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Application Note: Long Block Verification
Missing piston rings in the engine caused a major engine manufacturer to experience excessive warranty charges from customers, and repairing this defect after the engine was installed in the vehicle was costly and time-consuming. Existing end-of-line testing was not detecting the missing piston rings or the resulting compression defects. Sciemetric’s long block verification solution applied at critical points throughout assembly identified timing, measured torque, pressure and cylinder combustion pressure related defects that were having the largest impact on their bottom line and yield. Being caught before end-of-line testing methods resulted in a decrease repair and warranty costs. Read the Application Note to learn more.
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Application Note | PSV for medical manufacturing: Product quality and risk management
How applying process signature technology helps medical device manufacturers apply risk management in a tough regulatory environment. Using a common hardware platform and software interface, Medical PSV offers a standard tool for managing risk across a wide array of medical device processes, such as: crimping, profiling, leak, swaging, functional test, welding - ultrasonic and more. Read the Application Note to learn more.
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Application Note | Rubber to Metal Bond Test: Conformance Verification
A manufacturer’s subjective method of testing rubber-to-metal bond using an application of tensile or shear load and observation of surface defects was missing defects. Sciemetric’s advanced integrity analysis system provides a cost efficient platform for testing, taking inputs from existing load cell and displacement transducers and working with additional sensors to detect even the most subtle non-visible bond defects ruptures. Read the Application Note to learn more.
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Application Note: Crimp & Stake Verification
sigPOD offers a range of feature checks for crimp analysis, allowing device manufacturers to increase efficiency, drastically lower scrap rates, and maintain robust historical test data. Read the Application Note to learn more.
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Application Note: Pop Rivet Monitor (AN167)
The entire crimping force waveform (force vs. time) is captured by the Signature Analysis system and the software then analyzes the waveform in order to identify defects and deviations in the process. The high speed of the Signature Analysis equipment allows 100% of the installed rivets to be verified leading to significant improvements in quality.
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sigPOD Press Datasheet
sigPOD Press is designed to monitor assembly press operations and provide real-time analysis of the data to identify defective parts, faulty press machinery, and out of control assembly processes. It measures force vs. time or force vs. distance signatures for each part cycle, and then analyzes the curve(s) in milliseconds to provide an instant pass/fail output for each press ram.
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How Using In-Process Test Waveforms Reduces Time for Process Optimization and Problem Diagnosis: Manufacturing Whitepaper Series
Part test and process monitoring systems are now commonplace on today's automated production lines. Savvy manufacturers are turning to waveform-based systems, not only for accurate pass/fail measurements to boost part quality but also to more efficiently manage their stations.
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Application Note: Brake Master Cylinder Leak Testing
Engine manufactures required a solution for detecting both static (decay) and dynamic (fill) leak defects in order to manufacture the highest quality brake master cylinder. Read our Application Note to learn how Sciemetric solved the problem.
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Application Note: Cosmo Leak Test Upgrade
The functionality and effectiveness of 3rd party leak testers such as the Cosmo LS-1842 and LS-1841N can be quickly and easily upgraded by retrofitting Sciemetric’s sigPOD PSV process monitoring system on top of the existing installation. By piggybacking on the Cosmo’s analog output signals, complete leak test waveforms can be acquired and analyzed to provide superior defect detection, while accelerating test optimization and validation. Read our Application Note to learn more.
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Application Note | Manufacturing Wheelchair: Drive Motor Testing
A motorized wheelchair manufacturer was experiencing higher than usual returns and repairs due to excessive noise and vibration issues that were the result of imperfectly manufactured motors. Sciemetric’s sigPOD multi-channel measurement platform was installed and easily configured to fully characterize the noise and vibration characteristics of each motor assembly to find any of the defects that later affected customer satisfaction. Read the Application Note to learn more.
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