AICON is ISO 9001:2008 certified
Approval for production in record time
“With TubeInspect we are in the position to monitor our processes in a fast and effective way as the measuring system shows accuracy information for the bent tubes after only a few seconds. Therefore, the approval for production can now be given in record time. In the past, when the measurement was tactile, we had to wait for the approval for a really long time. Moreover we have reduced the setup time of our bending machines considerably. The gained free machine capacities mean hard cash to us.“
Ralf Unger, Quality Assurance at König Metall GmbH & Co. KG, Gaggenau (Germany)
Fast measurement of plastic pipes with checkable reports
“We at the location Fuldabrück are specialized in manufacturing prototypes of fuel pipes. TubeInspect was implemented in our plant in June 2008, and we can totally rely on this measuring machine. With TubeInspect, we can give our suppliers support for the production of the bending moulds at an incredibly early stage because already the first manufactured pipe is measurable without any difficulty. Furthermore, TubeInspect fulfils the requirements regarding the checkability of the measurement results. The automatically generated report doesn’t leave any room for interpretation by the operator. TubeInspect outputs a coordinate table that can be controlled by everyone - that means also by our customers. That satisfies them much more than the old, usual reports. As some of our customers, for example Volkswagen, also own a TubeInspect system, we even profit from synergy effects.”
Daniel Bock, Quality Engineer TI (Fuldabrück) GmbH (Germany)
Gigantic improvement
”In the past, we inspected our tubes with CNC coordinate measurement machines. It took us averagely 45 minutes to measure a tube. However, the measurement of tubes longer than 700mm and with more than 8 bends took up to four hours because we had to measure them in several clampings. Today, with TubeInspect S, a measurement is completed within several seconds: Put the tube into the measuring machine, select the tube model in the data base and the result is displayed instantly. I can't remember for how long I haven't been called any more at night because a tube bend hasn't been correct… TubeInspect has brought a gigantic improvement!”
Alexander Schmidt, Technical Director at Argus Fluidtechnik, Ettlingen (Germany)
