Extrusion International 4-2017

23 Extrusion International 4/2017 diation which is harmless to health. The Terahertz source for WARP is a transceiver developed by iNOEX and a state-of-the-art THz chip. WARP is ideally suited for the measurement of all common plastic materials such as PE, HDPE, PP, PA, PVC etc.. The battery-operated hand-held device has been specifically designed for medium and large-sized extruded pipes. The mod- ern ergonomic design offers great user com- fort and thanks to the very simple operation, WARP portable deliv- ers fast and reliable measuring results. Ex- changeable centering aids for large or me- dium pipe sizes round off this product. A point measurement of the wall thickness of plastic pipes is carried out. The handheld is suitable for pipes hav- ing a wall thickness of 5 mm or more, mea- suring accuracy is 50 µm.The simple intuitive opera- tion is based on a capacitive touch display featur- ing a resolution of 320 x 240 pix- els inside the WARP portable. After the measurement, wall thick- iNOEX GmbH www.inoex.de ness data or – in the case of diam- eter measurement through the pipe cross section – both wall thickness values and the interior and exterior wall thickness sizes are displayed.The system features data logging includ- ing timestamp and measurement position on pipe circumference. For recipes only the processed material needs to be entered. Configuration will be done by way of a separate configuration mask. Data transmis- sion is possible via WLAN or USB to Smartphone, Tablet or PC. Addition- ally, it is possible to switch between metrical and imperial units. WARP portable features a modern nickel- metal-hydride-battery which will last for several hours of continuous mea- surement. Thus, the user can dispose of up to 10 hours of operation time. The protection class of WARP porta- ble is IP 54, this means it is well pro- tected against water or dust encoun- tered in industrial environments. Author: Arno Neumeister, Director Marketing & IT WARP portable WARP portable recipe mask WARP portable configuration mask