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Measure tube walls 10 times faster. (Extrusion).


New software and sensors and a more powerful industrial PC are said to increase thickness-measurement speed ten-fold with the latest ultrasonic ultrasonic /ul·tra·son·ic/ (-son´ik) beyond the upper limit of perception by the human ear; relating to sound waves having a frequency of more than 20,000 Hz.

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 tubing gauges from On Line Controls Inc. in Hudson, Mass. Its UltraGage 4000 (being introduced this month at NPE NPE NullPointerException (Java)
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) determines wall thickness, OD, and ID 200 times/sec. The higher scan rate The number of times per second an image capture or display device samples its field of vision. See scan line and horizontal scan frequency. See also scan technology.  now permits measuring tubes of changing wall geometry, such as tapered ta·per  
n.
1. A small or very slender candle.

2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.

3. A source of feeble light.

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 and bump tubing. The system measures walls as thin as 0.001 in. with a resolution of +/-0.00001 in. It can also give four-axis, dual-OD measurements to check coating thickness over a core. Tel: (978) 562-5353, www.onlinecontrols.com
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Title Annotation:UltraGage 4000 by On Line Controls Inc., www.onlinecontrols.com
Comment:Measure tube walls 10 times faster. (Extrusion).(UltraGage 4000 by On Line Controls Inc., www.onlinecontrols.com)
Publication:Plastics Technology
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2003
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