Location: Michigan, USA
Customer: Automotive (Press room)
manufacturer
Key benefit: Sensor flexibility to detect
a wider range of material
thickness and type
Case study
Challenge
Recent trends in vehicle manufacturing
found automotive stampers faced with the
need to process increasingly thicker blanks
while working within smaller size constraints.
As a global leader in double blank analyzer
systems, we've challenged ourselves to:
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Increase thickness detection range without
increasing the sensor size
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Detect Aluminum and Steel blanks
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Expand communication protocol with
DeviceNet capability
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Be compatible with existing sensors in
the field
Solution
The new IMI Norgren DBA System provides:
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Greater flexibility with capacity to detect
material thickness range from 4.6 mm to 6
mm (30% increase to previous systems)
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Ability to detect both ferrous and non-
ferrous material reducing the number of
cable runs
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Greater tolerance of air gaps for ease of
setup, increased uptime and reliability
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Upgraded driver boards that are backwards
compatible with old style sensors reducing
inventory and allowing for flexible upgrades
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Greater size to measurement ratio – 42 mm
sensors have the same range as "legacy"
54 mm sensors
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The ability to sense aluminum up to 3.0 mm
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Up to four independent sensors that can be
operated from a single controller for greater
flexibility at reading different stations
Increasing Performance of Double
Blank Analyzer (DBA) Systems
Engineering
GREAT
Solutions
© Norgren Automation Solutions, 2016
Double Blank Analyzer
54 mm 42 mm 75 mm
6 mm
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single
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