(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- With the launch of version 4.7 of TubeInspect, an optical tube-measuring system from AICON, a leading provider of optical camera-based 3-D measurement systems, operators will be able to simulate the bending process considering individual correction values, and to verify their effect on accuracy to gauge by means of a virtual gauge check.

With the help of high-resolution digital cameras, TubeInspect determines the tube geometry in seconds, and thus proves accuracy to gauge. Beyond that, the system shows in detail which bending points deviate from the desired values, and suggests correction values. These values can be transmitted directly to the bending machine, and TubeInspect allows the connection to up to 100 benders.

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