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News Release from: Indentec Hardness Testing Machines | Subject: Indentec 4150 SK Rockwell machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 October 2003
Automotive parts automatically hardness
tested
No less than eight different automotive parts can be automatically hardness tested and so remove operator influence and ensure compliance with international standards.
No less than eight different automotive parts can be automatically hardness tested using a system developed by Indentec For Dutch Company Van Doornes, an Indentec 4150 SK Rockwell machine with motorised leadscrew is used for testing solid drive belt components
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Each different component has a dedicated cassette which holds 5 parts.
A bar code reader is used to identify each cassette.
The part and batch numbers are scanned into the controlling software from a job card.
If these correlate with the cassette identification code, the operator is prompted to start the test sequence.
The cassette is located into a stepper motor driven linear table, which traverses each component into the test position.
Each component is tested using the Rockwell HRC scale, the result of each of the 5 tests is stored in a file automatically created from the scanned batch number.
If for any reason the test is stopped either to do operator intervention or a system fault the tester is reset so that the next sequence can be without delay.
On completion of the tests the results are down loaded to the local area network for analysis and archive.
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