Roughness Measuring System suits automotive applications.
Press Release Summary:
Automotive Roughness Measuring System consists of part-specific holding fixture mounted to granite plate, and measuring head with user-selectable measuring stylus mounted to traveling vertical column. Totally automated, CNC system checks and verifies surface roughness and contours of internal engine components. It provides detailed measurement reports to document part quality and allow immediate comparison of measured values to database.Original Press Release:
DPH Demonstrates New Roughness Measuring System For Automotive Applications
Primarily for checking the surfaces and contours of engine components, the Detroit Precision Hommel Automotive roughness measuring system was demonstrated at Quality Expo Booth 15018. Increasingly tight tolerances in today's high-performance engines mandate the ability of manufacturers to check and verify surface roughness and contours of internal engine components, including cylinder heads, crankcases, camshafts, and crankshafts. Totally automated, this CNC system increases measuring repeatability and consistency by eliminating operator influence on the measurement.
"For reduced emissions and greater fuel efficiency, engine components are designed with tolerances to microns for mating parts," pointed out a DPH spokesman. "The Automotive series instruments were designed specifically to check the many complex features of an engine, from shaft bearing surfaces to valve seats and toothed wheels, and provide a comprehensive, immediate view of engine production quality. The result is that manufacturers have a powerful tool that is fully automated for optimizing production and reducing warranty costs. "
The robustly constructed Automotive Systems may be located on the factory floor to provide real-time feedback on production quality. The systems can provide detailed measurement reports to document part quality and allow immediate comparison of measured values to a database. The multi axis systems consist of a part-specific holding fixture mounted to a granite plate and a measuring head with user-selectable measuring stylus mounted to a traveling vertical column.
Systems can be configured in any one of four sizes to accommodate part measuring requirements. Measuring software to collect customer-specified data is custom-developed by DPH.
DPH develops and produces a wide range of instruments for checking surface roughness, profile and contour, form, including roundness, cylindrical form, and flatness. All systems are built with high-precision mechanical elements and are operated with menu-driven software that is powerful yet easy to use.
Applications for the entire range of Detroit Precision Hommel surface roughness and contour checking instruments include gaging devices and machines, mobile workshop instruments, stationary measuring room and laboratory configurations to handle a wide range of measuring tasks. Multipoint gaging systems, integrated into the manufacturing process, are installed at the world's leading producers of engines, transmission, and chassis components. All are precision instruments carefully engineered to help manufacturers evaluate their production and improve its quality. And they are supported
with a range of services from software development, consultation, and training.
Detroit Precision Hommel is a ISO-9002, QS-9000/TE, QOS, EN ISO 9001 certified Q1-certified designer and builder of standard and custom gaging solutions, delivering turnkey fixture, functional, automatic and value-added gaging to customers worldwide and include noncontact, optical, laser, electronic, air-electronic measuring technologies.
