1. Installation
The Accuraspray CS is now a self-installing system. Along with their new product, the owner will receive a printed Quick set-up guide to get everything up and running in an hour.
Accuraspray CS:
Production-friendly cold spray sensor
The Accuraspray CS is an in-line cold spray sensor that measures in-flight particle velocity and feed rate. This is an easy-to-use cold spray sensor to monitor daily quality control, process development and setup transfer.
Talk to an expertMonitor your cold spray process
Control your process to control your coatings
The vision behind the Accuraspray CS is to make cold spray diagnostics accessible to all. That’s why we created an easy-to-use, dependable and affordable sensor for all cold spray shops. Don’t leave things to chance. Control your spray conditions to achieve repeatable coatings, every run.
In-flight particle velocity
Relative feed rate
Process stability
The Accuraspray CS advantage
Achieve critical velocity
Cold spray processes are very sensitive to particle velocity. Achieving critical velocity is key to maximizing deposition efficiency and ensuring good coating adhesion. Monitoring the real-time in-flight velocity can help production managers attain maximum spray time efficiency and coating consistency.
Process stability measurement
Since stability is crucial in spray processes, the Accuraspray CS features a new process stability measurement. This state-of-the-art stability analysis tool sets benchmarks so operators can compare acceptable parameter deviations with real-time standard deviations. This results in increased repeatability and greater confidence in your measurements.
Best accuracy in the industry
The Accuraspray CS was built on the consistent, easy-to-use Accuraspray 4.0 platform, the benchmark for spray diagnostics in production environments. The Accuraspray CS may be a new product at Tecnar, but it capitalizes on decades of engineering in the Accuraspray family.
The velocity measurements are factory calibrated using a NIST traceable calibration bench to recreate the conditions experienced in the field and filtering algorithms display values you know you can trust.
Save time
- Quicker spray parameter development and process optimization
- Easy parameter transfer and replication from booth to booth
- Quicker equipment qualification for new guns and powders
- Quicker coating qualification due to no bad coating coupons
Live feed rate
The Accuraspray CS measures the light reflected by the particles in the spray plume so you can monitor the feed rate in real time. Predict clogging in the gun, nozzle wear or changing booth conditions by detecting swaying feed rate. The user can also set up correlations for the feed rate with preferred units (g/min or RPM) for a specific powder lot.
Industry 4.0 ready
You’re in control with the Accuraspray CS. It features a modern, web-based user interface, making it easy to access from any computer, anywhere and the interface can be viewed on multiple viewing devices simultaneously. Communication infrastructure via HTTP or external PLC makes full 4.0 booth integration possible, including communication with robots and Go/No Go decisions.
Strip chart displays
The evolution of all measurements over time is visualized on intuitive strip chart displays.
Production reports
Production reports are generated with a single click in the user interface or through digital I/O.
Setup files
The Autoset feature automatically adjusts all important setup parameters according to spray conditions.
Integrating the Accuraspray CS
It’s important that our clients understand how easy it is to integrate the Accuraspray CS into their quality process. We’ve divided this into the following five steps:
Technical specifications - Accuraspray CS
Imperial
Metric
Measurements ranges
Particle velocity
5 - 1200 m/s at 2% accuracy
16.3 - 3900 ft/s at 2% accuracy
Relative feed rate
Normalized a.u.
Normalized a.u.
Substrate temperature pyrometer
From -18 to 538 °C
From 0 to 1000 °F
Measurement volume information
Working distance
200 mm from plume axis at 90˚
7.87 in. from plume axis at 90˚
Measurement volume
3 mm DIA x 10 mm DOF = 71 mm³
3 mm DIA x 10 mm DOF = 71 mm³
Dimensions
Sensor head
205 mm x 149 mm x 62 mm
8.1 in. x 5.8 in. x 2.4 in.
Plant supplies
Power requirements
120 - 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz Auto-switch
120 - 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz Auto-switch
Air supply
1.35 to 2 bar of clean dry compressed air
20-30 psi of clean dry compressed air
Laser characteristics
Laser wavelength
940 nm
Nominal laser power
20 W
Nominal power density
15.7 W/cm²
Laser type
Class IV
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