Extrusion International USA 4-2020

37 Extrusion International 4/2020 PIXARGUS GmbH IndustrieparkAachener Kreuz,Monnetstr. 2, 52146Würselen/Germany www.pixargus.de Thanks to its compact design and user-friendly hardware AllRounDia DualVision fits everywhere and is ready to go in virtually no time. It can be operated via the integrated 15-cm multi-touch screen or mobile via tablet convinced that the new system will make a lasting contri- bution to the quality of round products. Measurement of dimensions: All-round instead of 6-point measurements AllRounDia DV is the first gauge to deliver gapless 360° measurement of round and oval contours. PIXARGUS achieves this by employing a camera-based, laser-triangu- lation method. While conventional axis-based measure- ments using the shadowingmethod (see illustration) cover only six single points, the optical sensors of AllRounDia DV capture 4 million measuring points. PIXARGUS Managing Director, Jürgen Philipps, knows: “Each individual point can be decisive for the quality of the product.” Although the single-point method measures each single point very accurately, it does not capture the area between the points and detects only defects of relatively large topographic ex- tension (nodes). ”This can be illustrated quite simply by the following example: Let’s take a defect of 1 mm size on a product of 10 mm size. Inspecting the product at only six spots would leave 90% of the surface uninspected. All- RounDia DV, on the other hand, guarantees that each and every point is inspected with the same high reliability and repeatability,” explains Philipps. ”This is gapless inspection in the true sense of the word,” he adds.“ Surface inspection: More than a lump detector AllRounDia DV continuously checks not only the contour for any deviations from the target, but the entire surface area. The PIXARGUS system employs LED lighting, not laser light as conventional systems do. The specially de- veloped lighting concept ensures that the field of vision and the measuring field are perfectly homogeneously lit. Precisely for this reason, even difficult to detect irregulari- ties and flaws in the material such as fissures, inclusions, flecks and other high-contrast defects from a size of only 0.1 mm are reliably captured. Cable manufacturers em- ploy spark tests as final quality control of the cable insu- lation. Here AllRounDia DV has set a new benchmark: it detects porosity or spots of insufficient material thickness at a much earlier stage in production – making 90%of the spark tests superfluous. 1+1 at an extremely small footprint AllRounDia DV’s extremely compact design enables it to be ready to run in the production line with virtually no effort at all. The system comes with a straightforward and intuitive HMI. It can be operated either directly via its display or remotely via a tablet. This highly compact “all- rounder” handles round products with diameters of up to 40 mm. It is available as a stand-alone unit or mounted on a stand base. With all common interface ports and ready for Industry 4.0 As a Windows-based system, AllRounDia DV comes with all common interface ports and is easily integrated into corporate network structures. But AllRounDia DV has even more to offer: The two-in-one system can be net- worked with additional sensors and measuring systems and integrated – horizontally and vertically – via an OPC UA interface, for example, into innovative Industry 4.0 applications. Tube 2020: Hall 6, booth J09 Replacing the lump detector: The small-budget system of extremely compact design inspects tubes, hoses or cables with a 100% defect detection rate