PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2018

MARKET SURVEY 41 PETplanet Insider Vol. 19 No. 05/18 www.petpla.net Company name Torus Measurement Systems Sacmi Imola S.C. IMD Ltd Pressco Technology Inc Agr International Inc. Postal address Telephone number Web site address Contact name Function Direct telephone number Fax E-Mail Torus House, Nedge Hill Sci- ence Park, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 3AJ, Great Britain +44 1952 2100 20 www.torus-group.com Mr Spencer Whale Technical Sales Manager +44 1952 2100 20 tms.sales@torus-group.com Via Selice Provinciale 17/A 40026 Imola (BO), Italy +39 0542 607111 www.sacmi.com Mr Stefano Severi Sales Area Manager +39 335 6594236 stefano.severi@sacmi.it Moosweg 1 2555 Brügg, Switzerland +41 32 366 80 66 www.imdvista.ch Mr Martin Gerber CSO of IMD Ltd. +41 32 366 80 66 +41 32 366 80 69 imd@imdvista.ch 29200 Aurora Road Cleveland, OH, USA +1 440 498 2600 www.pressco.com Mr Tom O'Brien VP, Marketing, Sales & New Business Development +1 440 498 2600 sales@pressco.com 615 Whitestown Road Butler, PA, USA +1 724 482 2163 www.agrintl.com Ms Karen Marcellus Marketing Coordinator +1 724 482 2163 +1 724 482 2767 kmarcellus@agrintl.com Preform Inspection Systems B305 Automatic Preform Inspection System PVS-2 PVS-3 Pilot Vision (in blowmoulder system) Gawis OD Inspection speed 10s per preform Up to 1,200 parts per hour Up to 72,000 parts per hour Up to 1,500 pieces per minute or 90,000 pieces per hour Up to 2,500/min Up to 100,000 bph 45 preform/hour depending on measurements Inspected parameters: Geometry / Body Body defect (including scratches, bubbles, contamina- tion, burning, unmelted material, oil & water marks), gate height, preform hight, stringing, preform body diameter (2 positions) Contamination, shape, diameter, ovalisation, wall thickness, crystallisation, contamination, unmelts, bubbles, water marks, black specks, gate length, opacity, colour variations, scratches Contamination, shape, diameter, wall thickness, crystallisation, contamina- tion, unmelts, bubbles, water marks, black specks, gate length, opacity, colour variations, scratches Black dots, burn marks, con- tamination, bended body, bub- bles (air pockets), crystallised body, scratches, non-visible ow structures (low pressure while injection), total lenght, colour and colour deviation, long injection, unmelts Unmelts, heat splay, burn marks, water spots, bent/ warped preforms, con- tamination, carbon streaks, bubbles/blisters, colour, crystallinity & clarity/hazing, gate length Length, body diameters, lean Contamination, opaque spots (black spots), unmelts, bub- bles/blisters, burn marks, water spots, streaks nlimited number of Body Diameters and wall thickness measurements, plus length, thick- ness accuracy to +/- 0.01mm Thread area Measured Features (including but not limited to): I, F, G, T, E, S, X, P, L, J, D, H, X, A, B, M, Z / Support Ledge Doformation / Neck Sinkage / Ovality Contaminations, cavity number recognition, diameters, ashes Contaminations, cavity number recognition, ashes Flashes on neck/ thread, scratches on neck area, sup- port ring deformation, missing material on support ring Contamination, ash, dimensions, pulled threads No T, E, A, NR, H, L/D, ovality Mouth / Sealing surface Sealing Surface defect (includ- ing, scratches, notches, short shot, deformations) Diameters,ovality, thickness,scratches,short shots,ashes,notches, contaminations Diameters,ovality, thickness,scratches,short shots,ashes,notches, contaminations Ovality,diameter,ashes,shorts shots,ashingonparting line, deformationofsealingarea, coulorandcoulordeviation Contamination, ovality and diameter, dirt & debris in the preform, nicks, gouges, short shots & dips No No Gate / Dome -Gate Area Defect (burning, tearing, casteling, voids, holes). Multiple radial zones can be setup for customer dened areas of inspection - Stringing (mentioned above) - Gate Height (mentioned above) Crystallisation, contami- nations, unmelt, bubbles, grooves, holes, cracks, position of the injection point Crystallisation, contami- nations, unmelt, bubbles, grooves, holes, cracks, position of the injection point Gate defects, gate length (long gates), holes in gate and gate area, gate deformation, cracks in gate area, injection point out of centre, drip marks Bent/warped preforms, dirt/ debris, cracked gates No No Colour Measurement can include L, a, b, c, h, E, Ecmc; UV transmis- sion, calibrated colour tiles Colour deviations, intensity deviations, LAB measurement Colour deviations, intensity deviations, LAB measurement Colour and colour deviation Colour variations, incorrect colour No No Cavity number Cavity recogntion capable of learning and reading different fonts. Capable of recognising multiple fonts across different machines and tools. Recognition scores for each character provided for analysis Cavity number recognition, cavity related statistics, sorting by cavity number Cavity number recognition, cavity related statistics, sorting by cavity number Cavity reading, self-learn cavity function for several cavity/templates, cavity related statistics and alarms, rejection of x cavity number, possibility to share information with injection moulding machine based of cavity number No No No Further criteria Preform weight: Weight module supplied with automatically loaded UKAS traceable master for calibration & Qualication Weight, patented grid inspection for detection of defects usually visible with polarised light Patented grid inspection for detection of defects usually visible with polarised light Non-visible ow structures (low pressure while injection) on body, extremely compact layout, less than 7m 2 Additional inspection mod- ules include: Neck support ring, inner barrel Preform weight No Measurement of absence or presence of barrier material No No No IMDvista BTIR Barrier Testing System Yes No No Layer thickness & position measurement at distinctive points No No No IMDvista Layer Testing System No No Comprehensive thickness (monolayer) at any location over preform sidewall Layer thickness & position measurement at the com- plete body by scanning No No No IMDvista Layer Testing System No No No Features: Installation: Stand-alone Yes Yes Yes Inline after injection moulding machine; before blowing and ll- ing machine/line; complete line after injection and before blow- ing/lling. Production monitoring by IMDvista Peco Lux Mounting and installation inside major OEM blow- moulding machines No Yes Installation: Inline Can be integrated in line in certain cases, but for batch inspection, not inspection at line speed. Yes Yes Options available for stand- alone and inline systems Yes Side camera for cavity recognition Yes Yes No, patent pending cavity recognition with top camera 4 cameras with our newest intelligent software technology No Method: destructive / non destructive Non destructive Non destructive Non destructive Non-destructive vision inspection Non destructive Non destructive Non destructive Data base connection Suitable data output for Excel, statistical process control SQL database, possibility to extract data in XLS format, possibility of con- nection to ERP system SQL database, possibility to extract data in XLS format, possibility of con- nection to ERP system IMDvista Portal, connect all system on one central pro- cessing unit (operator panel) Yes Industry standard Industry standard