PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2018

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 05/18 www.petpla.net 51 Custom-tailored inspection equipment Torus Measurement Systems will be visiting the USA this year and exhibiting for the very rst time at the NPE exhibition in Orlando. The Torus team will be offering regular demonstrations and information on Torus’ latest plastic packaging innovations, which are used extensively within industry for dimensional and destructive testing to meet the quality demands of customers. South Hall 10073 Torus pride themselves on their customer-centric philosophy and understand the importance of working together with customers to design and manufacture inspection equipment to suit their exacting requirements. The B302 Thread, Body & Thickness (TBT) gauge for plastic bottles and preforms was developed as a result of these customer discussions and com- bines the proven inspection capability of Torus’ B300 Bottle Wall Thickness gauge with the advanced technologies of the B305 preform gauge. The B302 is will be shown at NPE for the very rst time in America. The 6-axis TBT gauge com- bines automatic thread start and bottle alignment routines with the most recent non-contact confocal white-light technology to measure wall thickness, and the latest vision technology to measure neck nish, body dimensions and perpendicularity. This gives the operator the ability to take unrivalled, non-contact dimen- sions in one single operation without operator inuence. Thus providing savings in labour, time and material costs whilst at the same time creat- ing a new standard for plastic pack- aging quality control. The B302 is designed with extended measurement range to deal with the latest industry needs with scope to measure lled and closed containers in round, oval, square/rectangle and non-symmetrical shaped bottles. Measurement results are presented to the operator in a clearly structured interface and can be exported to many leading data acqui- sition systems. The team will also be able to offer detailed information on the other equipment in the range – the B300 Bottle Wall Thickness gauge, B301 Semi-Automatic preform gauge, B303 Bottle Burst gauge, B304 Top Load & Volume gauge and the B305 Auto- matic preform inspection system. All Torus gauges are fully traceable to United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) standards and are sup- plied with calibrated masters, which have been measured in Torus’ own UKAS approved laboratory. Torus products are backed up with dedicated service and support from all over the world. The engineers and partner companies travel globally supporting over 400 pieces of auto- mated machinery and providing instal- lation and training services throughout the world. Spencer Whale – Technical Sales Manager for Plastic Packaging at Torus speaks about the show: “It’s an exciting time for Torus. Over the past ve years we have been devel- oping a line of equipment and during this development period we have drawn on over 25 years of metrology experience to bring new, innovative ways of measuring all kinds of plastic packaging containers. This innovation has been very well received, there- fore our customer base in this eld is growing rapidly. Torus can now offer the industry a full solution in terms of quality control equipment using the latest cutting edge technologies. I look forward to demonstrating our capabili- ties alongside our USA-based Service and Support team at NPE for the rst time in May.” www.torus-group.com