iQ-360
iQ-360
Inline measuring and inspection system | 100% inspection of cylindrically shaped parts
The iQ-360 measuring machine can inspect 100% of your products inline in the production cycle and detect process deviations in real time. Thanks to its integrated rotation device, the iQ-360 measuring machine is the ideal tool for automated, 100% inline measurement and quality control of cylindrically shaped parts, such as wheels/rims or stator housings and rotors of electric motors.
The wheel rim to be inspected is fed to the measuring machine via the integrated conveyor system or loaded by means of a robot.
The wheel is centrally aligned, clamped and rotated 360° by the rotation device. In just a single rotation, two 3D scanners create high-resolution images of the design side and the rim bed. In the generated 3D image of the wheel, the integrated image processing software iQ-vision automatically performs the specified measurements on each product and reads the barcode on the rim base. If all test results are OK, the wheel is turned to the optimum or type-specific defined clamping position. The robot can now remove the wheel from the pressureless centring unit and insert it into the lathe. For maximum freedom in cell design, centre side panels can be removed if necessary, allowing the wheel removal from three sides.
This offers maximum flexibility in cell design and in the robot's freedom of movement. If the wheel is NOK, it can either be discharged by the robot or returned via the conveyor line.
Application areas
- Distortion measurement and determination of the optimum initial clamping points of raw cast wheels, before CNC machining
- Inspection of pre-machining steps, such as sprue pins drilled out completely and in the correct diameter, to avoid costly machine downtimes due to collisions
- Intermediate inspection and end-of-line quality control in production lines
- Process control, analysis and optimisation
- Product digitisation
- Integrated control cabinet
- HMI 19" touch screen incl. iQ-vision measuring software
- Large side viewing windows
- Part feed conveyor height 900 ±100 mm
- centering/rotating unit
- High-resolution 3D scan of rim bed
- High-resolution 3D scan of design side
Key facts
- Full-surface recording of the design side and the rim bed: The full-surface three-dimensional recording of the design side and the rim bed enables the performance of extensive measurements and inspections on raw cast wheels.
- High performance density in the smallest space: In just a single, 360° rotation of the wheel, two 3D scanners create a high-resolution image of the design side and the rim bed. There is no need to search for the barcode on the wheel, the wheel position, the wheel size and the wheel type beforehand. Type differentiation and measurements are automated on the digitised 3D image of the wheel.
- High energy efficiency: Measuring is accomplished by simple, continuous 360° rotation of the wheel. 3D scanners are fixed and no additional, dynamically moving servo axes are required for manipulating measurement sensors.
- Optimised initial clamping: The optimum rotational position for the initial clamping is determined on the digital image and the raw cast wheel is transferred to the loading robot in the optimised angular position.
- Easy and quick integration of existing and new wheel types: Thanks to the large fields of view of the 3D scanners, wheel sizes ranging from ø14" / H8" to ø24" / H16" can be digitised regardless of type. The integrated iQ-vision measuring software can be used to configure and save type-specific inspection and measuring tasks on the basis of the generated 3D image. This can also be done offline in parallel with production using stored 3D scans.
- Highest integration flexibility: The side panels of the measuring machine can be individually removed. Therefore, the wheel can be pulled out from three sides, depending on the cell structure. By removing the end stop, the measuring machine can also be operated in through-feed mode. Thanks to signal exchange via PROFINET, OPC UA and safety connection via PROFISAFE, the measuring machine is networked with the existing line with only one network cable, without electrical adaptations.
- Archiving of digital 3D images: Digital 3D images of raw cast wheels can be automatically stored and evaluated in ring memory for analysis and optimisation purposes.
- Statistical data for process monitoring and trend analysis: All measured wheel data are stored in a database for trend analysis and process monitoring.
