Automatic Resizing

Application

Quartz Glass Tube Resizing Lathes

Benefits: Increase Quality and Save Costs

The Vision System TC - Tube Control for Automatic Resizing

  • ensures precise tolerances of the tube dimensions
  • reduces the operating time
  • saves material and energy
  • provides the automatic printout of the certificate of manufacturing


Tasks

MEASUREMENT OF PROCESS PARAMETERS

  • Outside Diameter
  • Inside Diameter
  • Wall Thickness
  • Temperature
  • Fire Carriage Speed
  • Tailstock Speed
  • Height Graphite Roll
DISPLAY OF THE MEASURED VALUES NUMERICALLY AS WELL AS GRAPHICALLY
  • Digital Displays
  • Short Time Trends
  • Historic Trends
REGULATION OF DIAMETER

STATISTIC COMPUTATION OF THE TUBE DIMENSIONS

  • Statistic Characters
  • Histograms
STORAGE OF THE PROCESS PARAMETERS

OUTPRINT OF THE MANUFACTURING CERTIFICATE
 



 
 
 


 
 

Screen display of the current value trends

Screend isplay of the statistical results of the diameter

Screen display of the summary of the statistical results

References
GE Quartz Europe Geesthacht, Germany (6 units)
Kimmon Quartz, Japan
Heraeus Quarzglas, Germany 
GE Lighting, Newark Quartz Plant, U.S.A. (2 units)
Kimmon Texas, U.S.A.
Kimmon Regensburg, Germany
Heraeus Amersil, U.S.A.