Product category:
Production metrology, measuring equipment/systems, DROs
News Release from: Press and Shear Machinery | Subject: Planar flat product inspection machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 March 2006
High-speed machine checks flat
components
A purpose-designed measuring machine - with no moving parts - inspects flat components from power presses, CNC profiling machines, turret punch presses and routers.
Companies in the UK involved with the manufacture of flat components using power presses, laser or plasma profiling machines, turret punch presses, water jet cutting machines or routers may inspect their components on a purpose-designed measuring machine from Press and Shear Machinery, Tamworth, newly appointed agent for the manufacturer, InspecVision, Northern Ireland Called Planar, the machine is unlike other systems on the market in that it has no moving parts, allowing it to be sold at an extremely competitive price
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Available in five models with table sizes from 2.85m2 to 0.35m2, the Planar machine is designed to measure automatically the dimensional accuracy of any flat opaque materials, not only sheet metal but also paper, wood, plastic, cloth, cork etc Accuracies ranges from +/-0.025 to +/-0.1mm.
The measurements obtained can be used to compare the dimensional accuracy of a manufactured component against its drawing or CAD model, or to reverse-engineer an existing part.
Another useful feature is the ability to digitise a printed drawing in seconds by converting it automatically into a DXF file, enabling the part to be manufactured on a CNC machine.
The system even includes optical character recognition (OCR) and neural networks to extract text and dimension layers from the drawing.
To create an accurate DXF manually can take hours, or even days.
All Planar machine are capable of measuring the thickness or flatness of a component using laser triangulation to measure the deviation of a spot point.
This allows the height of any part of the object to be measured, including those places where gauges and callipers cannot reach.
The Planar system is resistant to scratches and dirt on the glass measurement table and can continue to operate if the surface is cracked.
As ordinary glass and fluorescent lights are used, it costs only a few hundred Euros to get the system up and running again even if a component is dropped right through the table. Request a free brochure from Press and Shear Machinery ...
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