Overview

The Real Time Chatter Analysis – Sliding Window (RTCA-SW) software is a chatter analysis software that allows manufacturers to realize the power of angular window (or sliding window) analysis (in degrees) for camshaft and crankshaft quality control tasks. This boutique software option enables engineers to detect chatter that occurs in only a small angular window of the journal or lobe surface (burst chatter), without diluting the amplitude by analyzing over a larger angular window or over the entire 360°. Using this feature in concert with your Adcole gage, users can analyze specific degree segments across the lobe, moving in specific degree increments. The RTCA-SW software is available for individual lobe analysis and for average lobe FFT chatter analysis. The data gleaned from this option is saved based on a percentage of tolerance or on a strict value difference.

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Adcole Technology
Industries
  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Heavy Diesel Equipment
  • Industrial
  • Locomotive Engine & Rail
  • Marine
  • Power Generation
  • Pumps
  • Robotics
  • Small Engine & Appliances
  • Transportation/Trucking
Compatible Gages
  • 1200-SH
Adcole Components
Components It Measures
  • Camshafts
  • Crankshafts
Features Measured
Features It Measures
  • Bearing Journal
  • Crankgear
  • Crankpin Journal
  • Crank Pump
  • Camshaft Journal
  • Camshaft Lobe
  • Face Perpendicularity
  • Face Runout/Total Runout
  • Journal Undercut Depth
  • Journal Undercut Radius
  • Post Slope
  • Timing Flat
  • Timing Notch
  • Timing Pin
  • Trigger Wheel Angles
Adcole Parameters
Parameters It Measures
  • Individual Lobes
    • Percent Difference
    • Measure Amplitude
    • Measure UPR
    • Tolerance
    • Start Angle
  • Maximum of All Lobes
    • Percent Difference
    • Measure Amplitude
    • Measure UPR
    • Tolerance
    • Start Angle
  • Maximum of Average Lobe Chatter
    • Percent Difference
    • Measure Amplitude
    • Measure UPR
    • Tolerance
    • Start Angle
Gage Programming Software
Features & Benefits
  • Provides separate chatter plots about each lobe, plus a plot of the average of all the lobes
  • Data is displayed in a curved tolerance graph that clearly shows individual lobe data and the overall lobe trend
  • Programmable “sweep” option enables users to measure a specific angular range, and specify the incremental angular window (sliding window) to obtain a 120° snapshot of a given part (Adcole recommends sliding windows of 30°)
  • Offers means for metrology professions to see amplitude in its full impact, unmitigated by the scanning range of the component
  • Enables camshaft and crankshaft manufacturers to find chatter “bursts” on components
  • The RTCA-SW option affords the data needed to find machining issues, and with deeper analysis over time, create a predictive analysis process that improves overall camshaft and crankshaft production
  • Sliding window technology provides means for tracking chatter across the entire lobe surface in customizable detail
  • Software reports the specific angle chatter is found, providing hyper-specific information about the grinding and machining process
  • Offers a practical means for manufacturers to obtain a rich data set about pin journals on crankshafts
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