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SPACE TUBO – the Pipe Inspection solution

SPACE TUBO it’s the perfect equipment for pipe inspection with laser fork and dedicated software.

SPACE TUBO is based on the SPACE arm design, is a portable articulated arm CMM ideal for quick and accurate inspection of pipes and any other parts within its range.

SPACE TUBO is the result of more than 25 years of experience in production of portable measurement arms.

SPACE TUBO is available in several size: from 1.8m to 4.0m diameter range, and in 6 or 7 axis configuration. The counter-balance system with a double spring also gives the machine characteristics of precision light-weight and easy handling.

SPACE TUBO is the top of reliability, accuracy, and flexibility in use. Touch trigger probe, “floating” probe, laser scanners and laser forks can be quickly interchanged thanks to a highprecision mount. It has some unique features like the magnetic brake, or the smart the sensitive “floating” probe.

SPACE TUBO	Measuring range	Volumetric accuracy with Laser Fork	Probe point accuracy*	Point Repeatability*	Weight (Kg)
SPACE serie TUBO (6 axis arm) – all values in mm – *=2 sigma error
SPACE TUBO 1.8	1800mm	0,062	0,028	0,020	7,9
SPACE TUBO 2.5	2500mm	0,070	0,036	0,028	8,4
SPACE TUBO 3.2	3200mm	0,080	0,043	0,035	8,8
SPACE TUBO 4.0	4000mm	0,090	0,053	0,045	9,5

Software TUBO R.7 performance list

Measurement by laser fork or probe:

Measurement of straight tubes

Measurement of bent tubes measuring just the straight lengths

Measurement of bends (survey the bending radius)

Measurement of consecutive bends (absence of straight length between one bend and the

other one, also called bend-to-bend)

Measurement by laser fork and/or electronic probe

Measure a scaled tube

Possibility to change tube diameter during the measuring procedure

Measurement of secondary tubes welded to the main tube

Measurement of RCV (variable radius bend) tubes

Measurement of tubes having non circular section (profiles)

Comparison and correction:

Comparison and correction (classic mode) linked to the CNC

Spring-back correction (20 –120)

Alignment: possibility to obtain the data of the measured tube regarding (aligned) a master

tube that is already in memory, to an external reference or to a drawing (manual and automatic procedure).

Creation of material archive for the spring-back compensation to apply to the bending program.

Archive:

Creation of Tubes and Masters archives

Automatic research in archive

Creation, modification and printing of models in:

- Cartesian coordinates

- Polar coordinates

- Double Cartesian coordinates

- Calandering both in setting and in acquiring

Data Transmission:

Export via ethernet, via serial line RS232

Electronic Gauge:

Graphic representation of the measured tube

Graphic overlap of a tube on its master (flanges/holes/small pipes included)

Manual and automatic positioning of the tube inside the Gauge

Data regarding the axial and radial shifting of:

Beginning point of a tract

Middle point of a tract

Ending point of a tract

Middle point of a curve (this for each program = tract + curve)

Flanges, holes, small pipes

Setup of Gauge’s tolerances for each of the above mentioned points with

graphic visualisation of the stated tolerances

Rotation, shifting, and dynamic zoom

Printing of the graph and of the obtained data

RCV Tubes:

Measurement of tubes having non constant bending radius and variable rotation along

the bend without straight lengths.

Measurement RCV mixed with parts having variable bending radius and parts having

constant bending radius

Setting of RCV and RCV mixed tubes from file

Automatic correction of the bending program for RCV and RCV mixed tubes

Tubes having non circular section (profiles):

Measurement of tubes having non circular section (profiles)

Automatic correction of the bending program

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