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Correctly functioning rubber seals are often the most crucial component of a mechanical assembly. Shock absorbers, fuel lines, and shaft seals are key elements in automation. For many products, it is required that each sealing lip be inspected microscopically. This is not always known to the general public. SAC has been building automatic microscope inspection machines for years.
Sealing Inspection
For a German manufacturer known for its pneumatic solutions, a sealing ring inspection machine has been built. It is an RWDR product that is inspected using a matrix camera. The detailed operation of the machine can be seen in this video.
Dosing Rubbers
For a Dutch manufacturer, an inspection machine has been built for checking dosing rubbers for tubes. The supply of the transparent rubbers via the feeder bunker is shown in the image.
Verification of Radial Shaft Seals
Verification of Radial Shaft Seals (RWDR) using a line camera. The sealing surfaces are inspected during rotation. The line cameras are used as scanning microscopes, with each camera capturing a specific area.
Inspecting sealing surfaces
For a Swiss manufacturer of seals for biofuel lines in the automotive industry, a microscope inspection machine has been built to check the four sealing surfaces within the product. This machine replaced the manual inspection of the products. After the machine was put into operation, it was further optimized to operate even faster. The machine can be seen in action in the Rubber inspection detail film.
Shock Absorber
For a well-known German manufacturer of ball bearings and Shock Absorbing Seals (SAS), a seal inspection machine has been built. It is a non-scanning system that checks the SAS component at several functional points. The inspection system ensures zero defect delivery of the SAS product.