A leading manufacturer of PTFE hose used in the automotive industry has integrated a vision inspection system designed by Olmec-UK Ltd into the extrusion line at its UK manufacturing facility. Capable of continuous inspection of the hose travelling at speeds of up to 6 m/min, the vision system is linked to a novel failure mechanism, which catastrophically destroys a defective product by puncturing the hose at the point any defect is detected so that it will later fail a high-pressure test.

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