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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Where the Science of Quality Assurance is still an Art!
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Cascades Groupe Papiers Picks R.K.B. Web Inspection Technology
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Syracuse, NY, March 16, 2011 – R.K.B. OPTO-ELECTRONICS, INC., a leader in providing machine vision, web inspection, splice detection and quality assurance and control technologies, has been selected to supply its state of the art center mount splice (joint) detector technology. This technology, based on R.K.B.'s proven edge mount splice detector, will be provided to Cascades Groupe Papiers. As a leading Canadian converter of fine papers, the splice detector technology will be implemented on various finishing machines. Our center mount splice detector technology guarantees the detection of all splice (joint) type defects. Simple and very cost effective, the R.K.B. center mount splice detector has become one of the most commonly used inspection solution worldwide.
R.K.B. is proud to have been selected to provide the most widely used, state-of-the-art detection technology available today. "This is an vital partnership for R.K.B., and one that we will continually work on to ensure the highest possible quality can be achieved when our products are implemented as OEM” said R.K.B. With manufacturing costs ever increasing, it has become essential for reliable and consistent defect detection in a wide variety of conversion processes whereby the elimination of all types of defects are essential. R.K.B. and our partners offer our customers with a comprehensive solution that are not affected by discrete basis weight changes, changes in caliper of material, color of material, machine production speeds and type of defects.
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R.K.B. OPTO-ELECTRONICS is a designer and manufacturer of high-speed machine vision web inspection technologies and related products. We are committed to web based material manufacturers, converters, customers and our industry that depend on us to guarantee that product superiority is maintained at the highest possible level. We are dedicated to increasing customer satisfaction, continuously improving our products and services, and providing opportunities for our employees to achieve their maximum potential.
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R.K.B.'s center mount splice
detector technology monitors the caliper value of web based material that the
technology is applied to. Two capacitive assemblies are contained within
the sensor body adjacent to one another. Due to its proprietary design,
the material being monitored is treated as a dielectric and as such, any sudden
and abrupt change in caliper will create a dielectric differential. At the
point of differential, the dielectric value is "out of phase". This out of
phase signal in processed with patented and proprietary circuitry that
outputs an electronic signal representative of a splice (joint) fault.
Since this detection is performed on a comparative basis, long term variances in
product caliper, coat weight, basis weight, moisture and other mechanical
properties are non-effective and do not interfere with actual detection.
As a result, there is never a false signal, the technology unit will self
calibrate to grade changes, any material color or type (non-metallic) can be
processed, and the unit will operate at any known process speed period!!
Each unit comes with an amber alarm indicator to indicate a "splice fault".
In addition, a dry contact relay is provided for customers to output splice
signals to activate reject gates, audio/visual alarms, counters, edge marking
systems, plc units and other various control type systems. The technology
is designed for input power of 120/220 VAC, single phase, 50/60 Hz.
Two dry output contact closures are provided and rated for 0.1 Amps @
120VAC or 0.05 Amp @ 220VAC. The unit also provides a 15VDC positive going
digital pulse @ 10 milliseconds (+/-3).
R.K.B. has pioneered the field of web inspection for paper, film, foil and
allied web based materials. Material colors, machine speed and caliper
changes do not affect detection capabilities. R.K.B. has developed
and patented many of the technologies currently in use today such as infrared
phototransistor technology, capacitive technology, ultraviolet technology and
camera based technology. R.K.B. was the first company to incorporate
cameras as potential sensors back in the mid 1970's and patented this technique
called the Vidicon 7000. Today R.K.B. invests a majority of its finances
to research and development in new sensor techniques. Among
our many innovations besides our splice detection technology, which is the world
leading technology used for the detection of splices (joint), is our very
successful coating streak and scratch defect detection technology. This
patented technology, now being emulated/copied, by various German inspection
suppliers, detects streaks and scratches as small as 1 micron at any process
speed.
R.K.B. OPTO-ELECTRONICS, INC., designs, develops, manufactures, and markets the
most diverse line of machine vision and web inspection technologies currently
available to web based material manufacturers. R.K.B., headquartered in
Syracuse, New York, has offices and partners worldwide in Asia, Europe, South
America and the Middle East.
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provided herein protected - © Copyright 2008 R.K.B.
OPTO-ELECTRONICS, INC.