'Universal' controls upgrade thickness gauges.Controls on a 10-year-old web-thickness scanner may be obsolete, but the frame may be mechanically sound. Retrofitting new electronics on existing frames is 20% to 40% of gauging OEMs' business and is growing, but OEMs can be reluctant to retrofit ret·ro·fit v. ret·ro·fit·ted or ret·ro·fit, ret·ro·fit·ting, ret·ro·fits v.tr. 1. To provide (a jet, automobile, computer, or factory, for example) with parts, devices, or equipment not in competitors' scanners rather than replace them entirely. That's why Facts Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2003 census, the city population was 50,375. It is currently the second largest city in Summit County. It is considered a suburb of both Akron and Cleveland, but is actually older than Akron. , introduced a retrofittable Total Profile Control system with a Universal Scanner Interface to control the gauge and read the detector detector: see particle detector. signal. It works with most nuclear scanners on "O" or "C" frames and with multiple heads. The package includes a frame controller, drive, servo An electromechanical device that uses feedback to provide precise starts and stops for such functions as the motors on a tape drive or the moving of an access arm on a disk. , and profile measurement and control system. Facts has retrofitted six scanners for cast film and sheet. Blown film gauges can also be upgraded. Facts' retrofit costs about $50,000. Tel: (330) 928-2332 * PTDirect: 171HH |
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