builds entire installations, stand-alone machines and handling systems, which are optimized with robotics.
INSTRUMENTATION
Metrology • Casting metrology solutions from Metronor, Seattle, check patterns against customer supplied CAD data and compensate for the effects of thermal expansion and chemical processes. In machin- ing, solutions from Metronor opti- mize CNC efficiency using portable measurement systems (PCMMs) tailored to specific cast stock.
Cast Iron Analysis
• NAP-01 performs automatic polishing and graphite analysis of nodularity for ductile iron. It automatically reports on a cast iron melt within 5 to 6 min. of receiving a test piece.
• Nakayama Co. Ltd., Nagoya City, Japan, has installed 15 of the ma- chines globally.
Testing, Measuring Equipment
• Te TRP (true reduced pressure) Vacuum Tester from QC De- signs, St. Joseph, Mich., reportedly achieves exact vacuum level control in the test chamber while reducing the pump operating time by 95%. Tese features eliminate many of the sources of error in the RPT test, while reducing pump maintenance and operating expense.
• The QCD-1 Porosity Measure- ment System automatically calculates the density of the TRP sample and includes a chart to convert the measured density to percent sample porosity.
Radiation Detection
• Bruker’s (Billerica, Mass.) new product for radioisotope identification comes in a self-contained backpack, the Radia- tion Backpack Sentry. Te mobile unit provides the means to screen objects, people and areas for radiological mate- rial either covertly or visibly.
• Te company also showed the T8 Sand Tester, Q4 Mobile Spark Spec- trometer and its full range of metal- casting analysis instrumentation.
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Sand Testing
• Te Green Sand Expert models from Green Sand Con- trols, Fremont, Wis., are used for sand testing of com- pactability and green strength at the same test position.
• Te automatic sand testing control does not require an operator or mechanical alignment adjustments for the compactability test station.
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