KEYENCE Instant High-Precision Measurement System Slashes Final Inspection Failures and Pays for Itself in Months.
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Based in Glenrothes, Scotland, Euro Precision is a medium-sized precision engineering company, that over recent years, has experienced substantial growth and now has customers in a range of industry sectors, including Aerospace, Medical, Oil & Gas and Automotive.
Euro Precision has worked hard at reducing any technical issues that might be affecting its levels of efficiency and productivity. In particular, the company has been eager to minimise the number of failures that might occur in large batches by taking action against faults at final inspection that at one point were sitting at 9.2%.
To achieve these goals, Euro Precision invested in an IM-7500 Image Dimension Measurement System from KEYENCE and, within a short timeframe, final inspection failures were slashed to just 0.8%.
The IM-7500 Series enabled Euro Precision to check parts much quicker and with significantly greater accuracy. This has saved the company a substantial amount of money by cutting inspection times while improving the quality levels on all components. Time savings have also been achieved through the machine being straightforward to operate and program, enabling inspectors to check a higher volume of projects within much shorter timescales.
Features of the IM-7500 Series include the ability to record all measurement results and create reports automatically, as well as an intuitive interface that involves simply placing the part on the measurement stage and pressing the ‘Measure’ button, all of which require no expertise.
Mark Ramsay, Production Manager at Euro Precision, says: “Selecting KEYENCE equipment was a new venture for us but as soon as we had the demonstration and tested a few of our parts on the IM-7500, it was a no brainer for us, we had to have that machine! The unit has more than paid for itself in just 10 months and if we could have many more of these around the workplace, we would do so in a heartbeat.”
To learn more about the latest KEYENCE IM-8000 Series Image Dimension Measurement solution, visit: www.keyence.co.uk/AM/EuroPrecision/20230422
Keyence are exhibiting at The Advanced Materials Show on stand 1222.