TUBING: Precision wall thickness, ID, OD, ovality, and concentricity measurements, simultaneously

In order to meet stringent manufacturing requirements, tubing manufacturers strive to maintain consistent and precise wall thickness, inside diameter (ID), outside diameter (OD), concentricity, and to minimize ovality. Accurate thickness measurement of these components is critical to product performance and customer satisfaction. Tubing manufacturers have traditionally used destructive and time consuming measurement techniques such as pin gauges, optical comparators, ultrasonic testing, and calipers to derive rough estimates of these critical measurements. Utilizing innovative optical measurement technology, Lumetrics’ OptiGauge is a non-contact thickness measurement system in use throughout the medical tubing industry for dimensional testing of all types of extruded tubing products. OptiGauge by Lumetrics can be installed on the production line for real-time inspection of silicone, plastic, or glass tubing, or in the QA laboratory for accurate thickness measurement of tubing samples. OptiGauge is fast becoming the preferred technology among tubing manufacturers for high precision non-contact thickness measurement.