Inspection System reduces defects in non-woven material.
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Real-time, in-process Inspection Accelerator, designed to accelerate material processing, offers high-speed image capturing, processing, and analysis for defect and anomaly detection. It also provides classification, visualization, enunciation, tracking, and marking for unpatterned, continuous sheet and web materials. System inspects web speeds of more than 3000 fpm, web widths of more than 30 ft, and defect resolutions of less than 0.5 mm.
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Invensys Inspection Accelerator Significantly Reduces Defects in Plastics, Paper, Metals, Glass and Non-Woven Material Production
Eliminates Material Defects And Enhances Overall Productivity In
Continuous Web and Sheet Manufacturing
FOXBORO, Mass., Aug. 26, 2002 -- Invensys Manufacturing Solutions, a business unit of Invensys plc, today announced the release of its Invensys(TM) Inspection Accelerator application. The product is a real-time, in-process, factory floor inspection system designed to accelerate material processing and lower cost-to-manufacture. It helps manufactures to significantly reduce production defects thereby providing yield and productivity improvement.
The new inspection system provides a solid return on investment (ROI) It offers comprehensive functionality, easy configuration for rapid deployment and interoperability with other Invensys solutions, such as Wonderware(R) applications for manufacturing execution software (MES) and statistical quality control.
The Invensys Inspection Accelerator employs advanced inspection
techniques to provide comprehensive defect detection, yielding
significant reductions in downstream operation disruptions. It offers high-speed image capturing, processing and analysis for defect and anomaly detection. The application also features high-performance classification, visualization, enunciation, tracking and marking for unpatterned continuous sheet and web materials.
The Invensys Inspection Accelerator is designed for a variety of
applications, including plastics, paper, metals, glass and non-woven materials manufacturing and converting industries and offers a range of detection, classification and reporting capabilities. The system provides a high degree of application flexibility in a turnkey system format and is not limited to specific sensor, illumination or processing techniques. It inspects web speeds more than 3,000 feet per minute, web widths more than 30 feet and defect resolutions less than 0.5 millimeter.
"The production tool significantly improves quality, reduces scrap and enhances overall productivity," said Dave Westrom, senior vice president and general manager of Invensys Manufacturing Solutions. "It also eliminates or reduces product downgrades and rework in downstream operations."
The Invensys Inspection Accelerator offers the following supply chain enhancements:
-- Process tuning
-- Shipping optimization
-- Reduced internal scrap
-- Improved throughput
-- Decreased field return
The Invensys Inspection Accelerator is compatible with the new Invensys ArchestrA(TM) technology platform. ArchestrA enables customers to extend and improve the value of their automation, information and human assets by unifying multiple vendor offerings and systems. Current and emerging systems can be linked in an orchestrated plant-level application model, maximizing total ROI.
About Invensys
Invensys plc is a global leader in production technology and energy management. The group helps customers improve their performance and profitability using innovative services and technologies and a deep understanding of their industries and applications.
Our Production Management businesses work closely with customers in order to drive up performance of their production assets, maximize their return on investments in production technologies and remove cost and cash from their whole supply chain. The Division includes Foxboro, Wonderware, Triconex, APV, Eurotherm and Baan. These businesses address process and batch industries -- including the oil, gas and chemicals, food, beverage and personal healthcare -- and the discrete and hybrid manufacturing sectors.
Our Energy Management businesses work with clients involved in the supply, measurement and consumption of energy and water, to reduce costs and waste and improve the efficiency, reliability and security of power supply. The Division includes Energy Management Solutions, Appliance Controls, Climate Controls, Global Services, Metering Systems, Powerware and Home Control Systems. These businesses focus on markets connected with power and energy infrastructure for industrial, commercial and residential buildings.
We also serve the specialized rail, wind-power and electronic
manufacturing (power components) markets through Invensys Rail Systems, Hansen Transmissions and Lambda respectively in our Development Division.
Invensys operates in more than 80 countries, with its headquarters in London. For more information, visit www.invensys.com.
