Part Inspection and Setup on Glass Working Machines

Part inspection applications perform two check phases: the work-piece set up and part inspection.

Before starting a process on glass, it is compulsory to know exactly the position of the rough piece, its origins and orientation. The lack of such information or its inaccuracy implies the risk of machining the part out of the required tolerances, due to misalignment. In other words, knowing the work-piece set up means significant scrap reduction.

The part inspection allows the dimensional check just after the machining. In this way, the user knows if:

• The part is correct and can proceed to the next process
• The part has higher dimensions than requested, so it requires further machining
• The part was badly machined. The immediate exclusion of a bad part prevents further process on it