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Metal

Linear 3D capturing of parts

  • Modular system by the company Mabotic
  • Quick and easy digitalization
  • No deformation of single profiles by means of the global shutter from the scanCONTROL profile scanner
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Chamfers on copper rings

  • Material is corroded and has changes in the degree of gloss
  • Complete measurement takes less than 1 second
  • Width of the chamfer is at 0.8 mm
  • Additionaly the angle of the chamfer is being checked
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Outline measurement on pipe ends

  • Using a scanner for each end
  • Shiny surface
  • Partially steep edges
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Measurement of concentricity on joints

  • Connection of two parts with a metal slide bearing
  • Circular control (180°) and step measurements
  • Derivated from that determination of the concentricity of the three elements
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Velvet control

  • Position of the velvet
  • Height of the velvet
  • Defects/Tipping of the velvet
  • 250 velvets/min
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Pin control

  • Position of pins
  • height of pins
  • Number of pins and defects
  • 187 pins / min
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Railway tracks

  • 2 scanners per rail
  • 50mW laser for highspeed measurement on rails (partially shiny or dark surfaces)
  • Ambient temperature from -20 to +80 °C (Cooling and heating by a customer system)
  • Detection of defects on the rails during the overrun
  • Evaluation software by customer
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Tracking of a welding seam on pipelines

  • Measuring the position of the welding seam
  • Detection of interruptions in the welding seam
  • Measuring speed 30m/min
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Gap measurement on car bodies

  • Gap width
  • Alignment of the car body panels
  • Special algorithms are used to enable measurements on any car colour
  • Fully automated using in production lines of various car manufacturers
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Measurement of forged steel wheel tires

  • Inline measurement right after the forging process at the company Schmiedewerk Gröditz GmbH
  • Temperature 1200°C
  • Different dimensions are checked
  • Cooling housing by customer
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V-profile measurement

  • Building up in several process steps
  • Continous monitoring of gap width and depth 
  • Tracking of the welding head based on the position of the gap centre
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Angle measurement on pin contacts

  • Short cycle times, fast measurements
  • Several pin contacts are measured in every housing
  • Measurement of any single contact
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Wood

Defect detection on counter tops

  • Glueing of the end strip is partially not flush
  • Detection of grooves between the two parts shows defects
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Control of the contour on timber floor board

  • Difference in brightness due to the texture
  • The height difference between the lowest and highest point is analysed
  • Measuring on a width of 130 mm
  • Speed: 10 m/s
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Control of wooden plugs

  • Analysis of the reflection intensity
  • Analysis of the elevation profile
  • scanSYSTEM ImageAnalyser
  • Checking: Roundness, resin embedding, breakouts, tilt, ….
  • OK/NOK data is transferred to a PLC via RS422
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Control of wooden planks on knotholes

  • Checking for defects on the surface
  • Quantity, size and shape of the defects is displayed
  • Calculation with the measurement values and transfer to the control system
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Rectangularity of wooden balks

  • A continuous incoming goods inspection is realised at the plant of the customer
  • The good and constant quality of the final product is assured
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Control of springs on parquet planks

  • Target material: wood
  • Detection of the upper edge
  • Detection of the notch and monitoring of the edges
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Defects on the surface of parquet planks

  • Find the minimum and maximum point of the surface
  • If a critical value is reached a defect will be detected
  • This shows sinks or inclusions
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Gap measurement on wood

  • Target material: wood
  • Control of the gap width
  • Control of the alignment
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Plastics

Position of decorative stitching on airbags

  • Constant run and completeness are checked
  • Defects would be seen by the car buyer directly
  • Promotion for the brand image by means of visible quality
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Measurement of the chip thickness in cards

  • Control of the presence
  • Measurement of the chip thickness relatively to the card‘s surface
  • Partially shiny surfaces
  • Varying printing colours
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Detection of defects on pipe insulations

  • Detection by searching for grooves
  • Also small defects can be detected
  • Different surface reflection on the outer and inner material
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Adhesive beads on geometry

  • Presence of the adhesive bead
  • height and width of the adhesive bead
  • Internal and external height of the object
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Adhesive bead control on stove borderings

  • Using two scanners
  • Detection of presence
  • Control of width and height
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Dimension control on packaging tapes

  • Measurement of width
  • Measurement of thickness
  • Highspeed measurement
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Position control on a lid‘s grip

  • The lid‘s grip is turned around and when the seam is detected the rotation stopps
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Process control in the production of plastic cups

  • Control of several dimensions
  • Detection of unacceptable bulges
  • These bulges are based on problems during the extrusion
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Gap measurement in vehicle interiors

  • Measurement of the gap width on various materials like rubber, metal and plastic
  • Alignment control between different parts of the interior
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Gap measurement on plastic profiles

  • Measurement on high speed
  • Black shiny surface
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Detection of flash on injection molding parts

  • Mass production
  • Flash is a visual defect
  • Flash provides an indication on changes in the process parameters
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Automated machinery winding fibre cable

  • Fiber cables are damaged when they are winded inaccurately
  • Obvious reduction of the loss by using a winding machine that is checking the process contactless with a laser scanner
  • Complete turnkey solution by a system integrator
  • Winding speed up to 5 m/s
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Rubber

Position of the rubber grip on golf clubs

  • High resolution and fast measurement
  • Final customers make high demands on feel and look of the golf clubs
  • Non-contact measurements treat the material with care
  • Complete turnkey measurement system by a system integrator
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Rubber profile control

  • height and width of the inner shape
  • Angle between the two flans
  • height of the outer shape
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Position and thickness of layers on a roll

  • Target material: black rubber
  • Calculation of step heights
  • Determination of edge positions
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Sealing beads in vehicle interiors

  • Detection of presence
  • Detection of defects like changes in width or height
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Tire control

  • Tire control system developed by ME-Inspection
  • 50mW-laser for Highspeed-measurements on black rubber (high light absorbing surface)
  • Profile and concentricity control
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Measurement of rubber profiles

  • Control of dimensional accuracy
  • Mat black surface
  • High profile frequency
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Roll measurement

  • height of the roll compared to the position of the stoppers
  • Width of the tires
  • Width of the stoppers
  • Measurement during tyre rotation
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More

Thickness measurement on foam material

  • Point measurement is not possible because of the rough surface
  • Averaging of the profile to detect the thickness
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Quality assurance for railway sleepers

  • Single profiles are matched to build a 3D model
  • Control of all specific dimensions by customer owned software
  • The target is to minimize the rejects in the production by means of realtime process adaptions
  • Aggressive dust and dirt
  • Great variations in temperature
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Height measurement on wine gums

  • Quality control
  • Control of different measures, especially height
  • Tests in laboratory
  • Sample check
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Thickness measurement on glass elements

  • Depending on the sort of the glass it can be measured with blue or red scanner (depending on the surface)
  • By means of the special scanCONTROL algorithms the correct reflection can be detected
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Joining gap at glued optical glasses

  • The blue laser light does not diffuse into the red glass
  • Gap width from 0.3 to 1 mm
  • The material change from metal to glass does not cause problems in this case
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Surface control of adhesive foils

  • Foil width up to 1 m
  • Detection of pleats and deepenings
  • The measurement works with one single traversing scanner, as every defect that appears is continued on the full length
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Control of transparent glue beads

  • The blue laser light does not diffuse into the material as much as the red light
  • Scanning of the conture by means of a roboter arm
  • Control of the completeness and detection of blurred parts
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Adhesive bead measurement

  • Measurement of the adhesive bead in a rubber groove
  • Monitoring of the bead height
  • Monitoring of the bead width
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Control of stampings on leather

  • Control of the correct depth of stamping
  • Optical character recognition (OCR) by customers software to recognize e.g. serial numbers, part numbers, automatically.
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Profile measurement on shingles

  • Control of dimensional accuracy
  • Shiny surfaces
  • Measurement on different positions by switching the scanning parameters directly on the scanCONTROL
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Measurement of edges on foam material

  • Measurement of angles
  • Uneven dark surface
  • Averaging above several points to get a solid signal
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Volume control on a potato slice

  • To small slices are separated out
  • The limits for minimal and maximal thickness are observed
  • For quality control because of continuous baking times
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