Product category:
Threading tools
News Release from: New Vista Corporation | Subject: Thread Verification Unit
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 April 2008
Vista device verifies machining centre
cut threads
A thread verification unit by New Vista is carried in a machining centre's automatic tool changer magazine and is picked up and used automatically to check internal and external threads.
New Vista Corporation has developed a Thread Verification Unit for use in automatic tool changers (ATC) in machining centers The TVU-IR sits in a CNC machining centre's ATC magazine, and is automatically deployed like any other tool
The TVU-IR automatically checks for the presence, size, and depth of internal or external threads.
Following inspection, the battery-powered unit sends a 'pass' or 'fail' infrared signal to a standard receiving unit.
The TVU-IR is capable of GO gaging, NO-GO gaging, and combination gaging.
Three sizes will inspect threads from 3mm to 50mm (1/8in to 2in).
Cycle times start at 0.7s.
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