 Erhardt
+ Leimer: Carpet edges detection
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 Erhardt+Leimer
is specialist for system solutions and automation technology
on running webs and belts. Erhardt + Leimer ranks among the
worldwide leading suppliers of control, guiding, and
inspection systems for the textile, paper, corrugating,
film, tire, rubber, nonwoven, and printing industries. Their
broad product range comprises customized solutions for web
control, web guiding and spreading, web tension measurement
and control, cutting technology, measuring and inspection
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 Description
and applications
The system is particularly designed to solve some guiding
problems in the carpet filed of applications. The most typical
problems are related to the guidance of the carpet according to
the detection of some edges or lines like:
- Edge of the pile.
- Edge of the backing.
- Edge of one line on the backing.
- Edge of one line on the pile.
- Offset from one or more group of lines or edges on the
product.
Case by case the application can be designed with the right
choice of camera, light source and software of inspection. In
general three typical application can solve the most needs:
1. Pile detection with back light
Applicable when the backing is not coated. A back light is
positioned under the carpet; the light pass through the backing
much more than through the pile, so the camera positioned in the
other side of the product can see the difference of the contrast
and detect the edge of the pile.
In general this system is installed without monitor: just the
camera which make everything automatic. If required a computer
with a touch screen monitor can be added at the system in order
to have a monitor of the inspection.
2. Pile detection with front light
When the backing is coated, is not possible to detect the
pile edge by a backlight.
In this case a front light is used in order to create the
necessary contrast and a dedicated software detects the pile
edge.
In general this system is installed without monitoring making
the camera everything in automatic. For difficult cases of
detection a computer with a touch screen monitor can be added at
the system in order to have a monitor of the inspection and, in
case, make a special setting of the system.
(This application can have some limits according to the
carpet conformation).
3. Multi line detection
Some products report some lines on the backing or on the pile
and it is necessary to identify these group of lines and guide
the web with a certain offset from them. This application is
generally solved with a front light and a camera system, colour
camera when necessary, and special inspection software able to
identify and select the group of lines/edges.
In this application a computer with a touch screen monitor
offers to the operator an easy software interface to monitor
and set-up the system.
(This application can be subjected to some limitation
depending from the edges and lines conformation).
Erhardt + Leimer is represented in Pakistan by Intertex
Trading Corporation.
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