X-TUBE

Articulated Measuring Arms with Laser Fork for PIPE INSPECTION

From shape to data

 

Advanced solutions for tube inspection & tube reverse engineering

Key Features

The main features of X-TUBE are maximum flexibility thanks to the integration of the Touch

Probe and Laser Fork, fast setup and easy operation, and Bluetooth connectivity for wireless use.

The system also includes Optical Feedback with LED guidance for operation in noisy environments and a Quick-Check Monitor for instant system information. Hot-swappable batteries ensure continuous operation without downtime, while carbon fiber tubes provide both lightweight handling and high rigidity.

All the data you need

The X-TUBE system is able to scan, inspect, and reproduce any kind of bent pipe, analyzing key pipe data such as the center axis and bend vertices, including bend radii, bend angles, and straight segments between bends.

Data reports can be exported in YBC or XYZ formats.

LASER FORK or TOUCH PROBE suitable in any environment

The LASER FORK is a Class 2 Laser suitable in any environment. It triggers on any kind of material without particular settings and it is, as the whole system including the arm, a IP51 protection grade device. The arm and the probes are temperature compensated and can work normally from 5 to 45 degrees C.

X-TUBE configuration

X-TUBE package is including:

  • X-TUBE 7 axes articulated arm
  • One LASER FORK between available size: 30, 50, 80, 150 mm
  • One software license: TUBE INSPECT for pipe and geometric elements inspection (NO-CAD) or TUBE INSPECT STUDIO for pipe and geometric elements inspection, with possibility to import CAD models (IGES, STEP formats) and get a direct comparison against CAD.

 

X-TUBE can measure, report and correct the pipe bending program directly by an interface with the pipe bending machine. The information of the measured pipe, in YBC or other format, can be copied or directly transmitted to the bending machine, correcting the program into the machine controller, adjusting the parameters according to the measured values.

The powerful software can align and best fit the measured pipe values into the part nominals with much more accuracy than any fixture or other measuring method.

 

Pipe inspection with laser fork and touch probe for tube path inspection and brackets geometry.
Pipe measured close to the pipe bending machine for the development of the bending program to be launched in production.

X TUBE system accuracy Data Table

 

X TUBE Measuring range (dia.)
2.5 - 7 axes2.5m
3.0 - 7 axes3.0m
3.5 - 7 axes3.5m
4.0 - 7 axes4.0m
4.5 - 7 axes4.5m
5.0 - 7 axes5.0m
6.0 - 7 axes6.0m
7.0 - 7 axes7.0m
*We provide accuracy verification certificate according international norms as:
ASME B89.4.22-2004
ISO10360/2
VDI/VDE2617
Typically the real values obtained from the hardware are 20% better than the specification

All RPS Metrology products are Made in Italy
RPS Metrology is ISO9001:2015 certified company

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