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Automated process catches deviations from spec in production line.

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By DE Editors  

January 1, 2007

By DE Editors

The PM-300 Extrusion Profile Monitoring System, a laser scanning system from Laser Design, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) for monitoring extrusion profiles in real-time, has entered the market. 

The new system has ± 0.1 mm accuracy and checks multiple feature measurements at the rate of 12 times per second on inline extrusion production lines. The continuous monitoring happens in real time during the manufacturing process, so every extruded portion is verified to be within spec.

When profiles are monitored on a nonstop basis, any deviations from spec are caught quickly and corrected, before the production line makes hundreds of faulty products. "This technology is perfect for monitoring extrusions of aluminum, wood, vinyl, vinyl-clad, and rolled steel shapes," noted C. Martin Schuster, president of Laser Design.

More information is available at laserdesign.com.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.

 

 

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