FormPlanet offers innovative in-line monitoring techniques adapted to the metal forming requirements to assure zero-defects production as well as in-situ part inspection techniques to measure relevant mechanical properties and predict part performance and durability.
NOVEL METAL CHARACTERISATION SERVICES
Components production
- In-process check systems
- In-line part quality assessment
In-process check systems
Wear prediction in tooling
A method based in the use of piezo electric force sensors (PSA sensors) permits the detection of punch wear in sheet metal processing.
Laser tracking
Process monitoring system based on LASER tracking of material infeed under deep drawing conditions. This method is valid for the prediction of the material performance and in the end of the resulting part quality.
Advanced thermography for part integrity
Advanced thermography is used for in-situ detection of surface cracks, thinning and stretching in sheet metal forming. The localised deformation generates a temperature increment that can be measurable by thermography. Thereby, sheet thinning, necking and final fracture can be discerned by tracking the thermal pattern in the metal sheet.
In-line part quality assessment
3MA system for quality inspection of components
An advanced 3MA (Micromagnetic Multiparameter, Microstructure and stress Analysis) measurement system for non-destructive quality control of components in process conditions.
Ferromagnetic steels and cast iron show a distinct correlation between magnetic behaviour and mechanic-technological materials characteristics. The 3MA method determines the relationship between the magnetic characteristics measured and desired result parameters (e.g. hardness, case depth, tensile strength, yield strength, residual stresses) on the basis of a defined calibration sample set.
Industrial on-line diffusible H measurement
After a proper preliminary calibration of HELIOS 4 HOT PROBE equipment, diffusible hydrogen content can be measured directly on sheet steel components by hot extraction technique. Test temperature is set ad hoc for the specific material from room temperature up to 180°C. Measurement is completely non-destructive and there is no need to remove coating.