Italian tube manufacturer Sag Tubi uses TubeInspect for reverse engineering and quality assurance

AICON’s tube measuring system TubeInspect has been in use at Sag Tubi in Novellara (Italy) since January 2009. The operators particularly appreciate the fast determination of the exact bending data of sample tubes.

Until the end of 2008, Sag Tubi applied a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for inspecting bent tubes. It was also used to calculate bending data whenever a customer delivered a prototype without nominal data. However, this method proved to be extremely time-consuming.

Via AICON’s Italian reseller QFP, Sag Tubi heard about another measuring machine that would drastically reduce the measuring time: TubeInspect that works with the help of high-resolution digital cameras. It acquires tube geometries and compares them with nominal data.

Additionally, the system can calculate the parameters of bending points, also for sample tubes without construction data. Based on these data, the bending machines can immediately be set-up. In doing so, the calculation of the tube geometries will only take a few seconds.

The Sag Tubi team is highly impressed by the efficiency increase generated with TubeInspect. Measuring procedures lasting for hours are now a thing of the past.

PUBLISHED: 05 Mar 10

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