American SensoRx innovatively developed a unique methodology to analyze internal cylindrical surfaces of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, medical and food tubes for Comb Corporation.
The InspectRx® camera system is fitted with special proprietary compound lenses carried by the vertical robot. The InspectRx® system steps down 8 steps and automatically focus its field of view with each step taken to acquire an image. it then steps another step downward while looking at the inside centerline of the tube. It again again adjusts automatically the focal lens focal distance and acquire another image of the inside surface of the tube.
The stepping operation continue 8 times. The vertical length of the tube is divided into 8 segments to correspond precisely with the 8 steps taken by the cluster of robot, camera, and lenses.
The InspectRx® vision system internally analyzes each step. By the completion of the 8th and final step, and while the robot on its way upward a decision is rendered. The signal of accept or reject is sent to the rejection device even before the tube departs its designated location for another tube to replace.
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the first step downward (1st domain)
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the second step downward (2nd domain)
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the third step downward (3rd domain)
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the fourth step downward (4th domain)
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the fifth step downward (5th domain)
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the sixth step downward (6th domain)
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the seventh step downward (7th domain)
Robot and compound lens cluster is taken the eighth and final step downward (8th domain)
Flaw detected inside surface of Comb cylindrical tube in domain 8.
The InspectRx® system detecting a flaw in Comb cylindrical tube internal surface in domain 1
The InspectRx® production system rejecting the tube with internal flaw of Comb products during production run
Special Robotic Cameras were developed together with unique lenses to view and investigate all the necesary details of the tube inside surfaces without entering permitting the camera or the lens entering the inside of the tube.
Configurations of Internal Analysis conducted by the InspectRx® system
