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News Release from: Kistler Instruments | Subject: Monitoring time dependant parameters
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 November 2005
Device monitors time-dependent
parameters
An inexpensive, single channel instrument - sampling at up to 1000 cycles/min - monitors time dependant parameters in both manual and automatic manufacturing, assembly and test processes.
The Kistler CoMo Logic is an inexpensive, single channel instrument for monitoring time dependant parameters in both manual and automatic manufacturing, assembly and test processes With a sampling rate of up to 1000 cycles/min and three real time thresholds for overload protection or machine speed control, CoMo Logic is capable of detecting peak values within the current cycle
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Automatic post cycle analysis compares peak value to a pre-set value to identify when the peak is within the pre-set range signifying a 'good' part or has failed to reach a defined minimum indicating a process malfunction.
A digital output can be used to reject faulty parts and provide cycle control when applied to a PLC, a switching contact or signal for manual action.
Operation is by a simple, password protected menu system with up to eight parameter sets and four operating modes making CoMo Logic very versatile and flexible.
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In GRAPHIC mode, the time dependant parameter is displayed with real time thresholds with zoom, scroll and cursor functions, TREND mode displays the trend of the last 118 cycle peaks graphically and PEAK mode displays the numerical value of the cycle peak as a drag indicator.
The fourth mode, INSTANT, allows the sensitivity to be set during measurement with automatic updating of the actual value.
Typically, this allows the value required to be displayed for a known force to be set very easily during set up.
Available as stand alone desktop and 19in rack and panel mounting versions, the new CoMo Logic has charge measuring ranges from 5,000 to 500,000 pC.
Configuration is via PC software and firmware updates supplied as standard.
* About Kistler Instruments - established in Wintherthur (Switzerland) in 1957, Kistler is represented in over 50 countries and has subsidiaries in Germany, France, Italy, UK, Japan, USA, China, Korea and Singapore.
With a staff of 650, the Kistler Group is one of the world's leading providers of dynamic measuring instrumentation.
The Kistler Group achieved turnover of 150 million Swiss Francs in the 2004 financial year.
Kistler's core competence is the development, production and use of sensors for measuring pressure, force and acceleration.
Kistler's know-how and electronic systems can be used to prepare measuring signals for use in analysing physical processes, controlling and optimising industrial processes, improving product quality in manufacturing and improving performance in sports and rehabilitation.
Kistler offers a comprehensive range of sensors and systems for engine development, automotive engineering, plastics and metal processing, installation technology and biomechanics.
Heavy investment in research and development, 15% of staff worldwide are engaged in research and development, has generated a number of innovations using piezoelectric, piezoresistive and capacitive techniques to provide solutions to numerous force, pressure and acceleration measuring problems.
These innovations include the world's first commercial quartz sensor, two-wire constant current technology to integrate sensors with microelectronic circuitry, high-temperature pressure sensors for use up to 400 deg C and three-component force measuring sensors.
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