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IDS multi-camera AI system enables fully automated, defect-free inspection in metalworking and automotive

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25  '13
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Keyence Brasil

High-Speed Inspection of Broken Biscuits

Nutrition & Santé is Europe's leading maker of organic and health foods. Biscuits roll off its production lines in stacks of 4 or 5 units that are then wrapped in packs and inserted in their cardboard packaging at high speed.

24  '13
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Schaffner

ECOsine® Active – new harmonic filters for 690 V systems

The Schaffner Group further broadens its product offering of solutions for the improvement of power quality. The popular active harmonic filters ECOsine® Active are now also available for 3-phase TN and IT 500 – 690 V power grids.

24  '13
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SCHUNK

ROTA

S: Flexible lightweight maximizes the field of application of milling/turning machines

23  '13
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BALLUFF

Tool coding using Industrial RFID

Tool identification using Balluff Industrial RFID increases efficiency, as it makes incorrect tool allocation or missing tools a thing of the past. All the tool-relevant data are stored without contact on a data carrier embedded in the tool holder. Automatic loading into the system memory means all the data are always correct and up-to-date. Because the data are continuously updated when the tool is loaded and unloaded. In modern production facilities this ensures maximum tool utilization and high machine uptime.

23  '13
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Keyence Mexico

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline Banks on the Flexibility of Keyence's Vision Systems

17  '13
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DATAPAQ

Controlled heat treatment of seamless pipes

Cambridge, UK – Pipes used in the oil and gas industry need to withstand high pressures. Manufacturers must verify temperature uniformity during heat treatment which is performed in a special furnace while the pipes are rotated. Depending on the thickness and grade of the steel, a cycle lasts up to 90 min at about 950 °C with maximum temperatures reaching 1,000 °C. Since rectangular thermal barriers designed with conventional thermal protection cannot be installed in the pipes due to size and performance constraints, an entirely new approach was required. Based on its unrivaled experience in the development of specialized thermal protection solutions, Datapaq has designed a cylindrical vapor phase barrier for this application. The TB4095 thermal barrier is combined with a Tpaq21 data logger, and the Furnace Insight software. Through thermocouples placed at various points across the pipe surface, temperature uniformity of the product can be proven. After the system had been in operation for a short time at a pipe manufacturer’s site, changeover time for differently sized pipes was reduced and process faults within the furnace were identified and corrected, thereby reducing waste.

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