How to use QC lab technologyin a production environment

Glassman Europe 2019Future Glass Forum

Lyon, 18.09.2019

How can production quality be controlled at the cold-end?

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Forming Annealing Inspection Palletizing

Forming Annealing Inspection Palletizing

QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY

Sampling dimensional control with gauging machine

Sampling dimensional control with go-no go gauges

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Sampling dimensional control with go-no go gauges

Sampling dimensional control with go-no go gauges

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HOT END COLD END

Sampling dimensional control with go-no go gauges after annealing

Required controls include:• height• verticality• inside diameter • few parameters on the finish (for example thread

diameter, thread height, ring diameter…) • body diameter• weight

Time necessary for the control ~ 10 to 30 min/batch

Pros and consPROS CONS

Timely detection of manifest production problems

No quantitative information aboutthe size of the problem

Results depending on the operator’s skill

A set of go-no go required for every article in production

Costs related to purchasing, managing and periodicallycalibrating a very big number of hard gauges

No data collection, no statistics, no process trends detection

Sampling dimensional control with gauging machine in the QC lab

Flexible machine for dimensional and geometric

control of glass containers, of any colour and shape,

on sample basis

• No job change

• External dimensions with cameras (optical)

Optional:

• Mouth inside diameter and profile with bore

gauge (contact)

• Weight (load cell)

• Push-up (ultrasonic )

• Wall thickness (chromatic confocal)

• Labelling area profile (optical)

Measurable parameters

Height Parallelism Verticality Bent neck Conicity Labelling area depth

Neck diameter Body diameter Long/short side

Diagonal Diagonalon flat edges

Distance betweenparallel faces

Height of a given diameter

Diagonal on polygonal shape

Inclinationat a given height

Finish+neck height

Shoulder height

Measurable parameters

Thread diameter Under thread diameter Thread start height Thread height

Ring inclination Notch diameter Under notch diameter

Threaded finish height

Ring center height

Measurable parameters

R

R

Angles on the finish

Ring diameter Collar diameter Finish height

Internal diameter Internal profile

Ring height Radiuses on the finish

Measurable parameters

Wall thickness

Push-up

Weight

Labelling area profile

Measurable parameters

Labelling area profile (sinks and bulges)

Linear light source

camera

INTERNATIONAL PATENT

APPLICATION

Deviation (mm)

Heig

ht(m

m)

Full Integration with production monitoring systems

Recipe configuration file

• Measurements results• Alarms

Enter informationabout the batch of containers to be measured: • article name• cavities• measurements• tolerances• …..

SpecificationsTotal height ≤410mm

Body diameter or diagonal

≤190mm

Internal diameter From 13mm to 50mm without job change (up to a depth=100mm)Other ranges available on request

Push-up ≤60 mm

Weight ≤2 Kg

Wall thickness ≤6mmOther ranges available on request

Labelling area profile Inspected area height ≤200mm

Measuremement time Depending on machine model and measurements required (external dimensions, weight, push-up, inside diameter and profile, wall thickness, labelling area profile)From 30 sec/container

Pros and cons

PROS CONSFull flexibility Time necessary to have the

measurement results (machine availability and time required to carryout all the measurements)

No job change

Accurate measurement of many different parameters

Measurement results relatedto the mould

Data collection, statistics, process trends detection

Connectivity with production monitoring systems (Industry4.0)

Glass Containers

Sampling dimensional control with gauging bench

Flexible, compact, semi-automatic gauging bench (manual loading/unloading)

for dimensional and geometric control of glass containers, of any colour and

shape, on sample basis

• No job change

• Can be installed in the QC lab or, after annealing, to replace all go-no go

gauges for external dimensions control

• External dimensions with camera (optical)

Optional:

• Weight (load cell)

VisiQuick-mini locations

Forming Annealing Inspection PalletizingBatch plant Furnace

Forming Annealing Inspection Palletizing

Forming Annealing Inspection Palletizing

QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY

Sampling dimensional control with gauging machine

a production batch from line 1

LINE 1

LINE 2

LINE N

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

a production batch from line 2

a production batch from line N

.

.

HOT END COLD END

Measurable parameters

Height Parallelism Verticality Bent neck Conicity Labelling area depth

Neck diameter Body diameter Long/short side

Diagonal Diagonalon flat edges

Distance betweenparallel faces

Height of a given diameter

Diagonal on polygonal shape

Inclinationat a given height

Finish+neck height

Shoulder height

Measurable parameters

Thread diameter Under thread diameter Thread start height Thread height

Ring inclination Notch diameter Under notch diameter

Threaded finish height

Ring center height

Measurable parameters

R

R

Angles on the finish

Ring diameter Collar diameter Finish heightRing height Radiuses on the finish

Measurable parameters

Specifications

Total height ≤410mm

Body diameter or diagonal

≤120mm

Weight (optional) ≤2 Kg

Measuremement time From 30 sec/container

Glass Containers

Pros and consPROS CONS

Full flexibility No inside diametermeasurement

No job change

Cost effective solution

Timely detection of production problems

Accurate measurement of many differentparameters

Measurement results related to the mould

Data collection, statistics, process trendsdetection

Connectivity with production monitoringsystems (Industry 4.0)

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