Sita’s CleanoSpector Measures Part Cleanliness
PMTS 2023: Handheld measuring device checks for cleanliness of parts to assure product quality as well as prior to follow-up processes.
The Sita CleanoSpector is a mobile instrument providing contact-free cleanliness inspection of parts surfaces during the manufacturing process. Photo Credit: Sita Process Solutions
Sita Process Solutions’ CleanoSpector is a mobile, robust handheld measuring device used for contact-free detection of residual contamination on parts.
The company says the device is well suited for cleanliness inspection of parts to assure product quality as well as prior to follow-up processes, including gluing, painting, coating, welding, hardening and bonding. Unwanted, filmic contamination — such as oils, greases, cooling lubricants and release agents — are measured by determining the fluorescence intensity.
It is said the CleanoSpector is easy to use and optimal for quality assurance directly in the manufacturing process and in the laboratory. It features an intuitive operation with simple and fast operation at the push of one button. I also has an easy-to-handle sensor head and display unit that enable measurement with only a small contact area.
The measurement process is contact-free, nondestructive, inline capable and thickness sensitive. The measuring method uses the characteristic of organic substances to fluoresce. UV light is focused and radiated onto the surface. The contamination fluoresces. The intensity of the fluorescence increases with the layer thickness of the contamination. The intensity is measured in RFU: Relative Fluorescence Units (RFUs).The lower the measuring values in RFU, the cleaner the surface.
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