ovality that doesn't rotate around its axis: on spinning products the ovality calculus is not possible and X and Y measures are processed in an indipendent way. The signals of laser calliper are processed by a PCL control emplacement which is able to constantly compare the measured diameter with the nominal value entered by the operator:when a product exit from the planning nominal value, the MDS software automatically adjusts the process to maintain always the product in tolerance. In case of any out-of-tolerance measures, alarm signals are activated to drive sorting or/and rejecting devices. Control sensors without contact allow to obtain accuracy and reliable gauges also in hostile environments where there are strong vibrations and big speed. In this way the total inspection makes random sample checks redundant and allows the printing of detailed reports to prove product quality.
Features of control emplacement PCL series - Industrial personal computer, panel PC version with colour display TFT 12.1 and touch-screen - Window XP Professional operating system - Cooling system by forced air (2 fans, one for the PC section and the other for electromechanical-electronics) - Integrated-logical controller with control functions ,powered axis and management I/O remotes - Availability n. 4 digitals input and 4 digitals output isolated by industrial standard 24 Vdc for the syncronization of material reading operations ( idle trucks, motion trucks, reset trucks, thickness gauge request, reset request, emergency return) - Availability n. 3 digital output by isolates industrial standard 24 Vdc for the thickness signalling, thickness out from the control limits, thickness out from tolerance - Option: digital growth for increase the input/output' number until 16+16 with isolation - Building according to the law in force CE mark - Opportunity to manage up to 3 acquisition channels for thickness gauge - 2 serials doors RS232-RS485 available for the peripherals connection of gauge and control (gauge instruments, bar code, reader, remotes printers, manuals bores, intelligents sensors, PLC, actionments, etc...) - Option: growth until 32 serials doors RS232 for gauge instruments connection or electronics controllers (intelligent datalogger function) - Option: Acquisition card for analogical width with the possibility to acquire until 16 analogicals entries by 12/16 bit for analogicals widths that born from the production's line - Option: growth for metricses wheels or encoder for widths determining like speed, lengths and positions - Ethernet door standard TCP/IP 10/100 Mbps for system connection in local net for share of data and onformations - Ignition switch by key with protection against the accidental dying of the gauge and regulation system - Integrated parallel door for the connection of office and industrial printers - Option: analogical outing for connection by regulation periphericals - Option: USB door - Management powered axis with electronic controller interfaced at the control software -Back door at the electromechanical-electronics section for a easy and immediate upkeep - Option: keyboard with membrane at industrial standard - Option: integrated printer for the issuing of documents or for the print in real-time of width tendency.
HOW DOES IT WORK...
The laser light calliper by RODER Electronics use a laser diode as light source to produce a thin beam collimated on the object to be measured. During its scanning period in the gauge field the laser beam intercepts the object being measured and casts its shadow to the receiver. The shadow duration is proportional to the transversal dimension of the product to measure, while the light duration is related to the object position in the measure field. Inside the receiver a lens gathers all the light from the transmitter and concentrates it on an high speed photo diode which converts light/shadows times and obtains the position and diameter gauges.