Machines tame defects on high speed lines.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: Tech Talk - Brief Article

A 360-degree inspection and sorting machine now is available to help ensure the quality of fasteners, screw parts, ammunition and related cylindrical parts. The General Inspection LLC product line relies on a variety of sensors--laser, vision and eddy current technology--depending on the job at hand.

Even small defects in critical parts are detectable. Those that do not come up to snuff are "rejected and all external part dimensions from every...