New vision systems for mold & part inspection.Two new machine-vision systems for mold protection and part-quality verification are available to injection molders. One is the MoldInspector from Automated Vision Technology Inc. in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo. It is a PC-based system designed to prevent mold damage and to identify part flashing or short shots. It lets users select the region to be inspected or monitored by each camera. An unlimited number of regions can be selected for simultaneous inspection and Pass/Fail analysis. The mold-protection function is said to be immune to ambient-light interference and to compensate for changes in ambient Surrounding. For example, ambient temperature and humidity are atmospheric conditions that exist at the moment. See ambient lighting. light and shadows in the molding area. Also, the system can inspect parts that are intermittently in·ter·mit·tent adj. 1. Stopping and starting at intervals. See Synonyms at periodic. 2. Alternately containing and empty of water: an intermittent lake. blocked from view of the cameras. Images of failed parts are time-stamped and archived for retrieval. Tel: (719) 260-6963, www.automatedvisiontechnology.com Second, Comet comet [Gr.,=longhaired], a small celestial body consisting mostly of dust and gases that moves in an elongated elliptical or nearly parabolic orbit around the sun. Comets visible from the earth can be seen for periods ranging from a few days to several months. Automation Systems, Inc., Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. , has replaced its former machine-vision system with the new P-E 300 system from UTech Inc. in Japan. It uses cameras for mold protection and to verify insert loading. It has a color touchscreen See touch screen. and self-teaching software that is said to be very simple to use. The software eliminates false alarms if the clamp-open position varies a bit. If the system spots an error, it highlights the "bad" cavity in red. The user can then zoom in on the fault. Price is $12,500 with one camera and lamp. Tel: (937) 296-9166, www.cometauxiliary.com LEARN online MORE For more information on tooling, visit www.plasticstechnology.com/ tooling |
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