Xiris Automation
Industries We Serve
Discover how Xiris specialized machine vision products are transforming industries with smarter ways to improve process and quality control.
Additive Manufacturing
In Additive Manufacturing, Xiris products have been used for:
- Monitoring welding parameters (arc, melt pool, wire speed and position, wetting) to ensure correct material deposition is taking place
- Measuring alignment between the previously deposited layer and the current deposited layer
- Measuring geometry of deposited layer
- Monitoring powder flow in a powder spray application
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Automotive / Transport
In Automotive, Xiris products have been used for:
- Monitoring of high speed laser welding of shafts
- Measuring profile geometry of roof/door seam welds
- Inspecting weld bead geometry, forming issues and scarfing quality on structural and exhaust tubing during production
- Monitoring weld processes during car battery electrode fabrication
Aerospace
In Aerospace, Xiris products have been used for:
- Monitoring precise welding processes on mission critical parts
- Monitoring torch to seam alignment and bead height large scale rocket part fabrication
- Monitoring quality of critical welds on turbine blades during production
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Power Generation
For Power Generation, Xiris products have been used for:
- Remote monitoring of automated welding processes from a safe low radiation control room in nuclear plants
- Repair or maintenance of worn tubing using cladding or hard surfacing techniques
- Monitoring weld processes that are too high or difficult to reach
Heavy Fabrication
For Heavy Fabrication, Xiris products have been used for:
- Monitor cladding/overlay processes on high wear surfaces to ensure correct material deposition
- Monitoring deep narrow gap welding from root pass, multiple mid passes and cap passes for end to end pipe joining
- Measuring geometry of the bead on each pass to detect slag and other defects
- Measuring mismatch of both sides of seam in spiral or longitudinally welded heavy wall pipe during production.
- Performing fillet weld inspection to confirm it meets required geometric specifications
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Medical Devices / Electronics
For the Medical Device/Electronics sector, Xiris products have been used for:
- Micro welding of small parts used for precision function
- Laser etching or welding of small parts
- Measuring torch to parent material distance
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Education / Research / Training
For Education, Research and Training, Xiris products have been used in over 130 schools for:
- Allow more students to see images and record & play them back at any time, for online or offline learning if need be
- Generate educational videos as a source of learning materials
- Aid in process development of new welding processes or materials development
- Teach how to weld by recording videos and reviewing progress
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Tube and Pipe Mills
For Tube and Pipe Mills, Xiris products have been used for:
- Weld bead geometry measurement of the welded tube after the weld box
- Post scarf bead geometry after the scarfing/grinding of the weld bead
- Tube forming measurement/analysis of welded tube
- Seam gap width monitoring of a tube
- Weld torch to seam alignment
- Torch tip condition monitoring