Application Story - Glass gauging system

Title: Glass gauging system Customer: Tecnosens S.p.A. Product Used: DT probes, Orbit Order Value: 50,000 EURO

Customer Profile

• Based in Brescia, Tecnosens are the Italian distributors of Solartron Metrology products as well as a range of other ultra-sonic and electronic sensors, surveillance cameras and video over-IP systems.
• With a history of sales to the Automotive Glass and Textiles industries, Tecnosens have used their experience to develop complete metrology packages for these industries using Solartron Metrology products & software.

Application Detail

• Tecnosens have designed dedicated Orbit network control stations for use in Industrial and Laboratory environments, named: “Orbit Manager”.
• The stations house & protect a PC, printer and other interface components for lab or shop-floor control of metrology stations.
• Up to 337 Orbit digital probes can be used with a single Orbit Manager providing rapid, repeatable and reliable data acquisition.
• Application specific fixturing implements the range of Orbit digital probes to it’s strengths: such as Nylon tipped Feathertouch probes for products such as automotive glass.
• Product specific software is written to the customer’s requirements enabling full Statistical Process Control.
• Remote access and information sharing are made possible by the Orbit Manager’s TCP/IP connections.
• The Orbit Manager is targeted at end users (AGC Automotive, Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Pilkington...), other system providers and fixture manufacturers in need of an Orbit controller.

Who Else? Manufacturers of similar or related products:

• UK: Pilkington, www.pilkington.com
• USA: GPU, www.glassprotectionusa.com
• France: Asitec, www.asitec.fr
• Germany: Bystronic Glass, www.bystronic-glass.com
• China: Auto Glass China, www.autoglasschina.com
• Japan: Asahi Glass, www.agc.co.jp

Competition

• Our main competition in the glass industry is Marposs, also based in Italy.
• Solartron Metrology products out-perform Marposs’ with their general quality of performance and especially probe reliability.
• Both Solartron Metrology and Marposs have global reach but where Marposs offers complete solutions, Solartron works with local system integrators to better satisfy end users.

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