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News Release from: Contax | Subject: Integrated systems for crimp force analysis
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 May 2007
Integrated systems for crimp force
analysis
The suite of Q-Tools from Contax is the first set of integrated systems to be developed for production quality measurement instruments and raw material bar code scanners.
The suite of Q-Tools is the first set of integrated systems to be developed for both production quality measurement instruments and raw material bar code scanners The software runs on any Komax TopWin system, such as the Alpha, Gamma and Zeta range, and automatically checks the readings of all the instruments together with relevant sensors prior to production
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Q-Tools takes the crimp force analysis (CFA) favoured by automotive companies to a new level.
Traditionally, CFA relied on an operator verifying that the sample crimp was 'good', and then setting that as the quality standard.
The very latest Q-Tools allow machines such as the Alpha455 to produce and test the sample without operator intervention, and will actually validate the sample used for comparison based on pre-set parameters.
This speeds up the verification process, and ensures that standards are kept consistently high.
There are three Q-Tools: * Micrometer crimp height mesasurement unit that measures the finished height of a one-off sample terminal after it has been crimped; * Pull force test.
This can also perform a pull force test on the one-off sample crimp fully automatically, prior to production; and * Barcode scanner.
This is used to read barcodes on the raw materials being loaded on the machine.
It includes terminals, wire, boots, seals and other materials being processed.
The correct part numbers must be scanned before production can start, and errors such as the wrong colour or insulation type on the wire, are immedately detected.
"This takes CFA to the next dimension," said Phil Shorten, Wire Processing Group Director at Contax .
"By combining existing high precision crimp force analysis and programmable shut height presses with fully integrated crimp height measurement, pull force testing and bar code scanning of materials, Komax have taken a giant leap forward in wire processing.
Q-Tools will ensure that any production run is done with the correct materials and to the correct parameters, so dramatically reducing the amount of scrap produced," he said.
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