Case Studies

Medical Film
California

A diagnostic strip manufacturer was manually measuring five-layer medical film with micrometers for incoming inspection. This 40-minute process required manual disassembly of the film, measuring and averaging adhesive layer thickness, and manual data input. Lumetrics designed an automatic X/Y OptiGauge scanner that analyzes a 4x10" film sample in less than three minutes with hundreds of individual measurements to validate the product. Inspection data is archived for future review.

Total batch acceptance inspection is now complete in 10 minutes, a 75% reduction in labor and technician time. This generated a payback to the customer in under a year, eliminated variability between inspectors and reduced the risk of repetitive stress injuries. The customer was able to increase test capacity and keep up with growing manufacturing demands with no additional head count or lab expansion costs.

Medical Tubing
New Hampshire

A prominent medical tubing manufacturer approached lumetrics with a need for a non-contact, waterless inspection system for their products. OptiGauge provided a system that simultaneously measured tube wall thickness, inner diameter, outer diameter, ovality and concentricity, and automatically downloaded test results to a central data storage system.

OptiGauge was installed in a clean room environment, and provided highly accurate measurements in less time, with reduced operator error. OptiGauge can also be installed on their production line providing real-time measurement and feedback to the manufacturing process, without the need for multiple measurement systems and integration required between the different vendors' systems.