Inspection System verifies fastener quality and integrity.
June 16, 2008 -
Effective for detecting structural and cosmetic anomalies, Fastener Inspection System indicates application of improper force or torque and can also identify cracks, defects, and mis-forms via pattern recognition. CUREŽ (Concurrent Universal Recognition Engine) memory processing architecture, which allows communication between disparate data types, provides critical information to engineers and managers for real-time process monitoring and control.
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Original Press release
Orbitform
1600 Executive Dr., P.O. Box 1469
Jackson, MI, 49204
USA
Fastener Inspection System - Health Insurance for Cracked Joints
The Orbitform Group is pleased to announce a breakthrough product for fastening integrity - the Fastener Inspection System (FIS). FIS is a revolutionary quality tool that can identify cracks, defects and mis-forms via pattern recognition. It also can indicate if improper force or torque has been applied to rivets (secured by orbital, spin, radial, or impact riveters, and presses) or other formed fasteners.
Ensuring rivet and fastener quality is one of the most critical factors in producing high quality, consistent fastening and assembly joints. By incorporating state-of-the-art CUREŽ technology (Concurrent Universal Recognition Engine memory processing architecture), FIS, like the recently introduced Weld Tip Inspection System, provides an effective way to implement solutions, providing critical information to assembly engineers and business/plant managers.
The new FIS provides real-time process monitoring and control to prevent face diameters and appearance from reaching unacceptable ranges. Simple to set up and use, the system is trained on the correct data signature. This signature is then combined with the visual inspection data from an industry standard vision system using custom crack detection image processing algorithms. The fusion of these two data streams allows the system to determine a rivet or fasteners condition both structurally and cosmetically.
The CURE engine also allows communication between typically disparate data types, i.e. images and force/distance data, affording human-like inspection capabilities for subjective applications with machine speed and accuracy. A standard option on most Orbitform machines, FIS will also interface with many other systems.
FIS offers potential cost savings and cost avoidance including:
o Cost savings from downtime reduction and labor costs associated with non-optimized rivet and fastener quality management.
o Cost avoidance when FIS acts as a "constant set of eyes" on the assembly process.
Increase your process intelligence, decrease your risk, and convert data into actionable information with FIS - health insurance for cracked joints!
For further information please call 517-787-9447 or visit www.orbitform.com.
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