Inspection Equipment

Description

Inspection equipment are measuring or testing devices used for industrial inspection and verification applications such as non-destructive testing, X-ray inspection, visual inspection, fire inspection, pipe inspection, electrical inspection, etc. Generally, inspection equipment includes various accessories namely calipers, co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM), microscopes, tachometers, scales/balances, plug gauges, hardness testers for checking and  confirming the safety of components, which are subjected to operational stress.

Types

Inspection equipment are widely classified based on the type of application. Most commonly used inspection equipment are listed below:

• Pipe inspection equipment
• Optical inspection equipment
• Visual inspection equipment
• X-ray inspection equipment
• Paint inspection equipment
• Laser inspection equipment
• Welding inspection equipment
• Bridge inspection equipment
• Mold inspection equipment
• Magnetic particle inspection equipment
• Vehicle inspection equipment
• Quality inspection equipment
• Fluorescent penetrant inspection equipment
• Wafer inspection equipment
• Automated inspection equipment

Specifications

Some of the specifications while selecting the inspection equipment are listed below:

• Inspection rate
• Product speed
• Number of cameras used for processing in case of vision equipment
• Processor speed
• Data storage capacity

Applications

Some of the applications of inspection equipment are:

• Used for verification of internal and external threads, thread size, and depth in production parts
• In production environments, machine vision inspection equipment are used for automatic inspection and measuring applications
• In non-destructive testing methods such as dye penetrant testing, radiographic inspection, etc
• For inspection services in buildings, inspection equipment are used for field testing, analysis of drainage systems, septic systems, pavement, foundations, and reinforcing of structural steel
• Inspection equipment find coordinates of points on the surface of work piece. These are also used for dimensional measurement, calibration, depth mapping, shaft measurement, and angularity or orientation
• Inspection equipment are used mainly to control and monitor measuring devices