Laser inspection of various length round rods
Laser inspection of various length round rods
(OP)
We manufacture fiberglass round rods in various lengths and diameters. My QC department has asked me to design 22 different go/no-go setups to check the lengths of our rods. This is just for starters. They range from 9" to 145" in length and need to be held to +/-.015". The diameter range is from 1/2" dia to 2-1/2" dia. I believe there is a laser inspection system out there that will work in this application, but I have searched Google and such and have not found what I need. We need to achieve 100% inspection and the inspection process is done off line and is not automated, yet. If someone could help recommend a laser inspection system that would work for this, that would be great. Thanks in advance.





RE: Laser inspection of various length round rods
how long do you expect the measuring to take (per specimen) ?
why go/no go gauges ? why not just measure them and let the answer tell you good or bad ? (go/no go gauges suggests to me a mechanical set up (like a hole to measure pin diameters ... if the pin doesn't fit, you must reject).
RE: Laser inspection of various length round rods
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
RE: Laser inspection of various length round rods
Thanks, I will look into Keyence.
RE: Laser inspection of various length round rods
RE: Laser inspection of various length round rods
RE: Laser inspection of various length round rods
A mechanical step gauge (go|not) with a pin- adjustable baseline, sort of like one edge of a jig borer's table, would also work. I don't think it would be effective for multiple rods unless you provide a way to orient them parallel and present them singly, like a dual chain conveyor fed by a hopper.
I think you'd best think ahead to how you are going to automate the process in the future, and build a subset of that for use now. Maybe that's where you're going with the laser idea; I don't see a laser bringing much to the party right now.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA