(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc Inc., a manufacturer of noncontact laser and ultrasonic measurement systems, has developed Lobex, an innovative solution for lobing-detection in centerless grinding.

Lobing is deviation from roundness on a centerless ground part—an issue for anyone who produces or uses centerless-ground product. LaserLinc’s Lobex Lobing Detection System is a real-time tool for detection and elimination of lobing problems. The system can identify three-, five-, seven-, nine-, or 11-lobing on centerless ground products as they exit a grinder. The system can also be used for offline inspection.

A Lobex system provides repeatable and reproducible data, unlike testing with tri-mikes, which is inconsistent and prone to user-error. The Lobex software can also identify higher-frequency lobing. Tri-mikes under-report five-lobing and, compounding the error, five-lobing in a product masks tri-lobing.

Using a Lobex system, an operator can identify lobing as it begins and make the necessary adjustments to the grinder to bring the part back into spec.

 …