Inspection System provides defect-free roller bearings.
Press Release Summary:
Built with proprietary US-454 EddyView(TM) eddy current inspection instrument, product uses transport system that allows different diameter roller bearings to be inspected by changing hoppers and chutes. Bearings are individually selected in hopper and transported by gravity to inspection station. Assembly continuously rotates bearing while eddy current probe indexes its length. After inspection, assembly arm transports bearings to appropriate defective/defect-free bin.
Original Press Release:
Roller Bearing Inspection System
UniWest is manufacturing a bearing inspection system using eddy current technology. This unique system uses a transport system that allows different diameter roller bearings to be inspected by quickly changing hoppers and chutes. Several hoppers and chutes are available to accommodate a wide range of roller bearing sizes. The roller bearings are individually selected in the hopper and transported by gravity to the inspection station where an assembly continuously rotates the bearing while an eddy current probe indexes its length. After inspection, an assembly arm transports the roller bearings to either a defective or defect free bin.
The Bearing Inspection System includes a UniWest US-454 EddyView(TM) eddy current inspection instrument, which provides high flaw signal to low noise. The high sensitivity makes it possible to find very small flaws in materials. A built in alarm circuit notifies technicians when reject parameters are exceeded.
UniWest designed this system to provide defect free roller bearings for the critical aircraft manufacturing industry; however, several other applicable industries include: aerospace, engine manufacturing, wheel manufacturing, automobile, and power generation.
