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Bowers Group has provided
subcontractor Qualiturn with a Sylvac
Scan F60T for the non-contact
measurement of cylindrical turned parts.
In business for more than 40 years,
Qualiturn manufactures 8.75 million turned
parts per year and is heavily focused on
driving ef ciencies within the business and
on the quality and credibility of its products.
Says Nick Groom, managing director at
Qualiturn Products: “We’ve made a
commitment at Qualiturn to update our
processes in a way that makes everything
much more ef cient, and the Sylvac Scan
has been a key tool in achieving that.
“Measurements are so fast they’re
practically instant, increasing our speed of
measurement immeasurably and adding the
reassurance of consistent process and
quality. Anyone can load the machine with a
part for measurement and get the same
answer every time. It completely removes
the problem of human error, in turn
signi cantly raising accuracy and quality
levels.”
The Sylvac Scan from Bowers (https://
is.gd/vubegu) is used by staff at Qualiturn to
capture measurements at various stages of
the production process; from rst-off
measurements and checks during
production, to nal part inspection. It has
successfully allowed Qualiturn to increase
productivity through a signi cant reduction in
inspection time; providing fast, accurate and
repeatable measurement for manufactured
components.
A complete component scan can be
achieved in under three seconds, taking
multiple measurements at the same time,
and with easy data output. Having a
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“In my opinion, the
Sylvac Scan F60T is
90% better than the
previous solution we
had,” says Qualiturn
measurement envelope of 60 mm diameter
by 300 mm in length and a scanning speed
of 100 mm per second, the Sylvac Scan unit
enables all parts to be measured quickly
and accurately. This model features
exclusive helix tilting system, which enables
sensors to tilt to a 30° angle. This capability
ensures measurements taken for threads
are precise, capturing the ank, thread and
root data.
Continues Groom: “We carried out a
capability study on the Sylvac Scan F60T
and found such a massive improvement that
it made perfect sense for us to invest. The
Sylvac Scan F60T allows us to set-up and
save measurement programs that can be
repeated for the job life of the components
that we produce. This reassurance of
process is invaluable to us.
“We were able to transfer our old
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