Kaman Precision Products, Inc. (Middletown, CT) announced the availability of its improved ThreadChecker for industrial manufacturing. This line of non-contact application-specific sensors provides rugged, reliable verification of thread presence or absence in nearly any electrically conductive material.
The ThreadChecker is a teachable eddy current inspection tool, widely used for thread detection, material sorting, plating presence and absence of heat treatment. Any physical property difference that relates to material conductivity is readily detected. These sensors are available from stock and ready to ship immediately.
Features:
- Ideal for use in any automated inspection process involved in industrial manufacturing
- Single electronics module compatible with any probe/material combination
- Can check threads regardless of part cleanliness
- Eddy current technology
- Designed specifically for in-die use
- Four internal probes, ranging from 4 to 10 millimeters
- Two external probes, 6 mm and 8 mm
- Available with DIN rail mounting option
- CE-compliant and features IP-67 rated probes and electronics
- Available with both switched and analog outputs
- Sensor wired to PLC or other controller, programmed to alarm when no thread is detected
- As alternative, users can monitor analog voltage and program PLC or other control device with limits suitable for application