The need to precisely measure the diameter and ovality of cylindrical round products to ensure they meet tight design and quality specifications is of paramount importance to manufacturers. For years, industries have relied on conventional dual-axis diameter and ovality gauges for online and offline measurement applications. The challenge of increasing production speeds and a greater demand for absolute precision has been answered with the arrival of the new AccuScan 6000 Series four-axis diameter and ovality gauge.
The medical and communication industries, in particular, have benefited from this new technology. Producing any medical tubing with an ‘out-of-tolerance’ diameter or roundness, often down to ten-hundreds of a millimetre, affects the performance of life-critical devices such as surgical tubing or drug delivery. With communication cables, such as Coaxial and twisted pair LAN products, any error in the diameter or roundness of the conductor or insulation directly impacts the cable’s performance characteristics.
