VTube-LASER

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Vtube-laser logo.jpg Connect to a FARO ScanArm, measure tube shapes, and correct benders.

Faro edge.jpg

Vtube-laser 1.77.3.jpg


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Executive Summary

VTube-LASER Description

VTube-LASER uses the laser scanner and/or ball probe to:

  1. Measure tube, pipe, and wire shapes
  2. Qualify the shape or path of the part based on centerline tolerances
  3. Correct bending machines
  4. Reverse-engineer existing parts
  5. Print reports
  6. Quickly import and export tube data from other software
  7. Remove the need for tube fixtures and gauges to qualify parts.


VTube-LASER Clients

Examples of actual clients:

Excavators

A manufacturer of excavators uses VTube to check the hydraulic lines coming in from a vendor.

Truck Frames

A manufacturer of hydro formed truck frames to adjust benders so that the pipe fits into pre-crush presses.

Fuel/Brake Lines

A manufacturer that fabricates tube for the large truck industry. They adjust a bank of benders that are connected directly to VTube-LASER.

Mining Industry

A manufacturer that fabricates pipe for the mining industry. They adjust very large benders that are connected to VTube-LASER.

Oil Industry

A manufacturer of undersea oil caps that have hundreds of hydraulic lines. They reverse-engineer mock-ups for fabrication.



List of Benefits of Using VTube-LASER for Tube Measurement

Benefit 1 - Super Quick Project Setup

Because VTube assumes that you will be measuring a tube shape, the project setup is very quick and easy.


Benefit 2 - Built-in Automated Process for Measuring Tubes

Other measurement programs are often more generic in their approach to geometry. In order to measure a tube, it is necessary to build up individual elements and create a script for the process.

However, VTube-LASER has built-in knowledge of measuring tube shapes. When you measure a tube with VTube, the methods for gathering the information and calculating the centerline, intersection points, and bend data are preprogrammed as a series of steps that never have to be scripted by a user into VTube-LASER. VTube knows what you should give it, and it will always request that data in order using the Tube Measuring menu.

This means that setup time is reduced to just a few minutes. Users report that setup is very simple compared to other programs.

Vtube-laser measureatube control.jpg


Benefit 3 - Built in Feedback to Increase Confidence in the Data

VTube-LASER has special procedures that help anticipate the level of confidence you will have in the incoming data. There are series of crosschecks just for measuring tubing, both mathematical and on-screen, that allow users to know if the data is good.

For example, the Cylinder Fit Data window shows the accuracy of the centerline calculated from cylinder points by reporting the X and Y wobble deviations.

Vtube-laser cylinderfitwindow.jpg

Tutorials and Information


VTube Related Program IDs Used for Licensing

PID Program Licensed
354 VTube-STEP
355 VTube-Pro
356 VTube-LASER
360 VTube-LASER Programmer


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