Automatic SPC

Ugly, rugged,
reliable, business oriented

for informed and effective choices in production

Dimac SPC units allow the measurements on the shopfloor without the need for a metrology room, even in an environment with oil, dust and vibrations. 

Picture of a dimac machine in a very dirty and dusty shopfloor (advertising)

SPC-Dimac

The integration of Automatic SPC into human quality checks guarantees performance, objectivity, and work continuity.

Dimac spc-360 control cameras
AUTOMATIC SPC

Highly configurable machine, with multicamera and multi-lighting solutions for any kind of measure and check controls, also mechanical. Feeding by Cobot, 4 cameras, direct and backlight, and turning table equipped with an encoder

Beside Transfer Machines
Electrical Connectors: A Case Study

Electrical components between 2 to 20 mm, inspection on 6 external faces and 4 internal, tolerances up to 50 microns.

Dimac spc-360 automatic machine for firts article inspection along transfer machine in the shopfloor
HIGH PRECISION IN A DIRTY ENVIRONMENT

Feeding by cobot, 4 cameras, direct and backlight, encodered turning table.

Examples of flat fasteners

Beside Fine blanking
Washers and Flat Parts

Parts from thin strips like washers, chain plates, and flat parts up to 20 mm in maximum length. Inspection from up and down, tolerances up to 0,1 mm

AT THE SERVICE OF PRESSES

Automatic feeding by pallet up to 15 parts, inspection of both faces with direct and backlight.

 
Examples of fasteners with head and shank

Beside Turning and Cold Forming

Suitable for parts with cylindrical geometry made by cold forming or turning like screws, fittings, stud pins, ball pins, shafts, threaded inserts, and valve spring retainers.

Dimac SPC automatic machine for first article inspection of metal parts
HOW TO REPLACE THE CALIPER

Manual loading, a telecentric camera, backlight and 100 measures in one click.

 

Designed for Shopfloor Environment

Measuring parts in a production environment poses significant challenges. Maintaining the true shape and surface of a piece free from dust, oils, temperature fluctuations, and debris, which could affect measurements, is not an easy task. Despite operators being trained to clean the pieces with rags or paper, we acknowledge that we’re not operating in a clean metrology room, and errors need to be prevented.

In addition to the choice of components and materials resistant to oil and dust, this challenge has been addressed by introducing specialized filters in the software algorithms of SPC models image processing system, that work to minimize the impact of any remaining dirt on measurements.

Focus on Data Reliability

When a measurement appears unreliable even after filtering, the operator receives a warning and has the option to double-check any single measure, without having to redo the entire process. This trick completes the validation process, which starts from the interaction of the SPCx with the Company ERP and IT System to choose the latest release of the control plan and the correct part number in production. 

Together with precise instrumentation, verified by MSA procedures, the residual risk of operator errors and concerns on data is minimized. Automatic data transfer to the Company IT System guarantees the database’s objectivity, timeliness, and reliability.

Continuously Updated Proprietary Software

The proprietary platform SPCx is continuously evolving and undergoing debugging. It’s friendly and easy to use, designed thinking of operators in production, and to manage 100 measures in one click. 

Every new Dimac machine is operated by software that incorporates common features for all models, model-specific customizations, improvements, and related debugging from all the machines that came before it. This guarantees high operational stability for every new application.

Sustainability as
an Ethical Choice

Reliability, not only a monetizable value for customers and the company, is now a precise ethical choice.

It manifests in the attention to consumers who prefer machinery that are manufactured with better sustainable engineering and manufacturing processes, more durable, and guaranteed in their origin/manufacture.

 

Fastener Fair Italy
29-30 October 2024
Milan – Italy

Join us! Hall 3 – Booth 600