Tube Inspect S - benefits of TubeInspect dimensional measurement in a smaller package.

Tube Inspect S - benefits of TubeInspect dimensional measurement in a smaller package.

Aicon TubeInspect S quickly and efficiently facilitates:

Set up of an automatic tube bending machine.

Monitoring of a tube bending machine’s production.

Reverse engineering of an existing tube for low volume production or spare parts.

Sorting of production.

Aicon TubeInspect, an automated 3D tube measurement system:

Has sixteen overhead cameras that provide a fast, automated 3D measurement of tubing, brake lines, hydraulic lines, exhaust pipes and molded tubes.

Has inspection software that will provide a COMPLETE analysis of tube shape and profile, not just at the bend points.

Provides optional direct feedback to CNC tube bending machines, allowing for quick corrections of out of specification tubes and faster set-up of new tube designs.

Requires no special fixtures or holding devices. Place the tube in TubeInspect and measurements and analysis are completed within seconds.

Suspends tubes along their entire length, reducing the problem created by systems that only support tubes in a few locations

Compares tubes directly to CAD models or to a master tube. A go/no-go output indicates any areas in or out of tolerance.

100% Inspection and Integration in robot manufactoring

Measurement process in TubeInspect can be automated

Reporting for each part

Measurement time is very short: less than clock frequency of production (e.g. < 5 seconds for a pipe with less than 10 bending points)

TubeInspect & bending machine provide a self correcting production unit!

Automated process: Placement – measurement – final placement => o.k. or not o.k.

Automated transfer of correction data to bending machine

TubeInspect measures

Tubes ranging from highly flexible thin brake lines to large exhaust pipes for heavy trucks, regardless of texture or color. Easily measure tubes designed to carry hydraulic and cooling liquids or fuel.

Tubes varying bend radii.

The location of fixtures, supports and attachments with the aid adapters.

Anything with a cylindrical profile such as bent wires, molded tubes or subassemblies of tubes and flexible parts.

The optional TubeServer software module allows the creation, editing and maintenance of the tube bending programs of many tube bending machine manufacturers.

TubeInspect applications include:

High volume production.

On-line corrections to bending machines.

Eliminates test equipment and reduces change-over time.

Allows for efficient prototype production.

Provides of high level of quality assurance for tube manufacturing.

Reverse engineering of sample tubes.