#Industry News
Measurement of Wear on Roller Surfaces
Avoid additional testing effort through an automatic quality control system
Initial Situation
Wear is a damage consisting in gradual removal or deformation of material on solid surfaces, caused by mechanical (e.g. erosion) or chemical (e.g. corrosion) influences. In machine elements, wear may give rise to material failure or loss of functionality. For the application in question, our client has to measure wear on the surface of rollers in cement mills. Up from a certain depth, reactions are required, generated by a warning system to be developed.
Particular Challenges
Due to the considerable dimensions of these rollers, their rotation gives rise to shaking motion and vibrations, so a precise measurement procedure is difficult to establish. In spite of that fact, we were able to develop algorithms to keep this effect as small as possible.
QuellTech Solution
In this project, we used several robust QuellTech Q6 scanners to cover fully the roller width. Due to the high rotational speed of the rollers, we preferred our fastest scanners for this application. We furthermore developed a software solution and implemented a warning system, based on the critical depth of the wears on the surface. By means of this system, the customer can determine the correct time for exchange of the rollers.
Benefits for the Client
In contrast to the former inspection procedure, consisting in periodical and manual inspection, the QuellTech solution represents a 100% inline and fully automatic quality control system, and the customer can therefore avoid spending extra time for manual inspection, simultaneously ensuring a continuously trouble-free operation.
QuellTech GmbH
Leonrodstrasse 56
80636 München
Germany
Contact: Stefan Ringwald
Phone: +49 89 12472375
Email: SRingwald@quelltech.de
Web: http://www.quelltech.de/
