Called ‘thicknessSENSOR’ and offering a measurement accuracy of less than 10 micron, the measurement system is designed to bridge the gap between customers’ own self-build solutions and the high cost, large investment thickness measurement systems that involve commissioning by the supplier’s own engineers.
The system is a complete solution aimed at customers who require a simple, high accuracy, compact thickness measurement system that is fully assembled, ready to use and affordable.
A fully assembled system comprises a stable C-frame onto which two laser triangulation sensors are mounted. These sensors measure the thickness of strip, plate and film material such as plastics, metals, composites and fabrics. The compact controller integrated into the frame calculates thickness values and outputs these via analogue or digital (Ethernet, USB) interfaces.
Of compact design (410 by 140 by 70 mm), thicknessSENSOR can be installed in confined spaces. Using a calibration target, its two laser triangulation sensors can be calibrated at any time.
Operated using an intuitive web interface, different configuration and set-ups for specific measurement tasks can be selected using predefined settings, with up to eight user-specific sensor settings stored and able to be exported.
thicknessSENSOR has a measuring range of 10 mm, a measuring width of up to 200 mm, at a measuring rate of up to 4kHz. Linearity (combined) is ± 10 micron and temperature stability of the system is <3 micron/°C.
If its standard measurement performance is not sufficient, Micro-Epsilon’s Systems division can offer other non-contact thickness measurement systems with temperature-compensated frames that enable even higher precision, stable thickness measurements.
