May 13 - 16, 2008
Gaylord Palms
Orlando, Florida USA

Extrusion Equipment

044 EE

Thursday, May 15 - 9:30am

New Measurement System for Quality Control

Georgi Marinov, Yavor Djonev, Krassimir Bozhkov, and Vladimir Vladimirov --
EngView Systems Corp., Canada

The ScanFit&Measure quality control system for aluminum extrusion factories is presented. ScanFit&Measure is a standalone flatbed scanner-based system for precise two-dimensional profile measurements using standard CAD nominal files, offering cost-effective precision quality control in on- and off-line modes. The best-fit procedure aligns measured data points to nominal geometry quickly and easily. Important functionalities like profile tolerance and wall thickness are reviewed.