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Tube Checker™ - Automated Tube Dimensional Measurement

The TubeChecker™ system is designed for inline inspection of tubing products. If your organization manufactures tubing for the automotive industry you should be familiar with this product. It is designed for high speed inspection of tube ends. The system will identify damaged tubes that have been dented, misshaped, out-of-round, or with distorted ends. The system can also identify tubes with burrs or material projections either internal or external to normal tube diameter. The TubeChecker™ system automatically adjust to tube diameters and no setup is required after the initial system installation. As an option the customer may specify the acceptable tube diameter range and the system will isolate any product that is outside the tolerance.

•The system will use a single LED Ring Light for each sensor (typically one sensor is used for each tube end).

•The sensor should be placed co-axial to the tube if possible.

•Each sensor should have a trigger to signal image acquisition and automatic program execution.

•A separate output signal will be provided in the tube is found to contain a deformation.

•The inspection system should be able to function with a cycle time of less than 500 milliseconds (2.0 parts per second).

Good Tube without deformations:

•A measurement of the tube ID from the tube center indicates little deviation from mean.

•Tube outer diameter and inner diameter follow the same radial pattern.

•Radial Deviation is minimal.

A generally "Good" tube shape, with slight variation in Wall Thickness.

Slightly Out-of-Round Tube:

•Tube is not symmetric in shape as indicated by wavy curve.

•Tube outer diameter and inner diameter follow the same radial pattern.
•Radial Deviation approximately ±7.

Dented Tube:

•Tube is not symmetric in shape as indicated by large dip in curve.

•Tube outer diameter and inner diameter follow the same radial pattern.
•Radial Deviation approximately +8.5 / -20.

Large deformation on tube wall. The Wall Thickness is consistent, but diameters are not!

The consistent wall thickness (difference between OD and ID) show a large change in the Radial Dimension.

Large Burr Inside Tube:

•Tube has deformation as indicated by large dip in curve.

•Tube outer diameter is larger than corresponding inner diameter in radial pattern.
•Radial Deviation approximately +4 / -17.5.

Large Burr inside tube

Burr is represented by a change in the Wall Thickness.

Large Slug Deforms Tube:

•Tube has deformation as indicated by large dip in curve.

•Tube outer diameter and inner diameter follow similar radial pattern.
•Radial Deviation greater than -20.

A large pierced hole in tube wall was formed by a slug.

The is represented by a large change in the Radial Measurement of both OD and ID.

Tube Checker™ - Tube End Shape Analyzer:

(ta-2m INTELLIGENT SENSOR System)

•The TubeChecker™ product is offered in several different configurations to meet specific project requirements.

•The system can be configured with one or two sensors (more if required). The two sensor solution examines both ends of the tube by acquiring simultaneous images. Image acquisition is normally very fast, 1-2 milliseconds using a special illumination source axial to sensor.

•Currently the sensors can be ordered in 1.3, 2.0 or 5.0 Megapixel high resolution for critical tube dimensions.

•The sensors have Gig-E interface and we can link up to 128 modules together!

Basic Tube Checker™ Sensor

Shown in stand-alone configuration in which the processor is built into the sensor housing.

Tube Checker™ - Tube End Shape Analyzer:

(tm-5M MultiCORE System)

•The TubeChecker™ product is offered in multi-core processor configurations to meet specific project requirements that require Windows 7 or Windows 10 Pro OS and dedicated interface.

•The system can be configured with one, two or more sensors . The system uses the latest Intel i7 chipset with SSD drives to maximize field uptime. The Multicore systems are designed to operate with two sensors per line and the system can easily handle multiple lines. This method represents the most cost effective solution when service of multiple line is a requirement.

•Currently the sensors can be ordered in 1.3, 2 or 5 Megapixel resolutions.

•The system can use up to 4 Gig-E sensors.

TubeChecker™ for multiple sensor applications with IVS-40 or IVS-80 processor.

PVS-80 Image Processing Unit (Shown in Machine Grey with Keyboard Drawer)

Tube Checker™ - Automated Tube Dimensional Measurement

Copyright ©2000-2016 PHOENIX IMAGING Last modified: May 25, 2016

Copyright ©2000-2016 PHOENIX IMAGING
Last modified: May 25, 2016