Extrusion International 1-2018

30 Extrusion International 1/2018 MEASUREMENT All Components in View – Measure Any Offshore Flexible In order that the risks for future product failure are elimi- nated during the manufacturing processes, such as wire drawing, profile rolling / extruding, stranding and sheath- ing, ZUMBACH provides reliablesolutionsforthe measure- ment of all critical parameters. Step by step all values under control From the first seconds of extrusion, ultrasonic measure- ment systems (UMAC ® ) with up to eight real measure- ment points, allow the eccentricity, independently of the material temperature to be measured. Once the eccen- tricity of the cable is optimized, it comes down to the next stage of maintaining the required average wall thickness and then further to derive the minimum wall thickness limitation. These measurements are typically performed before and after the extruder by ODAC ® and UMAC ® . An additional measurement of the outside diameter at the Any Offshore flexible can be measured with gauges from ZUMBACH 3-axis ODAC 550 system, measuring an Offshore cable of 500 mmOD The production ofoffshore Flexiblesinvolves complex process’s requiring varying individual performancesforqualitycontrol.Anydeviations from the required standards can risk horrific consequences if failure occurs depending the applicationscenarios